Top Athens Arts & Design

Venture off the tourist trail and discover a different side to Athens on this 3-hour street art walking tour led by a local artist. Explore the city’s colorful local neighborhoods; admire unique graffiti art and murals; and see for yourself why Athens’ bold street art has made a name for itself worldwide. This small-group tour is limited to 12 people, ensuring an authentic local experience.

Discover the hidden treasures of Ancient Greece and learn the tips and techniques of professional photography on this guided, 2-hour, small-group photo tour. Choose from a morning, afternoon, or evening departure time. Then walk the city streets and learn practical tips from a professional photographer guide, capturing the details that many amateurs miss. See the city from an entirely new perspective and get creative pictures to make memories that last a lifetime.

Discover Athens’ edgier side on this 3-hour bike tour through the city’s graffiti-sprayed backstreets and hidden corners where only locals go. Escape the long lines and tourist throngs to travel on two wheels to see where hip young Athenians are creating the city's modern alternative culture, including street art alleyways, unique cafés and offbeat shopping districts.

The Acropolis and its museum is Athen’s crown jewel, but the sights are often overrun with visitors. With this pre-booked e-ticket, zip past the crowds at the entrance and spend more time immersed in the Golden Age of Athens. Explore the archaeological site and the museum’s collection of artifacts with the engaging insights of two dedicated audio tours downloaded directly to your smartphone.

Discover the best of Athens nightlife on a fun-filled pub crawl. Skip overpriced tourist traps and follow your guide to the Greek capital’s top bars and clubs. Throughout the evening, enjoy three different welcome shots and 1-hour of unlimited beer and sangria. You also get special discounts at each location. Along the way, play Greek drinking games with your hosts and friends.

Uncover Athens’ long history and explore the Greek capital on foot with this half-day walking tour. Feel like you’ve stepped into a real-life history book as you get up close to world-famous landmarks, UNESCO-listed ruins and opulent royal palaces. Then, step off the beaten path to discover busy markets, modern sights and much-loved local spots. Numbers limited to 12 people on this small-group tour, ensuring personalized commentary from the guide.

This is a great choice for history fans wanting to see Athens’ best historical sights in a day. Enjoy a stress-free adventure of Greece’s capital with a full itinerary planned out, and round-trip transport included. Visit the Parthenon, the New Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Zeus, Lycabettus Hill, Plaka, Athens Riviera, and much more. As it’s a private tour, the itinerary can be altered based on personal preferences.

One of the must-see sites of Athens is The Acropolis. Save time waiting in long visitor lines by having a skip-the-line entrance ticket. By exploring The Acropolis and its museum with a guide, you’ll learn important historical information and you’ll have someone to shortlist all the best bits for you. Highlights include the Roman Music Hall, and Acropolis Museum—which has been voted one of the top five museums in the world.

Housed in one of Athens’ most beautiful neoclassical buildings, the Benaki Museum is a don’t-miss both inside and out. Ensure entry even at busy times by arranging tickets ahead of time. Once there, travel through the highlights of Greek culture, from prehistoric times to ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Byzantium, and modern Greece.

Discover a side of Athens beyond the ancient monuments and crowded tourist spots with a private guide well-versed in the Greek capital’s counterculture. Check out hip cafes, art galleries, bookshops, and public spaces tucked into lively neighborhoods that most tourists miss. Learn about the social and political movements that inspired vibrant street art, enjoy the views from a secret lookout point, and taste a treat from a favorite local bakery.

Experience Athens’ top historic destinations on this all-day guided excursion. After a convenient hotel or port pickup, travel by comfortable minivan to the Acropolis and visit landmarks like the Olympic Stadium, the Temple of Olympiad Zeus, Mount Lycabettus, the Acropolis, and the National Archaeological Museum. Then head to Cape Sounion and admire a magical sunset at the Temple of Poseidon.

Get to grips with Athens’ street art scene on this private, 3-hour tour. Following pickup from your hotel, set off on foot with a local artist to scout out the Greek capital’s most impressive pieces of outdoor art. See eye-catching murals, colorful graffiti, intricate stencils and more as you hear about Athens’ most renowned artists.

Follow in the footsteps of St. Paul, who spent time living in Corinth and wrote two letters to the Corinthians, on this private tour of biblical Corinth and the Corinth Canal, with pickup and drop-off from Athens or Corinth. See the marketplace where St. Paul addressed the Corinthians from the podium, visit a church with a mosaic depicting his conversion, and stop at Kechries where Paul had his hair shorn.

Take a break from Athens’s ancient artifacts to peruse the largest collection of contemporary European painting in Greece at the Frissiras Museum. Visit any time during opening hours with your admission ticket, and freely browse four floors filled with works by 20th- and 21st-century visual artists from Greece and across the continent. Rotating special exhibits help bring the latest European art trends right to Athens.

The Acropolis Museum is one of the premier archaeological collections in Greece, but the crowds can be daunting. Skip past the long lines with this pre-booked e-ticket and delve directly into ancient history with a self-guided audio tour downloaded directly to your smartphone. Take in the museum at your own pace while you learn about the history and significance of the vast collection of artifacts through an engaging commentary.

Experience the underground of Athens with this tour focused on the city's burgeoning street art scene. Your guide will take you off the beaten track to show you some of the finest murals, stencils, and graffiti while teaching you all about the local street art scene and its significance today.

Treat the kids—or your inner child—to a break from ruins by prebooking tickets to the Museum of Illusions Athens. Deceive your eyes and create compulsive images as you pose in the upside-down room, an infinity mirrored room, the vortex tunnel, and more. Shrink into a chair, become a disembodied head, and enjoy holograms, puzzles, and classic optical illusions.

Pre-booking skip-the-line tickets to the Acropolis Museum in Athens is a time-saving strategy to take care of planning in advance. With the option to use a mobile or paper ticket, you’ll walk right past long lines for purchasing admission onsite; that ensures even more time to explore thousands of ancient artifacts in the Acropolis Museum.

In a country where public space belongs to no one, creative street artists have taken their art to the streets of Athens, covering the blank, concrete buildings with their visions. Together we will discover 5 cool neighborhoods that support and showcase street art and we will see a lesser-known part of Athens. With the view of a local, you will experience the city in an unconventional way. We will end our tour to Kerameikos neighborhood, which is according to Forbes magazine among the 12 coolest neighborhoods around the world! There, we will taste the best Greek souvlaki in Athens! This is a great opportunity to come and discover the 'real Athens' from an expert local's perspective

Capture the world’s ancient capital on this half-day photography walking tour. Unlike many photography tours in Athens, this tour is private so you can explore the city at your own pace and make the most of the time with your professional photographer guide. Whether you’re looking to improve your photography skills or just find off-the-beaten-path photo opportunities, your guide can help you bring your creativity alive in this city of art and architecture.

Get to know Athens’ vibrant street art scene on a private tour of the neighborhoods best known for their colorful murals and graffiti. It's a great way to get away from the crowded tourist sites and see a more authentic side of the Greek capital while admiring the contrast of ancient temples with colorful, ultra-modern public art. Learn how the city became an ideal canvas for graffiti and see the works of well-known local street artists like Achilles, iNO, and WD.

Skip the long lines and visit the new Acropolis Museum in your own time. One of the most important museums in Greece has a total area of 25,000 square meters and includes archaeological treasures dating to pre-historic times as well as priceless findings from the Acropolis monuments that represent its history and function as the most important religious centre of ancient Athens.

Connect with your inner child at the new Benaki Toy Museum in Athens, where the young and young at heart can browse more than 20,000 vintage toys from around the world. Admire handmade wooden figurines, fairground souvenirs, board games, traditionally dressed dolls, and more. Learn about childhood customs from across the globe and ways of playing that reach across cultures.

Traveling with the whole family is always rewarding, but finding family-friendly transportation and activities can be stressful. Enjoy a hassle-free, private day trip from Athens when your family explores Mycenae. Learn Greek myths and ancient history, create your own ceramic artifacts, and visit picturesque Nafplio. Your child-friendly licensed guide engages your youngsters throughout the day.