The tours are organized by the Culture, Sports and Youth Organization of the Municipality of Athens (OPANDA) in cooperation with the Association of Diplomatic Guides of Athens, as a way for both Athenians and visitors to get to know the city’s rich history and iconic sites better.
To participate in the free guided tours, you can book through the online platform opandaxenagiseis.gr. (Note that the entrance fee to the museums and archaeological sites themselves is still charged for tour participants.)
The program of free guided tours for October is as follows:
Saturday October 19
KERAMEIKOS
10:00 | Meeting point: Entrance to the archaeological site
Guide: Areti Vasdari (up to 40 people)
ROMAN AGORA
10:00 | Meeting point: Entrance to the archaeological site, Gate of Athena Archeghetis
Guide: Ioanna Katochianou (up to 40 people)
FIRST CEMETERY OF ATHENS – AN UNDERGROUND CRYPTOTHEQUE
10:30 | Meeting point: Central entrance of the Cemetery, End of Anapavseos Street
Guide: Michalis Yochalas (up to 40 people)
NATIONAL GLYPTOTHEQUE
10:30 | Meeting point: Museum Entrance, Army Grove in Goudi
Guide: Irini Kazamiaki (up to 25 people)
PANGRATI DURING THE YEARS OF OCCUPATION
11:00 | Meeting point: Information will be provided by OPANDA
Guide: Menelaos Charalambidis (up to 50 people)
Sunday 20 October
TOUR OF RIZOKASTRO AND ANAFIOTIKA
10:30 | Meeting point: outside the Acropolis Museum, on Makrigiannis Street.
Guide: Michalis Yochalas (up to 40 people)
BENAKI MUSEUM – BYZANTINE COLLECTION
11:00 | Meeting point: Entrance to the museum, 1 Koumbari Street & Vas. Sofias Street
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 25 people)
THE PNYX – THE HILL OF MUSES AND NYMPHS
12:00 | Meeting point: the Church of Agios Demetrios Loubardiaris
Guide: Anna Benaki (up to 40 people)
Monday 21 October
NATIONAL GALLERY – ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION “DEMOCRACY” FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POST-WAR PERIOD
16:00 | Meeting point: museum entrance
Guide: Irini Kazamiaki (up to 25 people)
Friday 25 October
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM – EGYPTIAN COLLECTION
18:00 | Meeting point: Museum entrance
Guide: Theoni Kambra (up to 25 people)
Saturday 26 October
ROMAN AGORA
10:30 | Meeting point: Entrance to the archaeological site, Gate of Athena Archeghetis
Guide: Ioanna Katochianou (up to 40 people)
1ST CEMETERY OF ATHENS – AN UNDERGROUND CRYPTOTHEQUE
10:30 | Meeting point: Central entrance of the Cemetery, End of Anapavseos Street
Guide: Michalis Yochalas (up to 40 people)
THE PNYX – THE HILL OF MUSES AND NYMPHS
13:00 | Meeting point: Church of Agios Dimitrios Loubardiaris, Filopappou
Guide: Lavrentia Giannola (up to 40 people)
Sunday 27 October
1ST CEMETERY OF ATHENS – BURIAL MONUMENTS OF THE 1821 FIGHTERS
10:30 | Meeting point: Central Entrance of the Cemetery, End of Anapavseos Street
Guide: Michalis Giochalas (up to 40 people)
NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM – PREHISTORIC COLLECTION
11:00 | Meeting point: Entrance of the museum
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 25 people)
PLATO’S ACADEMY
13:00 | Meeting point: Church of Agios Tryphonos
Guide: Laurentia Giannola (up to 40 people)
PLATO’S ACADEMY
13:00 | Meeting point: Church of Agios Tryphonos
Guide: Laurentia Giannola (up to 40 people)
Wednesday, October 30
ACROPOLIS MUSEUM
17:00 | Meeting point: Museum entrance
Guide: Nikolaos Linardatos (up to 25 people)
Questions about the tours can be sent to a.skoubourdi@opanda.gr, or asked by phone at 210 5284817, Monday-Friday, 10:00-15:00.
