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Day Itinerary Details Fare (Euro)

Day 1

8 April 2013

(Monday)

Arrive at

Airport at

5.20pm

- Check in Minao Athens Hotel

Free

PAID

Day 2

9 April 2013

(Tuesday)

Historical Day

Tour:

1. Acropolis

1. Details:

- open daily 8am til Sunset around 6pm

* go as early as possible to avoid crowd

2. Getting there:

- The entrance to the Acropolis is off Theorias Street. From the

Akropoli metro stop and New Acropolis Museum, walk west along

Dionysiou Areopagitou Street and take the first right on to Theorias3. See:

- Opposite Akropoli metro station is the Temple of Olympian Zeus

- On the Acropolis: The Parthenon, The Temple of Athena Nike, The

Erectheion and The Propylea

- South side: The Odeon of Herodes Atticus and The Theatre of

Dionysis

- Below Acropolis: New Acropolis Museum (Monday closed, Tuesday

Sunday 8am-8pm)

Acropolis Full: 12

Reduced: 6

New Acropolis

Museum: 5

2. Plaka 1. Details:

- a charming historic district at the foot of the Acropolis, with its

restored 19th century neoclassical homes, pedestrianized streets, shops

and restaurants, and picturesque ruins from the city's Roman era.

2. Getting there:

- Go Monastiraki station, served by both Metro lines 1 and 3, and serves

as the best access point for Plaka and Psiri

The Roman

Agora/Roman

Forum and The

Ancient Agora

share ticket with

Acropolis (12 euro)

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OR

- walk from Acropoli station on line 2 to Plaka

3. See:

- The Roman Agora/Roman Forum and The Ancient Agora (Both open

8am-3pm)

Monastiraki

()

and Thissio()

Thissio, to the west side of the Acropolis, is very similar and now houses

many restaurants and cafes. Between the two is Monastiraki, a very

bohemian district increasingly popular with tourists, with stores selling avariety of items including antiques, cookware, souvenirs, arts and crafts,

movie posters, punk culture, funky clothing, and pretty much anything you

can think of.

Day 310 April

2013

(Wednesday)

Syntagma Getting there:- Take metro to Syntagma metro station, one of the worlds most

beautiful metro station

See:

Hellenic Parliament Building, The Hotel Grand Bretagne, National

Historical Museum (Tuesday-Sunday: 09.00-14.00) , The National

Gardens (behind parliament building), the Benaki Museum and the museum

of Cylcadic Art are nearby

Lycabettus

Hill

Walk to Kolonaki (around 1km away from Syntagma), at the foot of

Lycabettus Hill shop-filled streets in Kolonaki

Getting up Lycabettus Hill to watch twilight and the whole view of

Athens::

- Funicular Railway, the world's weirdest train which leaves at the top of

Ploutarchou street in Kolonaki and costs 2 euro each way

OR

- WALK

Funicular Railway

2 euro each way

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Day 4

11 April 2013

(Thursday)

FREE

- Go airport around 5pm

- 8.45pm flight back to Gatwick