Top Athens Tickets & Passes

The Acropolis of Athens, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the city's most iconic attraction, with its ancient Parthenon and beautiful views of the city. Because of the ancient monument’s popularity, lines to get in can get long. With this skip-the-line ticket, avoid the hassle of standing in line and head straight in.

If you’re a museums fan, this is the only pass you’ll need in Athens. Save time and up to 45% on individual museum tickets with just one pass that provides skip-the-line access to 16 museums, galleries, and shows. Choose from attractions such as the Acropolis Museum and Athens War Museum; and spend three days exploring. Your pass also includes an Athens get-on get-off bus tour ticket valid for 48 hours.

Discover the best of Athens nightlife on a fun-filled pub crawl. Skip overpriced tourist traps and follow your guide to the Greek capital’s top bars and clubs. Throughout the evening, enjoy three different welcome shots and 1-hour of unlimited beer and sangria. You also get special discounts at each location. Along the way, play Greek drinking games with your hosts and friends.

The Acropolis and its museum is Athen’s crown jewel, but the sights are often overrun with visitors. With this pre-booked e-ticket, zip past the crowds at the entrance and spend more time immersed in the Golden Age of Athens. Explore the archaeological site and the museum’s collection of artifacts with the engaging insights of two dedicated audio tours downloaded directly to your smartphone.

Choose from six Athen city passes, all of which include a hop-on, hop-off bus tour, plus access to the Acropolis Museum. This 48-hour pass also includes skip-the-line access to the Acropolis itself, so you’ll save time waiting in line during the heat of the day. Depending on the option chosen, your trip can provide access to other museums and shopping outlets.

Athens’ Agora, set below the Acropolis, is a must-visit for housing the relics of the ancient city’s marketplace and meeting area. Make a visit extra-easy with this skip-the-line ticket: you’ll avoid having to buy admission on the day and bypass any long ticket lines. Once inside, explore the ruins independently: inspecting highlights such as the near-intact Temple of Hephaistos, the Stoa of Attalos, and Byzantine-era Church of the Holy Apostles.

Housed in one of Athens’ most beautiful neoclassical buildings, the Benaki Museum is a don’t-miss both inside and out. Ensure entry even at busy times by arranging tickets ahead of time. Once there, travel through the highlights of Greek culture, from prehistoric times to ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Byzantium, and modern Greece.

Avoid long lines to purchase admission to Athens’ top sites by pre-booking electronic tickets. Included admission to the Acropolis, the Agora of Athens, and the Temple of Olympian Zeus (Naós tou Olympíou Diós) takes care of three key destinations in a single booking. You’ll also have access to self-guided audio tours and offline content designed for independent exploring.

Laugh your way through the fantastical world of ancient Greece with skip-the-line tickets to the Koilon Theatre. From Odysseus to the Cyclops, you’ll get a colorful glimpse of 5th-century Athens at this English-language play. Pre-booked tickets ensure your spot at the theater, which offers a fresh twist on the ancient Greek theatrical tradition.

Skip the long lines and explore the Acropolis at your own pace with this package. You'll not only get a pre-booked, skip-the-line ticket to the country's most important site, but you'll also get an interactive map and a self-guided audio tour that you can listen to on your smartphone, at your own pace, even if you're offline.

Treat the kids—or your inner child—to a break from ruins by prebooking tickets to the Museum of Illusions Athens. Deceive your eyes and create compulsive images as you pose in the upside-down room, an infinity mirrored room, the vortex tunnel, and more. Shrink into a chair, become a disembodied head, and enjoy holograms, puzzles, and classic optical illusions.

This is a great choice for history fans wanting to see Athens’ best historical sights in a day. Enjoy a stress-free adventure of Greece’s capital with a full itinerary planned out, and round-trip transport included. Visit the Parthenon, the New Acropolis Museum, the Temple of Zeus, Lycabettus Hill, Plaka, Athens Riviera, and much more. As it’s a private tour, the itinerary can be altered based on personal preferences.

