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Private local tour of the Acropolis Hill and the New Acropolis Museum
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Private local tour of the Acropolis Hill and the New Acropolis Museum

By Olympic Day Tours by Niki Vlachou
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In Athens there are so many things to see and places to visit. You will visit the 2 most important places, the Acropolis Hill and the New Acropolis Museum and explore with a licensed tour guide that could really help you make the most of your visit there.
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Ages 0-90
Duration: 2h 30m
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Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, French
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  • Certified tour guide services
What's not included
  • Private transportation
  • Entrance fees
  • Gratuities
  • Entry/Admission - Acropolis
  • Entry/Admission - Acropolis Museum


Start:
  • XPCF+G9 Acropolis of Athens, Athina 105 58, Greece
    At the main entrance of the Acropolis Hill, by the ticket booth
End:
  • XPCF+G9 Acropolis of Athens, Athina 105 58, Greece
    The tour will end at the New Acropolis Museum

  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 190407P7

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not recommended for travellers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Travellers should have a strong physical fitness level
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 190407P7

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  • XPCF+G9 Acropolis of Athens, Athina 105 58, Greece
    At the main entrance of the Acropolis Hill, by the ticket booth
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    The tour will end at the New Acropolis Museum
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  • Olympic Day Tours by Niki Vlachou
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  • IsabelMedel
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent Tour of the Olympic Games Site in Olympia
    Niki was an excellent tour guide! She explained with detail the history of Olympia, its Olympic Games ruins and all the relevant historical information. She was patient with our questions and ensured we understood her explanations. This tour is well worth it to appreciate your Olympia visit.
    Written 7 November 2024
  • nickgF531GZ
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Niki makes Olympia come alive!
    Niki is a fantastic tour guide and I cannot recommend booking a tour with her enough. She made Olympia come alive in a way that we never would have been able to imagine without her! She is extremely knowledgeable and very personable. Niki also tailored her tour to our backgrounds covering more history and the relationships between Olympia and other sites in Greece. We spent nearly two weeks travelling around Greece and Turkey visiting archaeological sites and our tour of Olympia with Niki was one of our favorite parts of our entire trip. Props to Dimitris as well for the flawless booking process and answering all of our questions in a timely and thorough manner. Niki has a great team and setup!
    Written 27 October 2024
  • djfranks
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great ancient Olympia tour!!!
    Super tour to ancient Olympia with Niki Tours! Our guide, Zoe, was fantastic!!! She gave us background history during the drive. And she did a great job guiding us thru the ancient site. The stop at the olive oil press was fun - and very tasty. I highly recommend this tour - and Niki Tours in general!!!
    Written 3 October 2024
  • charlotte2go
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Simply The Best!
    Simply the Best! My husband and I always arrange private tours when traveling. I do a great deal of research on tour companies because I believe that when you travel, learning about the places you go is the point of your journey and doing it in a fun, relaxing way makes it so much more enjoyable! Without question, I chose Niki Olympic Tours. It was a great decision! Joanna was our guide and we thought she was amazing. Her knowledge is extensive and added so much to our wonderful stop in Olympia. She provided information on Greek history including their society, culture, architecture, ingenuity, and included many bits of information that actually brought them to life as real people not just something you read about in history books. Secondly, on a more personal level, Joanna is just a pleasure to be around. We really enjoyed our time with her. Additionally, our driver, Sakis, was very personable and incredibly thoughtful. My husband has a disability and Sakis always did his best to park as close as he could to all the sites to make it easier for him - he was always there to help my husband get in and out of the car. Joanna as well, made sure that the walking on the tours was a pace that was comfortable for him. Just can't say enough about them - We recommend the company, our Joanna and Sakis. Thank you so much - it couldn't have been any better!
    Written 7 September 2024
  • Jet56855650405
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing tour
    Zoe was an amazing tour guide filled with knowledge and a passion for history. She made this tour fun and interesting. In fact it was the first tour we took that held my interest and kept the entire group engaged. The tour lunch was outstanding as well.
    Written 1 September 2024
  • Hil17ker
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Well worth it !
    Excellent tour of the site and the museum. Very glad we had a guide to understand the full picture and history of this place . Would definitely recommend particularly if you have teenage children in tow. Would definitely recommend Zoe our tour guide for today
    Written 19 August 2024
  • 11christig
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best experience of our whole trip
    Zoey was our guide. We had 12 people in our party ranging in ages from 7 to 74. We were picked up by our cruise ship in a van. We went to Oilympian olive oil mill, the Olympic site, and a lunch. We had a tour and a tasting at the olive oil mill. It was so fun and tasted so good. We bought some oil to take home. We then went to the archeological site. Zoey told us about the different ruins and we had our own Olympic race with the kids. Zoey made a “crown” from branches for the winner. She then took us to Bacchus restaurant for lunch. We would have never found it on our own. This place is amazing. The food was superb. I had the best baklava that I will probably ever have in my life. She dropped us off in Katakolon to pick up souvenirs before we boarded. It was the best tour of our 14 day trip.
