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My wife and I visited Athens Greece through cruise ship by Holland America. This is our 6th-day cruising and so far we enjoyed every city and places we visited. Athens is the capital of Greece and the heart of the ancient civilization of Greece. Today, the ancient landmarks, places, and buildings are still dominated in the city and millions of tourist are visiting Athens every year just to see this. Let me give you the places you can visit in Athens Greece for 1 day.
Transportation
Before I give the places we visited, let me give say that we are coming from the cruise port which is Piraeus port. From the port, we bought the city sightseeing tours that you can hop on hop off anytime. The price person for that bus is 18 euros and they have routes in most of the landmarks in Athens. You can also, used a taxi or public transportation which is probably a little bit cheaper.
Maps
Here is a map of the places we visited in Athens for 1 day. We started in Acropolis and walk all day to other landmarks.
Acropolis
The first place that we visited was the Acropolis of Athens. Acropolis is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and sits at the top of a rocky mountain in the city of Athens and contains the remains of some ancient buildings and architectural artifacts. When we get to Acropolis, you still have to hike a little just to reach the ticketing center. There was a little crowd when we get to the ticketing center and we waited probably 20 mins. When you get to the entrance, that when the crowd and the line goes. I suggest that you come early as possible to beat the crowd.
Cost: 20 euros
Tip: Buy the package so you can visit all the places that I will mention in this blog except the Museum for 30 euros.
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Parthenon
The next place you can visit is the Parthenon and this landmark sits on the top of the Acropolis. When we reached the top of Acropolis, you can see several ancient buildings and the most popular of them is the Parthenon. Parthenon is a temple from ancient Greece for the Athenian dedicated to the goddess Athena.
Acropolis Museum
After we visited Acropolis, we walk east from the entrance of Acropolis and we reached the Acropolis Museum. The tickets for the Acropolis Museum is 10 euros. We learned the history of the Acropolis and saw some of the ancient artifacts that they recovered in the Acropolis.
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Olympieion or Temple Of Olympian Zeus
After the museum, we walked east again and we reached the Olympieion or the Temple of Olympian Zeus. This landmark was dedicated to their Olympian God Zeus. This is included in our package but if you’re buying the ticket separately, it will cost you 6 euros.
Plaka
Plaka is a nice village in Athens Greece with a narrow street that has restaurants, jewelry stores, gift shops and cafes that run by locals in the area. It’s just 5 mins walk from Olympieion. We just pass by here and took some pictures because it’s so pretty village. We even saw a couple having their prenup photo in this village.
Roman Agora
Roman Agora is a small public space market, that’s what they say. It’s a small landmark that used to be a market where all the trades happens and assemblies. This is included in our ticket but if you buy the entrance alone is 4 euros. We did spend too much time in this place, we just took a picture and headed to the next location.
Hadrian’s Library
Just right beside the Roman Agora about 1 min walk, we reached the Hadrian’s Library. Constructed in 132 CE by the emperor Hadrian, this place consists of ancient Roman walls and stones. The entrance fee is 4 euros but this is also included in our package so we didn’t pay the entrance.
Ancient Agora
This is the 2nd best landmark that we visited according to my wife. Ancient Agora is the ancient Greek Agora in their time. They said is the busiest place back in the day where they conduct most of the assemblies and trades. You can find a museum inside the Ancient Agora called the Stoa of Atallos, we’re you can see some of the statues of gods and ancient Greek artifacts. The price to enter in this place is 8 euros but this is also included in our package. We spent maybe 30 mins in this place because it’s big and a lot of buildings to see.
Bus Tour Around The City
After we visited the Ancient Agora, we headed back to the bus station where first started in the morning. It’s about 2:30pm and we decided to ride the sightseeing bus and tour around the city until we headed back to our ship about 4pm.
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