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• Meet and assist at International Athens Airport and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is yours to spend to explore this fascinating city. Athens. A magical city. The city with the most glorious history in the world is worshipped by gods and people. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been the birthplace of civilization. It is the city where democracy was born and most of the wise men of ancient times. The most important civilization of ancient world flourished in Athens and relives through superb architectural masterpieces.
• Later on you will be picked up from your hotel to start your Athens by night tour. Witness the beauty as night falls and the ancient city of Athens is transformed by light and shadow! Join us for Athens by Night, a tour off all that’s on offer as the Greek capital descends into darkness. Cruise between glowing, proud buildings with a short panoramic drive through the city centre. Drink in and admire the illuminated Acropolis from the slopes of the sacred hill, offering a nighttime photo opportunity that is second to none. Overnight at hotel.

From the Acropolis to Omonia Square, with the half-day sightseeing and Acropolis museum tour you'll see all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens on this comprehensive morning tour. Learn all about Athens’ ancient and modern history on this half-day tour of the city. Take a trip alongside our expert guides, who will knowledgeably let you in on all there is to know and more about this fascinating city, in which past and present constantly blend. Begin by spending some time at the breath-taking Panathenaic Stadium, a magnificent construction erected on the remains of an ancient stadium.hen, as you continue, pass by the Royal Palace, the private residence of Greece’s Prime Minister. Keep a lookout for the Euzones, the Palace’s guards in their colourful uniforms! You will also be able to appreciate many incredible landmarks drenched in history, such as Hadrian’s Arch, the Greek Parliament in Syntagma Square and Athens’ memorial to the Unknown Soldier. Last but not least, you will visit the Acropolis, an old plateau abundant with various symbols of ancient Greece, the most magnificent of which are the remains of the Parthenon.

Athens is a city filled with must-sees; it’s almost impossible to get to know all its history, culture and architectural wonders by foot or taxi. Join the Red Route bus tour of the city, the best solution for exploring every inch of ancient and modern Greek heritage in a single day. Just wait at the nearest Red Route bus stop – there are 15 of them all around the city – and in not more than half an hour you will be cruising the streets of Athens and heading for its most emblematic landmarks. The bus is hop on-hop off, meaning that with your bus ticket you can jump off the bus at any given point of interest in the city, meander around the streets for a while, and later join the bus again.

• Today after breakfast the day is yours to spend and explore the fascinating city of Athens.
• Athens is situated in the prefecture of Attica and reaches up to the peninsula right down to Sterea Greece. It is built in a low land surrounded by mountains Ymmytos, Pendeli and Parnitha, northwards and eastwards and to the Saronic cove southwards and westwards. Athens. A magical city. The city with the most glorious history in the world is worshipped by gods and people. The enchanting capital of Greece has always been the birthplace of civilization. It is the city where democracy was born and most of the wise men of ancient times. The most important civilization of ancient world flourished in Athens and relives through superb architectural masterpieces.
• Who doesn't know the Acropolis of Athens and the history of the most famous archaeological site in Europe have made the world tour causing feelings of admiration from millions of people worldwide. Acropolis is nominated to be included in the list with the 7 new miracles of the world. In fact the trademark of Athens is one of the favourites. The Holy Rock of Acropolis has structures dated back to the 5th BC, the famous Golden Age of Periklis. Apart from glory and grandiosity, they carry Athens' chequered history, which met times of bloom and decline, but still shines under Attica sky and gazes future. Shining like the white of Pendelikon marble. The sun is shining over Athens all year around. Accommodation in Athens

Today, after breakfast you will be picked up from your hotel in order to be transferred to Athens airport for your final departure flight