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Ancient Agora of Athens Site & Museum Private Tour 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$344.25
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Overview
The exclusive private tour of the Ancient Agora in Athens offers an in-depth look at the birthplace of democracy. Guided by a knowledgeable native Greek expert, this journey reveals the rich history and culture of ancient Athens.
- 🏛️ Visit the Ancient Agora, a flat area surrounded by the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis and the hill of Areopagus, featuring the historic Panathenaic Way.
- 🔍 Explore the Temple of Hephaestus, one of the best-preserved ancient temples, transformed into a Christian church, showcasing its unique historical significance.
- 📜 Walk the storied Panathenaic Way, the processional route for the grand Panathenaic festival honoring the goddess Athena, steeped in Athenian tradition.
- 🏺 Discover original artifacts, including voting ostraka and the marble ballot box that played a crucial role in shaping Athenian democracy.
- 🖼️ Admire the Museum of the Ancient Agora, housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, featuring archaeological finds from various historical periods.
- 👨🏫 Benefit from guidance throughout with an official licensed local tour guide, ensuring a rich and informative experience.
- 🎟️ Admission tickets are included for both the Ancient Agora museum and the archaeological site, providing full access to these historic locations.
- ♿ Enjoy wheelchair accessibility, with all areas and surfaces accessible for visitors with mobility needs, including transportation options.
- 🧒 Children and young people up to 25 from EU member states can enter for free with valid ID, making it a great family-friendly outing.
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Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
- Guidance throughout with official licensed local tour guide
- Admission ticket to Ancient Agora museum
- Admission ticket to Ancient Agora archaeological site
- Gratuities (optional)
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Ancient Agora of Athens
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Ancient Agora of Athens
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Ancient Agora of AthensThe Ancient Agora of Athens is a flat area defined by the Sacred Rock of the Acropolis and the hill of Areopagus in the south and the hill of Kolonos Agoraios in the west. It is traversed by one of the most important ancient roads, the Panathenaic Way, which led to the Acropolis from the main gate of the city, the Dipylon Gate. This road served as the processional way for the great parade of the Panathenaic festival, which was held to honour the city patron goddess Athena.
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Temple of AriesOn top of Agoraios Kolonos hill, stands the temple of Hephaestus, broadly known as Thisio. It is one of the best preserved ancient temples, partly because it was transformed into a Christian church. According to the traveller and geographer Pausanias (1, 14, 5-6), two deities were jointly worshipped in the temple: god Hephaestus, protector of all metallurgists, and goddess Athena Ergani, protecting all potters and the cottage industries. The identification of this temple as ?Hephaesteion? (location of worship of the god Hephaestus) was ascertained by the excavations and investigations that brought to light metallurgy workshops on the wider area of the hill, thus outshining earlier opinions presuming that Theseus, Hercules or Aris (Mars) were the deities worshipped there. The temple was probably erected between 460 and 420 BC by a yet unknown architect, to whom, however, are attributed other temples of similar structure in the Attica region
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Museum of the Ancient AgoraThe Museum of the Ancient Agora is housed in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, originally erected during the 2nd cent. BC as a gift of the king of Pergamon, Attalos II, to Athens. The exhibition in the Museum gallery holds archaeological finds coming from the systematic excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in the area and dated from the Neolithic to the Post-byzantine and Ottoman periods.
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Ancient Agora of Athens Site & Museum Private Tour 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$344.25
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they redeem the gift voucher.
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