Book your free guided tour today!
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.)
Sunday, December 1, 2024:
THE ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM OF KERAMEIKOS
10.30| Meeting point: Entrance of the Archaeological Site (Ermou 148)
Guide: Michalis Giochalas (up to 25 people)
BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF ATHENS
10.30| Meeting point: Chapel of Agios Eleftherios, next to the Metropolis
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 40 people)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024:
THE NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM: SCULPTURE COLLECTION AND PREHISTORIC COLLECTIONS
17.00| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (28th October 44)
Guide: Nikolaos Linardatos (up to 30 people)
Saturday, December 7, 2024:
THE PNYX – HILL OF THE MUSES AND NYMPHS
11:00 | Meeting point: Church of Agios Dimitrios Loubardiaris
Guide: Anna Benaki (up to 40 people)
THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE GALLERY
10:30 | Meeting point: Museum entrance, Army Grove in Goudi
Guide: Nora Pantelaki (up to 30 people)
THE ROMAN AGORA
10:30 | Meeting point: Archaeological site entrance, Gate of Athena Archigetidos
Guide: Ioanna Katochianou (up to 40 people)
Sunday, December 8, 2024:
THE NATIONAL GARDEN
10:30| Meeting point: Garden entrance from Amalias Ave.
Guide: Kostas Kastellakis (up to 40 people)
THE NATIONAL GALLERY – PERMANENT EXHIBITION: CONTEMPORARY GREEK ART
12:00| Meeting point: Museum entrance (Vas. Konstantinou 50)
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 25 people)
THE NUMISMATIC MUSEUM
10:30| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Iliou Melathron, El. Venizelou (Panepistimiou) 12)
Guide: Nora Pantelaki (up to 30 people)
Friday, December 13, 2024:
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
11:00| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Kallirrois Ave. & Amvr. Frantzis – Former FIX factory)
Guide: Theoni Kambra (up to 30 people)
Saturday, December 14, 2024:
PLATO’S ACADEMY
10:30| Meeting point: Church of Saint Tryphon
Guide: Lavrentia Giannola (up to 40 people)
THE BENAKIS MUSEUM – PERIODIC EXHIBITION: GIKAS. JOURNEY FROM WEST TO EAST
10:30| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Piraeus 138)
Guide: Theoni Kambra (up to 30 people)
THE ZILLER-LOVERDOU MANSION
10:30| Meeting point: Museum entrance (Mavromichali 6)
Guide: Haris Velachoutakou (up to 20 people)
THE NATIONAL GARDEN
10:30| Meeting point: Garden entrance from Ave. Amalias
Guide: Costas Kastellakis (up to 40 people)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN GREEK CIVILIZATION
10:30| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Areos 10)
Guide: Areti Vasdari (up to 30 people)
BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF ATHENS
10:30| Meeting point: Chapel of Agios Eleftherios, next to the Metropolis
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 40 people)
THE TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS AND KALLIMARMARO
11:00| Meeting point: Entrance of the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Guide: Anna Benaki (up to 40 people)
THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE GALLERY
10:30| Meeting point: Museum entrance, Army Grove in Goudi
Guide: Irini Kazamiaki (up to 30 people)
THE EPIGRAPHIC MUSEUM
10:30| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Tositsa 1)
Guide: Nora Pantelaki (up to 30 people)
Sunday, December 15, 2024:
THE ATHENIAN AGORA
10:30| Meeting point: Main entrance of the Archaeological site on Andrianou Street
Guide: Gemma Oikonomopoulou (up to 40 people)
THE ZILLER-LOVERDOU MANSION
10:30| Meeting point: Museum entrance (6 Mavromichali)
Guide: Haris Velachoutakou (up to 20 people)
ARISTOTLE’S LYCEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
10:00| Meeting point: Archaeological site entrance from Rigillis
Guide: Lavrentia Giannola (up to 40 people)
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN GREEK CIVILIZATION
10:30| Meeting point: Museum ticket office (Areos 10)
Guide: Areti Vasdari (up to 30 people)
THE NATIONAL GALLERY – PERMANENT EXHIBITION: CONTEMPORARY GREEK ART
10:30| Meeting point: Museum entrance (Vas. Konstantinou 50)
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 25 people)
THE HELLENIC CHILDREN’S MUSEUM (Ages of children: 5 to 12 years. The application concerns only one parent at a time. We will then contact you to confirm the number of children)
11:00| Meeting point: Museum entrance (Rigillis & Vas. Georgiou B’ 17-19)
Guide: Ioanna Katochianou (up to 15 people)
THE HERAKLIDES MUSEUM – SCIENCE, ART AND MATHEMATICS
10:30| Meeting point: Museum entrance (Irakleidon 16)
Guide: Elena Soulioti (up to 25 people)
Wednesday, December 18, 2024:
THE NATIONAL GALLERY – ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION “DEMOCRACY” FOR 50 YEARS OF CIVILIZATION
18:00| Meeting point: Museum Entrance (Vas. Konstantinou 50)
Guide: Irini Kazamiaki (up to 30 people)
Thursday, December 19, 2024:
THE BENAKI MUSEUM – BYZANTINE COLLECTION
18:00| Meeting point: Museum Entrance, Koumbari 1 & Vas. Sofias
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 30 people)
Saturday, December 21, 2024:
THE HERAKLIDES MUSEUM – SCIENCE, ART AND MATHEMATICS
10:00| Meeting point: Museum Entrance (16 Irakleidon)
Guide: Elena Soulioti (up to 25 people)
THE MUSEUM OF CYCLADIC ART – PERMANENT COLLECTION
10:30| Meeting point: Museum Entrance (4 Neophytou Douka)
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 25 people)
