Athens in a Day Tour with Early Acropolis Tour, Greek Agora, Presidential Guard Change & Lunch

The tour was excellent, Melina was knowledgeable, entertaining, and very considerate. Highly recommend!

Great tour to book if you are in Athens for a short period . Mel was a awesome guide she knew some much about Greece history

This was a great tour with Aristotle. He was very knowledgeable about the sites and Greece in general. Would highly recommend.

Great to get to the Acropolis before the crowds. Mel was really knowledgably (a prior archeologist) and knows a ton about history

Our time in Athens was limited and we were very glad we decided to book this tour. Mel was an absolute gem of a guide! She was very pleasant, knowledgeable and accommodating. The tour is quite a walk and there is a lot of information to digest but Mel made it very interesting for all of us. She is very patient with questions and does her best to provide more details when asked. Her background as an archaeologist also made her insights more valuable. Highly recommend this tour for anyone who wants to see the best of Athens in a day! Kudos to Take Walks for structuring the tour spectacularly as well. We were able to see the Acropolis before the crowds came in and we ended the day in the Panathenaic Stadium - a sight you are unlikely to forget.

Please don’t tell guests to meet at the Manga cafe in Athens - it is closed and the cafe has another name. This stressed out me and at least 2 other guests as we weren’t sure if we were in the right spot.

Our guide, Melena, was terrific. Best guide that we have ever had, globally. Her knowledge and expertise were profound and the way she connected with us and my young daughter was wonderful. We are very grateful for the experience. Cam Burks

Our guide was nice but she wasn't a good story teller. There was little exchange of information while we walked. She mostly talked when we stopped. She was repeating a lot of the same information. We would have liked to have heard about the building process; how the materials where transported, how they lifted the heavy stones, what/who started the Greek mythology. How is that people of that time believed things like a large wooden statue dropped from the sky and ended up in on of Athenian's temples. What happened that moved the Greek mythology to the side in Greek culture? Remind us about the religious history of the time. I also did not like the version she told that Greek slaves were really just residents that didn't have jobs so they were able to find work building the Parthenon. Slavery is way more complex than that. Overall it was fine but we have been on other tours, in other cities, where the guide was able to bring history to life while we were on the tour. Sophia did not do that for us.

Marina was our tour guide for Athens in a Day. My three daughters, ages 17, 19 and 20 years old, and I all agreed that the tour was very interesting, educational and helpful to understand the history, culture and mythology surrounding Greece and Athens. Marina was a wonderful guide and interwove the mythology with the history about the Acropolis and the surrounding points of interest. We started early to avoid the heat and the crowds and had a full morning before the one hour lunch break. In the heat of the day, we visited the Acropolis Museum to see up close the preserved artifacts from the Acropolis. I can't say enough good things about Marina and our tour. I would highly recommend it for individuals who are interested to delve deeper into their Athen's experience.