Athens Essential Highlights and Traditional Lunch & Drinks where the Greeks Eat Out [+Option of Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon]
€650
A fully flexible & private tour of the Athens highlights. You can optionally enjoy the beautiful coast route to enjoy a sunset or late afternoon visit to Cape Sounion and the amazing clifftop Temple of Poseidon.
Make the best of your visit to Athens with us as your private driver/tour leader and explore like a local would. Visit the best of Athens sites by selecting from our list of off-the-beaten-track sites. Let us suggest some less touristy locations to avoid the flocks of tourists.
Enjoy the city in a very private, safe & relaxed way without rushing and waiting for other people. With transportation in a private vehicle, you can explore the selected sites at your leisure on this fully customizable tour that includes traditional Greek lunch in a convenient non-touristy location, based on your final tour itinerary.
Why this tour and us?
It’s a big faceless city, but you must see Athens and its main sites. You have to do this tour because the history and amazing to consider “technology & science” at the time of construction of these monuments is beyond any logic!
Because you’ll visit the sites in a different more authentic way.
We have selected the best place to treat you to lunch & drinks.
Book this private tour of Athens and plan the exact itinerary with your tour leader based on your special requirements and his insider knowledge. Feel comfortable and part of the local life with this special non-touristy tour. Check the “Pricing” tab for details about adding the Cape Sounion & Temple of Poseidon sunset option.
Duration: 8 hours
Language: English Departure: 8:00 a.m. from Athens
You can online book this private tour of Athens now. The pricing shown is for 1 or 2 people (not per person).
For more pricing details & options please see the “Pricing” tab below or Contact Us to get a quote for more than 2 people.
Take full advantage of this fully customizable Athens area tour based on any special interests you have that could determine extra stops or visits.
A typical day tour from Athens will include as many as possible of the following sites, depending on your preferences, energy, pace, and available time.
Pick up from your hotel or cruise ship.
☼ Acropolis & museum
☼ Plaka & Monastiraki area
☼ Temple of Olympian Zeus
☼ Changing of the Guards
☼ Authentic lunch & drinks in a convenient nontouristy location
☼ Panathenaic stadium
☼ The boat museum for the ancient “Trieres” [coastline]
☼ Mount Lycabettus [option: we prefer to avoid since it gets very crowdy and touristy]
☼ [Instead…] Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center (SNCC)
☼ Piraeus Port
Finally, drop off at your Athens hotel or optionally continue for a coastal road trip along the Athens Riviera to the Sounion peninsula & the Temple of Poseidon. Set out on an easy & full of views drive along the picturesque Attica coastline and to the very well-preserved ancient site at Cape Sounion. Gaze out across the Aegean Sea from the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon. Get in touch to set it up!
After your booking, expect full communication at all times with all details, questions answered, pick-up location/time, etc.
☼ Pickup and drop-off from your Athens hotel/accommodation (within 4 Km of the center of Athens/Syntagma Square). Optional pickup from/to cruise ship terminals or airports.
☼ Private tour for 1 to 8 people, related only.
☼ Brand new (2020-23) nonsmoking vehicle & nonsmoking driver.
☼ The driver’s dress code depends on the season; it’s always informal yet professional. Remember that he/she tours & guides you at all times except when you self-explore the sites (unless specifically requested to accompany you there too).
☼ Traditional Greek afternoon lunch & drinks.
☼ In-car bottled water & information booklet.
☼ Flexible itinerary.
☼ Each traveler is allowed a maximum of one small carry-on bag/backpack.
☼ Pickup and drop-off in areas outside the Athens central area, cruise ship (port of Piraeus), and airport are subject to additional costs. Touring with luggage is also an extra cost always depending on the number of passengers.
☼ During lunch: Seafood or fish is excluded due to variable pricing.
☼ Entrance fees to the sites. We help you to pre-book the correct time slots!
☼ Touristy stops at souvenir shops (unless you require them).
☼ Professional guide (optional).
☼ Gratuities (optional).
The price for this tour is €650, which is the total for 2 (two) people.
Sunset Option: You can add the extended Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon (sunset or late afternoon tour) to the Athens tour. Please contact us for details of start times, duration, and sunset options.