Discover the best of Greek cuisine on a small-group tour that presents traditional food in a modern atmosphere. Follow your guide through ancient Athens and into the hip Psirri neighborhood sampling a variety of Greek treats along the way. With a maximum group size of 12 people and a nighttime setting, you’re sure to have an immersive and intimate epicurean experience.

Experience the nighttime side of Athens on this private evening tour. Meet your driver at your hotel and depart in a private vehicle to the main sights of Athens, including the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Port of Piraeus, Lycabettus Hill, and more. Explore each place independently and at your own pace.

Admire Athens’ star attractions and the classical site of Delphi on this 2-day Athens Super Saver — combining two best-selling tours for one discounted price. On one day, enjoy a half-day sightseeing tour of Athens’ highlights, including Syntagma Square and a guided walk around the stunning monuments of the ancient, rocktop Acropolis. On the next or previous day — your choice — take a day trip to Delphi, one of Greece’s greatest ancient treasures. Tour the mountainside site, with its Temple of Apollo, stadium and sanctuaries, and hear all about its captivating history.

Explore the stunning Greek island of Santorini on this 2-night trip departing from Athens. Soak up the scenery on a ferry ride across the blue waters of the Aegean and check out beaches, ancient ruins and unbeatable sunsets. After spending the day discovering Oia, Kamari or Akrotiri at your leisure, relax with 3- or 4-star accommodations in the evening. Your independent trip will conclude with transportation back to Athens.

Experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of Athens after the sun goes down on an evening tour. Begin with a scenic driving tour past the city’s illuminated monuments, including the Acropolis. Take a stroll along the charming cobblestoned streets of the Plaka neighborhood to a traditional Greek tavern. While you dine, live performers deliver an energetic performance of traditional folk dances.

Take a break from Athens’s ancient artifacts to peruse the largest collection of contemporary European painting in Greece at the Frissiras Museum. Visit any time during opening hours with your admission ticket, and freely browse four floors filled with works by 20th- and 21st-century visual artists from Greece and across the continent. Rotating special exhibits help bring the latest European art trends right to Athens.

Savor the history of Greek traditional dance with tickets to the Dora Stratou Greek Dances Theatre, built in 1953. Seventy-five dancers, musicians and singers showcase dances from various regions of Greece, performing in authentic costumes and accessories to live instruments. Pre-booking your admission means you’ll have a more relaxing evening overall.

Pre-booking skip-the-line tickets to the Acropolis Museum in Athens is a time-saving strategy to take care of planning in advance. With the option to use a mobile or paper ticket, you’ll walk right past long lines for purchasing admission onsite; that ensures even more time to explore thousands of ancient artifacts in the Acropolis Museum.

Combine two popular tours of Athens and Cape Sounion into one day at a discounted price with this Athens Super Saver. In the morning, board an air-conditioned coach for a sightseeing tour of Athens’ highlights. With an expert guide, stroll around the Parthenon and antiquities on the Acropolis; visit the New Acropolis Museum; see the Panathenaic Stadium and more. Then, take an afternoon trip to Cape Sounion, where the Temple of Poseidon overlooks the Aegean Sea. Admire the glittering temple and stellar views before your return by coach to Athens.

Discover Olympia, Delphi, Thermopylae, and much more on a private four-day tour of Classical Greece. Every detail of the trip has been planned for you, including accommodation with breakfast. Traveling by private transportation allows you to comfortably see more. Your guide is with you every step of the way to ensure you experience the ancient attractions to the fullest. The comprehensive itinerary, also includes free time for you to explore independently.

Follow in the footsteps of St. Paul, who spent time living in Corinth and wrote two letters to the Corinthians, on this private tour of biblical Corinth and the Corinth Canal, with pickup and drop-off from Athens or Corinth. See the marketplace where St. Paul addressed the Corinthians from the podium, visit a church with a mosaic depicting his conversion, and stop at Kechries where Paul had his hair shorn.

The Acropolis Museum is one of the premier archaeological collections in Greece, but the crowds can be daunting. Skip past the long lines with this pre-booked e-ticket and delve directly into ancient history with a self-guided audio tour downloaded directly to your smartphone. Take in the museum at your own pace while you learn about the history and significance of the vast collection of artifacts through an engaging commentary.