Self-guided walking tour

Athens Walking Tour: The Acropolis (about 2 hours, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Athens, from Acropolis Museum to Areopagus: 2.6 km on foot, about 32 min of walking, 1 h 50 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 50 min
Distance: 2.6 km
Walking: 32 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Acropolis Museum
An archaeological museum devoted to discoveries from the Acropolis, with collections spanning Greek Bronze Age through Roman and Byzantine Greece.
4 min walk · 330 m
Theatre of Dionysus
An ancient Greek theatre on the south slope of the Acropolis, created within the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus.
10 min walk · 830 m
Parthenon
A temple dedicated to Athena on the Athenian Acropolis, designed by Callicrates, Phidias, and Ictinus in the Doric order.
1 min walk · 40 m
Acropolis of Athens
An ancient citadel on a rocky height, crowned by the remains of the Parthenon and other major sanctuaries.
6 min walk · 540 m
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
A stone theatre on the Acropolis slope, built by Herodes Atticus in memory of Aspasia Annia Regilla.
10 min walk · 850 m
Areopagus
A rocky Athens hill tied to an ancient council that handled homicide and other serious religious or legal cases.