Arrive at Porinou 5, 11742, 60 metres from Acropolis subway station, to meet your licensed tour guide and an experienced archeologist. Then, start your unique combination of a skip-the-line tour. Enter from the south slope of the acropolis and set off on your leisurely walking tour of some of the world’s finest monuments.

Listen as your guide shares knowledgeable insight into the citadel’s ruins, including excavation details. Visit the Theatre of Dionysus — an amphitheatre arguably the birthplace of the performing arts. Take a moment to sit on one of the stone seats, immersing yourself in the history and imagining the sights and sounds experienced by ancient theatergoers who came to watch plays by Greek writers Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. You’ll also pass the Odeon of Herodes Atticus; the theatre is still used today during the Athens Festival from May to October.

Find peace at an Asclepius — a healing temple that honoured the god of medicine, Asclepius — before continuing to one of the most recognised buildings on the planet: the Parthenon—Meander around the temple's perimeter to learn how it was constructed for the goddess Athena.

Once familiar with the site's classical architecture, you can visit the New Acropolis Museum in the cafe for a brief break and refreshments (at your own expense). Ranked one of the top five museums globally, the New Acropolis Museum boasts statues and other relics of everyday life in several galleries. The glass floor occasionally reveals an archaeological excavation site in the Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis.