First Access Acropolis Tour, Beat the Crowds, Enjoy the Parthenon

Best time to vistit the Acropolis with a great Guide

Extremely knowledgeable and friendly Guide. Its really the best time of the day the visit the Acropolis seeing the temperatures and crowds of visitors.

Beware

This tour was advertised as though there wouldn't be many at the Acropolis because you would be going early in the morning. Actually, there were many groups and individuals entering at the same time and it didn't take long for the place to fill up.

GO EARLY with this tour! Especially since it is getting hotter now in Athens!

great tour mainly because we were the first ones in the gate and up the path to the Acropolis/Parthenon. Our guide was very knowledgeable and nice. She took her time and gave the group (not too big luckily) time to absorb everything. My husband and I ended up going in on a day where it was free admission to museums in Greece and we were told we'd get a refund of the ticket part of our portion but that has not happened. Perhaps it still will?

Acropolis in the morning - the best!

The early access skip-the-line tour of the Acropolis is the way to go. Our guide, Angeliki, was excellent. Our tour was in English, which she spoke clearly and was easily understood. Angeliki was a wealth of information and brought the magnificent views to life. Early access meant we were the first up the hill. By the time our tour was over, the area was very crowded.

Beat the Crowds is the way to go!

“Beat the crowds” is the perfect approach! We were the first group through the entrance for the day, thanks to our guide! By the time we left, it started getting crowded, no problem for us because we were on our way out already! An easy pace, good breaks for pictures and exploring. George was a fantastic guide. He was very pleasant, funny, knowledgeable and easy to understand. He even gave recommendations for food and directions. The headsets were reliable and simple to use.

Get ther early, beat the crowds and the heat!

We booked the early tour to avoid the crowds and the heat. Sucess on both fronts. Niobe our guide was very informative and funny. Excellent tour. Thank you.

Worth getting up early!

Yes it’s an early start (7:45am) but so worth it! We were the first group in at opening and went straight to the top, the Parthenon. It was beautiful to see the sun rise as we walked up the hill. The peace and quiet was great for taking photos and enjoying the view before the crowds got there. Yiannis was our guide and was great! He is also an archaeologist so he gave us interesting historical background and context to all we were seeing. This was a wonderful tour and am so glad we did this rather than just looking around on our own. Yiannis kept things interesting and entertaining! 10/10 recommend!

Amazing morning tour with guide Yiannis!

My friends and I (group of 3) went to the morning tour of Acropolis (at 8 AM) with Yiannis. First of all, definitely recommend the early tour because it really is the best time to get pictures before the crowds filter in. Second, we had a great tour guide, Yiannis, highly recommend. He clearly loves what he does, he is super knowledgeable and engaging. On the day of our tour we lucked out in that our group had 5 people (including us). Third, I would recommend this tour because of the context Yiannis was able to provide. He had a binder with him which held laminated copies of what each of the sites likely looked like in their heydays. This added to the experience of Acropolis and imagining what the site used to look like. TLDR- this tour added value to the experience of visiting the acropolis. Do the morning tour. And, yiannis is the best.

Very good tour!

Antonis is very knowledgeable, kind, and friendly. He also speaks very good English. So glad we went on the tour to learn about what is what. Tour was flexible to our schedule too.

Excellent value for money.

The booking experience was easy. You have to download the app. However this is worthwhile even for one experience. The staff arrived well ahead of schedule and were well organised. The tour started on time, and we were effectively the first ones in the Acropolis. Our guide, Margarita, was really amazing. Her English was very good, good diction, and she was extremely knowledgeable of Greek and Athenian history and culture. She was able to explain topics clearly and answered all of the group's questions. She also brought supplemental material, such as drawings and prints to show how the monuments looked through time. We had a few minutes of free time to take pictures before the crowds arrived. Margarita helped those of us who went solo with pictures (and she did that very well, too). The tour ended right on time. The audio equipment was of good quality and in good condition. I have been in many tours (Egyptian pyramids, Inca and Aztec temples, Great Wall of China, Colosseum, between many others) and this is the guided tour I have enjoyed the most.

Wonderful jaunt of the acropolis. A must-do in the birthplace of democracy.

A brilliant way to explore the Acropolis with minimum crowds. Our guide Olesya was very informative and easy going and a pleasure. Perhaps a little too easy going because some members of the group were late (aren't there always?) and so we were held up and followed several other groups in thus minimising the chance of the best experience and photos. If people are late, they are late and the tour should start on time. We first visited during 1979 and, although concerned this time about the loss of integrity of the site, were impressed with the updates performed since. Contrary to my expectation, restoration work where the recent renovations were visibly different from the original added to the whole. Our 1979 guide was a history professor and was able to relay her imaginings of the peoples' comings and goings to the Parthenon and to the Temple of Athena "back in the day". This was a marvellous experience and still resonates in my mind today. Perhaps these imaginings could be included in today's tours? We followed this with our own tour of the modern museum and would recommend this, possibly with the organised tour which can be included with the pleasing acropolis jaunt.

This is the Acropolis/Parthenon Tour you should book!

I’m so glad that I booked this tour. Everything was well organized, no wait to see the acropolis and Parthenon. The tour provided headsets to easily hear what our guide was telling us about the landmarks. Our guide, Annie was fantastic! She remembered all of the people in our tour, where they were visiting from and was so friendly and knowledgeable. She used many examples to help us consider the grandeur of what we were seeing in relation to things in our modern world. She was humorous and answered all the questions. I would recommend this tour to everyone!

Early Access is the Best Way to See the Acropolis!

We went on the Early Access Acropolis tour with Margarita, a high school teacher of ancient and modern Greek. Because the tour starts at 7:45, you are one of the first people to enter the Acropolis. We took pictures in front of the Parthenon with no other people in the background. We had 20 minutes to wander the awe inspiring monuments before hoards of people arrived. After we had time to wander, Margarita started explaining the structures and their significance. She always made sure her stops were in the shade, sometimes with a place to sit. By the time our tour was over, the crowds were incredibly large and it was hot!

Excellent Tour!

Excellent tour! Our guide was very knowledgeable and provided extensive detail. The early start time beat the crowds and made for an enjoyable experience.

Good way to visit the Acropolis to avoid the crowds

Excellent tour. Although expensive, it was worth it to see the sights before the main crush of people arrived. The tour is well planned to access the site in reverse so that it is less busy. Alessia was excellent. She was very knowledgeable and also provided interesting perspectives.

A great tour

Our guide was very knowledgeable and took pictures of many couples. She was a pleasure to be toured by. I highly recommend Viator tours.

Excellent tour with an excellent company

We took Athens Walking Tours (I’m being very wary of spelling here as there is another very similarly-named company) new early morning Acropolis tour which started at the eye-watering time of 7:45am, but was by far the best option given the immense volume of people who swarm up the Parthenon as the day goes on. Meet-up was easy and efficient and our guide Georgia was informative, receptive and knowledgable and had impeccable English. As there was only the four of us booked on this particular tour, we thankfully we didn’t have to bother with earphones or microphones or anything, which was a true blessing! We really were very lucky, as some of the tours we saw coming up later had about 30 people in them and they struggled to find enough space to congregate in the limited space on top of the Acropolis. The company actually changed our meet-up location the day before we were due to go, but I was extremely impressed with their communication in regards to this. They left me two voicemails, in addition to an email, informing me of the change, and then waited on confirmation that I had received this new info. I absolutely would recommend both the tour, tour guide and tour company.