Discounted pricing: We offer alternative payment options (family rates, solo traveler rates, small-group bookings, pay on the day of the tour, etc.). Please get in touch with us to get the best rate based on your payment method, number of people, and age.
PS. Payments made by PayPal are subject to an additional 6% (the approximate fee PayPal charges on all transactions), and payments by AMEX are subject to an additional 4%, which the client must pay to Eudaimonia on the day of the booked tour. There is no extra charge if you pay with any other credit card (VISA, MasterCard), with a typical 2.8% fee, but not business cards, cash-back, bonus, etc.
Depending on the time of year, you can arrange to include any of these add-on experiences to your itinerary:
[1] Cape Sounion with the temple of Poseidon
[2] Corinth canal
[3] Ancient Corinth
Please contact us for details, availability, and pricing.
Just remember that you only need to spend a couple of nights or a full day exploring the main Athens sites. Then, invest your time away from the big city and not necessarily in Mykonos and Santorini!
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These are reminders and additions to things you have already read in other sections.
All our tours include lunch and drinks, and all multi-day tours include quality accommodation. Professional guide, dinner (on multi-day tours), and all kinds of tickets (sites, trains, boats, etc) are not included. You can read more about “What is included & excluded in our tours and why!” from our FAQs-not-4-DUMMIES.
☼ To keep our vehicles fresh and comfortable, we ask that guests avoid eating or drinking (except water). Water is always available, and we’ll stop along the way as needed if you need to snack.
☼ Fish and seafood are not included in our budget, as their costs cannot be estimated with sufficient accuracy in advance. Pescatarian guests are invited to enjoy our delicious vegetarian cuisine during the tour. In the evenings, we’ll recommend the best spots for fresh seafood so you can experience it at your leisure. Got allergies, several restrictions, or foods you don’t enjoy? Tell us in advance, and we’ll do our best to please you!
☼ After you book, we will ask for some of the following: any food allergies, a single passport number (required by local authorities), names of all passengers, luggage details, pickup/drop-off locations, and a WhatsApp number, which is very helpful during the tour.
☼ Luggage is typically not included on day tours. In other situations (multi-day tours or transfers), we expect a maximum of one checked bag per person [65x40x25 cm or 26x16x10 inches] and a carry-on or backpack. We do not allow luggage on the vehicle’s seats or in your laps to protect both our passengers and our vehicles. If you have additional luggage, please let us know in advance. We can arrange for a larger vehicle or help you store part of it. We may have to cancel if you … surprise us!
☼ If you are too tall or heavy, we need to know in advance! If we have advance notice, we can arrange the appropriate vehicle. Please use 225 lbs (105 Kg) as the maximum weight you need to inform us of. If in doubt, please let us know your weight and height before you book, and we’ll get back to you. It’s not a personal question, but for your own comfort! We can use a larger vehicle if we have advance notice.
☼ An adult must always accompany children (minimum age is 8 years). Please let us know if anyone gets car sick! Greece is not flat!
☼ Due to uneven surfaces, most tours are not suitable for people with mobility impairments or wheelchair users. We apologize for this, but if the sites don’t or can’t accommodate people with mobility issues, we can’t help.
☼ We are flexible on tour duration, so there is no rush during the tour. We also expect you to be reasonable and respect your driver/tour leader’s efforts. Sometimes there are specific restrictions (like not missing the sites’ closing times during the off-season or catching a train, boat, etc.) which will “dictate” our itinerary/timing and require your full cooperation!
‘Eudaimonia’ is the trading name of Eudaimonia Private Tours of Greece, a tour provider officially registered under the Greek National Tourism Organization with business license number 1245E70000044101. The ‘client’ or ‘customer’ is the person or persons who have made a confirmed booking with Eudaimonia.
CANCELLATION POLICY FOR TOURS, TRANSFERS AND SERVICES
(a) Cancellation Policy for day tours, half-day tours, and transfers:
☼ Cancellations made greater than 60 days before the scheduled tour date will be fully refunded minus service fees, as mentioned below.
