Athens Audio Guided Walking Tour 3h20 and 29 Audio Reviews

On your left is the entrance to the Acropolis Museum, where you will find more than 4,000 objects that were found exclusively on the hill.

As you may have noticed, you are here at the foot of the Acropolis, which rises on your right to the top of the so-called sacred hill, almost 160 meters high.

After this small ascent in the hill of Philopappos, here you are at the top, in front of this funerary monument built in the 2nd century CE!

Needless to say, you are here in front of one of the most beautiful viewpoints on the city of Athens, and especially on its emblematic site, known worldwide: the Acropolis.

Founder of free thought and philosophy, Socrates is an emblematic and inseparable figure of ancient Greece and Athens in particular, since it is here that he was born and lived.

Look to your left: perched a few meters away, you can see a building that catches the eye.

To continue the route, we will turn right into Adrianou Street, but in front of you, if you move a little further, you will enter the Kerameikos district, or the Ceramics district.

It is one of the liveliest areas of the Greek capital!

Monastiraki Square is undoubtedly one of the busiest and most visited squares in the Greek capital! Tourists flock every day to cross it, and we understand them!

Placed just behind the Tzistarakis Mosque, these impressive remains come from Roman times, which stretched between the 3rd century BC and the 18th century BC. C. and the 4th century AD. C.

You have before you a part of the ancient Agora of Athens. An entrance ticket is required to visit it and only this small part is visible from the outside.

Here you are in front of the Gate of Athena, which marks the entrance into the Roman Agora. This site can be visited, you need tickets to be able to enter, but you can also see it from the outside.

It was under the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar, whom we all know, that the construction of the Roman agora began.

You are certainly wondering what a mosque does in the Roman Agora of Athens, former public square.

It is certainly one of the most impressive remains of the city: not for its size, or its architecture, or even its function, but simply because this tower, which most certainly dates from the 1st century BC. - C., shows a remarkable state of conservation

Placed in the middle of the many ancient and Roman remains of the city, this cathedral looks very recent, compared to all these ruins, doesn’t it?

Originally, this building dates from the 11th century and was enlarged during the 13th.

This is a far cry from the typical small shops of Greece: Ermou Street is lined with shops with international brands.

One of the busiest squares in the Greek capital! And certainly the most iconic

Another must-see site in the Greek capital, the Jardin National is a real greenery in the city centre!

Located in Zappéion Park, which borders the National Garden, this is a building built from 1874 and entirely dedicated to the modern Olympic Games.

This is the stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games!

Hadrian’s Gate, or Hadrian’s Ark, is a Roman triumphal arch built in the 2nd century AD. C. in honor of Hadrian, great emperor who came to Athens in 131.

In ancient times, in addition to the Olympic Games, there were theatre competitions called the Great Dionysies of Athens, during which several companies competed every four years to win the First Award.

Another church in Byzantine style that recalls the historical past of Athens which, between the 4th and 15th centuries, was part of the Byzantine Empire.

This atypical neighbourhood - or rather typical of Greek villages, I should say - reveals a particularly attractive charm.

Plaka is certainly the most famous area of Athens, and therefore the busiest.

Here you are in Adrianou Street, one of the busiest streets in Athens.

This little square hidden between the houses of the neighborhood is the privileged place of second-hand dealers and antique dealers!