Category: Athens – Museums & Ruins

Day-by-Day & Hourly Land Package Schedule

On By MerrileeIn Accommodations Land Package, Aegina, Greece, Athens - Monastraki & The Plaka, Athens - Museums & Ruins, Athens, Greece, Delphi, Greece, Land package, Land Package Schedule day-by-day, Land Package Schedule Summarized

This posting is of our daily/hourly schedule of activities while we are on the road during our Greece Land Package tour, September 29-October 5. It will be updated regularly, so check back often!

Sept. 28 (Monday) – Pre-arrival day in Athens – overnight Athens (updated 9/12/26)

Morning – Six persons will arrive at the airport throughout the moring and leave their luggage before check in at their accommodations in Monastraki. Merrilee and Lee will be available to assist with this process. Any people present in the morning hours will be encouraged to explore Monastraki square and surrounding streets until our afternoon plans begin. .

Lunchtime – Souvlaki place in Monastraki Square

Early Afternoon – Board a Get On Get Off Bus in Monastraki Square with a 24 hour ticket until close to dinnertime. Those arriving after our departure will connect with us later in the day.

Dinnertime – Dinner together in a charming, lively traditional Greek restaurant in Monastraki area.

Sept. 29 (Tuesday) – Arrival day in Athens for anyone who didn’t arrive the previous day (one day early) – all will spend the day in Athens – overnight Athens (updated 9/12/26)

Enjoy the Get On Get Off bus visiting some of the stops we missed the day before. Get dropped off by this bus at the Acropolis in the early afternoon and visit the Acropolis.

Lunch – We will dine at a restaurant in the vicinity of the Acropolis (The Plaka).

Late afternoon – Visit the Acropolis Museum

Dinnertime – Dinner together in a charming, lively traditional Greek restaurant in The Plaka

Sept. 30 (Wednesday) – Athens (all day) – overnight Athens  (updated 9/12/26)

Morning – Visit Athens Municipal market.

11am – Syndagma Square – Changing of the Guard at the Paliament building & Ermu Walking street

Afternoon – Visit a couple of museums of your choice, or enjoy a Turkish bath at a Hammum, or climb a few blocks to a cable car and visit Lykavittos, the highest hill in Athens with viewing terrace.

Dinnertime – Dinner together in a charming, lively traditional Greek restaurant in Psirri (the vicinity of our accommodations)

 

Oct. 1 (Thursday) – Delphi (all day)- overnight Athens

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Oct. 2 (Friday) – Athens/Aegina Island (half day each) – overnight Aegina Island

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Oct. 3 (Saturday) – Aegina Island (all day)– overnight Aegina Island

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Oct. 4 (Sunday) – Aegina Island/Athens (half day each) – overnight Athens

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Oct. 5 (Monday) – Athens/board ship (half day each) – overnight on board cruise ship

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For quick reference, following is a brief outline of our Greece land package schedule from September 29- October 4 (5 days, 6 nights)

Athens – 3 nights – 2 full days, 2 half days

Delphi – day trip

Aegina Island – 2 nights, one day

For more details about some of the above places mentioned, including helpful links, visit separate postings in this blog in the column to the right.

Updated by Merrilee 9/26/26

Athens – Museums & Ruins

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Monastraki

*Roman Agora & Tower of the Winds -www.hh.gr/en/destinations/roman-agora-athens/

*Hadrian’s Library – http://www.thisisathens.org/antiquities/hadrians-library

*Ancient Agora & museum – http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp?obj_id=2485#_=_

Museum of Modern Greek Culture (NMEP) – http://www.melt.gr/en

– – Mosque in Monastraki square – exhibition of the history of the Museum – annex of the Museum of Modern Greek Culture

– – Folk Art Museum: Man & Tools – annex of the Museum of Modern Greek Culture

Acropolis Area

*Acropolis – Acropolis ticket can get you into a few other museums free – http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/gh351.jsp?obj_id=2384

* Acropolis Museum – http://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en

*Temple of Olympian Zeus – http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=12863

*Hadrian’s Arch -http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=1794

*Theatre of Dionysos – http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=10341

*Mars Hill – path close to Acropolis entrance

Plaka Area

Greek Folk Art & Tradition – http://www.melt.gr

North of Omonia Square

*National Archeological Museum – exhibit: Mycenaen Kingdom Revealed – www.namuseum.gr/

Kolonaki Area (near Syndagma Square – north)

*Museum of Cycladic Art (Next to Benaki Museum)– http://www.cycladic.gr

*Benaki Museum of Greek Culture – http://www.benaki.org/index.php?option=com_buildings&view=building&id=1&Itemid=134&lang=el

*Byzantine & Christian Museum – http://www.ByzaintineMuseum.gr

*National War Museum – https://warmuseum.gr/

National Museum of Contemporary Art www.emst.gr/

National Gallery – www.nationalgallery.gr/

Near Syndagma Square (south)

National Historical Museum – Specializes in War of Independence – housed in old Parliament building – http://www.nhmuseum.gr

Pantrati, Athens

*Olympic Stadium (Panathenaic) The stadium of the first modern Olympic games – http://www.panathenaicstadium.gr/

Kifisia (northern Athens)

National Museum of Natural History Goulandris – http://www.gnhm.gr/

Pireaus (port)

Hellenic Maritime Museum – http://www.hmmuseum.gr

* Highly recommended

Hop On Hop Off bus

Open top sightseeing bus (red bus) – www.CitySightseeing.gr

Suggestions

– Get on bus in Monastraki Square

– Decide in advance what stops you want to make in one day (24 hour ticket) or two days (48 hour ticket)

Highly Recommended Stops Follow

Acropolis, Acropolis Museum, Archeological Museum, 3 museums (Benaki Museum, War Museum, Museum of Cycladic Art), National Gallery, Syndagma Square (Paliament), Central Market, Temple of Zeus, Ancient Olympic Stadium