☼ Cancellations made between 60 to 30 days before the scheduled tour date will be refunded 75% of the agreed total tour fee minus service fees.
☼ Cancellations made between 30 to 7 days before the scheduled tour date will be refunded 50% of the agreed total tour fee minus service fees.
☼ Cancellations made 7 days or less before the scheduled tour date will incur a 100% charge.
EXPENSES: In addition to the above, but only after the 60-day full refund period, all of Eudaimonia’s expenses agreed upon through the email exchange of communication concerning or are part of the day or half-day tours or transfers, such as site tickets, train/boat tickets, or any other bookings for the client (wine tasting, restaurants, etc.), will be deducted from the amount to be refunded.
SERVICE FEE: Finally, a service fee of 9% (of the total amount agreed) will also be deducted from any refundable amount, including the 60-day full refund case. This corresponds to the time spent on the client’s booking.
(b) Cancellation Policy for multi-day tours (at least one night stay/overnight or more):
☼ Cancellations made greater than 90 days before the scheduled tour date will be fully refunded minus expenses and services fees, as mentioned below.
☼ Cancellations made between 90 to 60 days before the scheduled tour date will be refunded 75% of the agreed total tour fee minus expenses and services fees.
☼ Cancellations made between 60 to 30 days before the scheduled tour date will be refunded 50% of the agreed total tour fee minus expenses and services fees.
☼ Cancellations made 30 days before the scheduled tour date will incur a 100% charge.
EXPENSES: Additionally to the above, but only after the 90-day full refund period, all of Eudaimonia’s expenses agreed upon through the email exchange of communication concerning or are part of any multiday tour, such as site tickets, train/boat tickets, hotels booked for the client, or any other bookings (wine tasting, restaurants, etc), will be deducted from any amount to be refunded. This will be an amount of approximately 25%-30% of the total tour cost.
SERVICE FEE: Finally, a service fee of 18% of the total amount agreed will also be deducted from any refundable amount including the 90-day full refund case. This corresponds to the time spent on the client’s booking.
(c) Special client-specific arrangements/agreements & cancellation policy:
There may be client-specific payments & bookings (full or partial) agreed upon through e-mail communication mentioned -for example- as “non-refundable” or different from the main cancellation policy “refund dates”. Then, these client-specific agreements will precede any other interpretations made from this main cancellation policy. Therefore, it is the specific written (email) agreement between each client and Eudaimonia that can only precede this main cancellation policy -if it is different- and determines the cancellation policy for each client.
(d) Other issues:
Eudaimonia reserves the right to make subtle changes to tour itineraries. Eudaimonia reserves the right to substitute vehicles and/or drivers should they arise. Eudaimonia reserves the right to change or cancel your booking without any penalties beyond offering a full refund. Should change and/or cancellation prove necessary we will give you -if possible- reasonable notice & where available, offer you a comparable alternative. If an alternative is not available or acceptable you will be entitled to a full refund.
Eudaimonia encourages all clients to communicate as early as possible concerning cancellation issues which could allow the agency to offer a better refund – partial or full- to a client despite the standard cancellation policy described in this document. This is a decision not to be discussed with or disputed by the client and will be made entirely by Eudaimonia to better serve the client if it is possible.
Eudaimonia itineraries are flexible, and if possible, the requirements of clients will be facilitated. Eudaimonia reserves the right to vary, modify, or cancel any itinerary, either partly or wholly. Itineraries published are sample itineraries only and may be amended without notice. Eudaimonia also reserves the right to use alternative vehicles to those advertised.
Eudaimonia is not responsible for the costs of any other travel arrangements affected due to our cancellations or rescheduling of any tour departure.
Bookings can only be used by the client/s to whom the booking was initially arranged; no other person can use the booking in any circumstances.
The client will be asked to produce a valid photo and/or passport number identification.
(e) Force Majeure
It is only at Eudaimonia’s discretion to refund fully, partly, or not at all if a customer cancels under certain conditions including even “Force Majeure”. Eudaimonia strongly recommends that the client purchase travel insurance.
The Client agrees to all the above when booking any of Eudaimonia’s tours and services.