3 nights / 4 days · Hellenic Republic
Athens City Break
Three nights in Athens with the half-day city tour, the Acropolis and its museum, and one full day left deliberately empty.
- Duration
- 3 nights / 4 days
- Where you stay
- Athens
- Style
- Classic city
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About this trip
The short version of Greece, and the one that fits around a flight. Three nights at a four-star hotel in the centre, private transfers at both ends, and a guided half-day on the first full morning that puts the Acropolis, the museum below it and the ceremonial quarter in order before you go back to any of it alone.
The second full day is left open on purpose. Athens repays it: the lanes of Plaka and Monastiraki under the rock, the National Archaeological Museum, the meat and fish halls on Athinas Street, and a long lunch somewhere with no view at all. It is also the natural opening half of a longer trip: every island package on this list begins with the same two Athens nights and the same guided half-day before the ferries start.
What you go for
- The Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum on foot, with a guide
- A half-day seat-in-coach tour of the ceremonial city
- One full day with nothing scheduled on it
- Private airport transfers at both ends, with assistance
The route
Day by day
Times are the operator's planned schedule. They shift with the season, the light and the traffic on the day.
- Day 1
Arrival in Athens
On arrivalAthens International Airport
Met after baggage reclaim and driven into the city privately. Check in at your four-star hotel; what is left of the day is yours.
- Day 2
Athens sightseeing
MorningThe ceremonial city, by coach
A half-day seat-in-coach tour with a guide. It opens at the Panathenaic Stadium, the marble horseshoe rebuilt in Pentelic marble for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, then the Hellenic Parliament and the changing of the guard at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, where the Evzones do the drill in full dress.
Seen from the coach
Passing sights rather than stops: the surviving columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch on the old boundary between the Greek city and the Roman one, the neoclassical run of the Academy, the University and the National Library, and Syntagma Square.
Acropolis and Acropolis Museum
The two stops where you get out and walk. Up the rock for the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion, then down the hill to the museum built to hold what came off it, with the Parthenon gallery on the top floor aligned to the temple itself.
AfternoonFree. Entrance fees are not in the package price and are paid on the day; the rest of the day is your own.
- Day 3
Athens at leisure
Full dayNothing scheduled. The museums, the market streets, the tavernas and the shopping districts are all within a short walk or a short metro ride of the centre, and the day is built so you can take them at your own speed.
- Day 4
Departure
MorningBreakfast at the hotel, then a private transfer to Athens International Airport for your flight home or onward.
Where you stay
Hotel options
Pick a line and the whole trip is costed against it, so you can see what the difference actually buys.
- 4★
- President Hotel or similar, Athens
Quoted on enquiry
Per person, twin share. Land only — international flights are not included. Rates move with the season, the number of you travelling and the hotel line you choose, so we confirm the final figure against your dates before anything is booked.
The detail
What is included
Included
- Three nights at a four-star hotel in Athens.
- Three breakfasts.
- Half-day guided sightseeing tour of Athens, seat-in-coach.
- Arrival and departure transfers, with assistance.
- A 24-hour emergency contact number.
Not included
- International flights.
- Travel insurance.
- Entrance fees.
- City tax.
- Gratuities.
- Personal expenses.
Entry rules, tourism taxes and health requirements change without notice and depend on your passport. Everything above is confirmed by our operations desk before your booking is finalised.
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Price Athens City Break
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