Free Guided Tours of Athens in October

The Municipality of Athens is offering free guided tours to museums, monuments and archaeological sites all over Athens

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.

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