    Written 16 August 2024
  • anthonysI658IE
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Olympian for a day
    Our tour to Olympia and site of the original Olympic Games was unbelievable. Our tour guide Zoey was extremely knowledgeable and walked us through the various section of the site as well as through the museum. She gave a real sense of the Olympic spirit and her descriptions of the various works of art were fantastic. The tour ended with a wonderful and delicious buffet lunch at a local restaurant which also included an OPA dance presentation. We truly felt immersed in the Olympic and Greek culture for a day. Kudos also to our bus driver who went out of his way to make our journey comfortable and minimize walking.
    Written 20 July 2024
  • 454gordona
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent trip to Olympia
    Zoe was a phenomenal guide. She was very knowledgeable, fun and always ready for a question. The pace was perfect. She took us to a great restaurant for lunch. Excellent food. Highly recommend this tour and especially Zoe.
    Written 4 July 2024
  • V1146GUellens
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Worth the drive out there!
    We found Niki's info through a Rick Steves book and immediately reached out! She was very responsive via email and got us set up for pick up from our hotel in Athens for a day trip to Olympia and organized the guide with payment amount that would be due to the tour guide (which as a tourist was very helpful for me so I didn't have to question what's the normal amount, tip? etc). Our driver was amazing as well and the tour itself was very thorough and at a pace that worked for us. Our guide even encouraged us to race on the Olympic track, and I'm glad we did. Would definitely recommend spending the day here and learning about the history.
    Written 25 April 2024
  • brianwN4212WD
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Best guides and tours in Delphi, Olympia and Mycenae
    Niki helped set up private tours for my wife and I in Delphi, Olympia and Mycenae. Her guides were on time, engaging, personable and knowledgeable! The tours were really the highlight for our trip to Greece. All guides did great but we especially want to give recognition to Zoe and Thodoris. Their ability to bring to life the sites of Olympia and Mycenae with the associated history was exceptional!
    Written 2 January 2024
  • 524frankd
    0 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Illuminating
    Your experience with Nikki, and her affiliated guides all over Greece, will improve exponentially should you use her services. Firstly, she will personally give you a tour of Olympia which is unrivaled. We began our tour at 8, before the buses arrived. We had the place to ourselves! She is engaging, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. She also will get you guides where you may need them. We used them in Athens, Corinth, and Delphi. All were well trained, professional, passionate and knowledgeable. I cannot recommend her highly enough.
    Written 24 December 2023
  • jeannethoffman
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    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Highlight of trip to Greeece
    I would highly recommend this tour. Booking was easy. Local guide was exceptional. Driver was on time and friendly. Local meal was delicious.
    Written 11 December 2023
  • Rhino2525
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    Wonderful Small-Group Tour Company
    We used Niki's Olympic Tours for small group excursion tours in Santorini. We had a wonderful small-group tour called "Oia Experience" with a great guide named Ioanna who is a school teacher and from the island that works a a tour guide for a second part-time job. She collected our group of 4 couples from the ship and we boarded a short boat ride (which was very picturesque) to where we got a large van for our transportation for our 4.5 hour tour. We had a stop at a winery with tastings of four different wines. She told us about the island as she drove us to Oia to see the famous 'blue onion' buildings for the iconic photo shoots. The view of the island was spectacular from there. We had free time to explore, eat, and shop before we met and she escorted us to the cable car area for our ride back down to the cruise ship area.
    Written 26 November 2023
  • A9296HRjeffb
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    Niki created a very special day for our family.
    The tour was awesome, and Niki was fantastic. She immediately blending into and became a part of our family. Both Niki and the driver took special care to make sure we had a wonderful day, giving us the history on the drive from katakalon and taking us to see the entire site…… the ruins at Olympia are inspiring. We even ran on the track. The tour was perfect, the visit to the museum was great, and the stop for lunch was special. Thanks Niki!!
    Written 25 October 2023
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2024 • Friends
We were a group of 4 couples - long time friends traveling to Greece and other locations for the first time.
My husband and I are fans of Rick Steves, and rely on his experience and expertise to guide some of our travel. Niki's tour was a recommendation from Rick - and once again, he was spot on.
We had two Katerinas (hopefully I'm spelling their name correctly) - one was our main guide and knew a lot about modern Greece, and the other was our guide for the Acropolis Hill and museum and knew a lot about ancient Greece.
Both guides were fun, knowledgeable and just a pleasure to know.
Katerina that took us through the hill and museum knew her way around, got us through the crowds expertly, and read our group very well in knowing where to pause and where to move a little faster. She had great recommendations for photo ops.
Katerina that was our bus guide pointed out sites and gave information we wouldn't have found on our own, especially since we were only in Athens for the day.
She joined us for a fantastic lunch as well.
We would highly recommend Niki and her team for their tours of Greece.
The entire group agreed we had a great day.
Thank you Niki and team!!
Written 8 October 2024
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Thank you for trusting us and for writing this beautiful review!
Written 19 October 2024
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Jason W
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Niki planned the entire trip itinerary for our weeklong Greek vacation from Athens, to Kalambaka and Meteora, to Delphi, and Olympia. All tours were arranged, expert guides provided, and every need taken care of. She herself was so very friendly and helpful, extremely knowledgeable about the Acropolis and museum in Athens. Not only did we have a great time, we made a new friend. 👍🏻🙂 Can’t wait until we can bring our kids next time!
Written 19 January 2023
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Thank you fir all your trust. It was more than a pleasure meeting you and really hope we get together again soon.
Written 21 January 2023
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Ann M
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Jun 2024 • Family
My grandson (14) and I have so many wonderful memories to look back on thanks to Niki and Dimitris at Olympic Tours. In planning our trip, we told Dimitris what we wanted to do while in Greece, and he arranged everything for us. We appreciated him listening and everything was perfect. Dimitris arranged the best of the best as our private driver. Kyriakos. His car was a luxury Mercedes sedan that was immaculate. This was his office and he provided us with bottled water and snacks. We spent two whole days with him driving us to Delphi, Arachova, Ancient Sparta, Ancient Corinth and stopping at the Corinth Canal on the way back to Athens. Kyriakos provided us with informative information as we passed by things. He spoke excellent English. He was excellent in introducing us to our private licensed tour guides in the places that we went. He had all the details worked out as to where and what time to meet the guides. All of our guides spoke very good English. All of the guides were very knowledgeable about the history of the sites we were visiting. We felt like we were stepping back in time with our visits to each site. Our first day in Athens, Dimitris had arranged for Chrysa to meet us first thing in the morning at the Art Gallery Hotel to take us on a 6-hour Walking Tour of Athens (Acropolis Hill, New Acropolis Museum, the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the temple of Athens Nike and Ancient Agora). This was a trip of a lifetime and look forward to visiting Greece again. I would highly recommend Olympic Tours by Niki to anyone that is planning a trip to Greece. Thanks for the Memories! Courtland and Ann
Written 29 July 2024
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Thank you for sharing all these beautiful comments and details of your tour. It makes our work more fun to have happy travellers reviews and keep going.
Written 10 August 2024
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Nate G
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Jan 2022 • Friends
We had a great 2 days of touring Cape Sounion, Athens, the Acropolis Hill and museum, Corinth, a winery and Nafplion. It was amazing and they were very accommodating of our ever-changing schedule and working around weather issues. Niki and Patrick are literally my 2 favorite people in Greece. Highly recommend!
Written 31 January 2022
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JenM
New York3 contributions
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Thank you Niki and Dimitri for making one of my dream vacations one of the best experiences. Dimitri responded to all of my emails and answered my questions and concerns in a timely manner. We went to 3 different islands and had a great experience on each. We did a walking tour from our hotel in Athens to the Acropolis hill and museum. Viki was a very knowledgeable and friendly tour guide who was We learned a lot from her. She even showed us a great place to get a great authentic Greek lunch. We also had a great experience in Santorini with our driver Gabriel. He was also a very friendly and informative tour guide. He took us to all the top sites and showed us a nice place on the beach for lunch. For our stop in Mykonos Carina our tour guide was friendly and very knowledgeable about the history of the island. We saw and learned a lot and had an overall great experience on our vacation. I definitely recommend Olympic tours and will definitely use them again in the future.
Written 8 August 2024
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Thank you so much for all your kind words and for sharing the beautiful review. It was more than a pleasure paining all these custom made experiences for you and we are happy that you have enjoyed them. Till the next time you visit, happy living to you and your family.
Written 10 August 2024
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Meena T
9 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Family
Niki accommodated us for a last minute private tour of the Acropolis. My family of four includes 2 adults, a 12 yr old, and a 16 yr old, and our tour guide kept all of us engaged. Dimitris was very knowledgeable and was able to provide cultural and historical context for all of the sites. He was amazing!

Highly recommend a private tour (vs large group tour) of the Acropolis in particular.
Written 11 June 2023
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Thank you for trusting us in organizing this private tour for your family. We are happy to hear that you have enjoyed it. Wishing you a wonderful stay in Greece.
Written 12 June 2023
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bruceadc
Kennebunkport, ME11 contributions
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We really enjoyed our tour. Our guide was very informative and very nice. Great experience for parents and kids. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and had a good flow.
Written 3 September 2022
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Thank you for choosing us for your Athens tour. We are happy to see that you have enjoyed the services we have provided you with.
Written 5 September 2022
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Private local tour of the Acropolis Hill and the New Acropolis Museum provided by Olympic Day Tours by Niki Vlachou

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