Context Athens
Context Athens
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Context Travel offers cultural and historical tours and activities led by deep subject-matter experts in over 50 cities around the world. With coverage of lesser known locales as well as main city sites, our experts take clients through in-depth, thematic topics to help them get to know the DNA of a place.
Athens, Attica, Greece

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Shannon T
Irvine, Ca5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2023 • Couples

We took a private Athens in a Day Tour and it was amazing! We had Eleftheria as our tour guide and she was phenomenal. We did a private tour and we covered everything, stopped for an amazing lunch that she recommended, got to see the University of Athens, walked through the market place. She was incredibly informed about everything we saw, answered all our questions and told us great stories about the history of everything. Even through in a tour of a WW2 prison site that we happened to be by after a detour due to rain. We were running a little late because it had started pouring rain while we were in the Acropolis but Eleftheria didn't bat an eye in finishing out our tour despite staying longer than the 7 hours we paid for. Could not recommend more highly and if we are ever back in Athens we will be requesting another tour with Eleftheria!
Written September 6, 2023
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Karen Bieber
13 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2023
This was a great tour. Our guide Panos was extremely knowledgeable and friendly and maneuvered us around the crowds. We did the 8:30 tour, which helped with the crowds, though Panos said the 5:00 tour was even better for that. Having a (good) guide is definitely the way to go to see the Acropolis and the museum.
Written May 26, 2023
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Harry F
Verona, Italy16 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022 • Family
Our guide Xenia was very good at explaining things to us. She was also very patient in answering our questions. She truly knew her history and archeology. Additionally she took into account the flow of the tourist traffic which let us visit the least crowded spots before they were jammed up. Thanks
Written July 29, 2022
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dmdiehl
Wailuku, HI40 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2019
June 2019. We had 2 days in Athens before our cruise to the Greek Isles. Our travel agency on Maui arranged a private tour with Context Tours with driver and guide. We went north on a full day tour and the next afternoon we did a tour south of Athens. Guide and driver were amazing. All went well. Highly recommend them.
Written January 13, 2020
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dolgman
Philadelphia, PA33 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2021 • Friends
We took two Context Athens tours. Both excellent. Our Acropolis guide was truly an expert on Ancient Athens and Greek history. He shared his knowledge with wonderfully informative and interesting stories. He made this rich architectural, linguistic, and cultural history accessible - and funny.

Our Athens food guide was a charming native who brought us only to authentically Athenian spots for coffee, cheeses, olives, and open air markets. A treat to hear his memories of Athens through the decades as we wandered.
Written October 13, 2021
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Vera K.
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2022
We did 2 tours with Context while in Athens…the Agora Tour and the Acropolis Tour. We were very lucky that we had Panos as our guide for both tours. He is an amazing guide… engaging, energetic and enthusiastic. He made the history come alive. We felt sorry for the people wandering around looking at ruins without any interpretation or explanation. These tours are must-dos in Athens. We do Context tours in every new city we visit….highly recommended.
Written July 31, 2022
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Tam70
Los Angeles1 contribution
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2 weeks ago my husband and I went to greece with some very dear friends of ours...We included Athens although we were warned that we would hate the city. It was the exact opposite, thanks to Athens Tours Greece and our driver/tour guide John...we only had a short amount of time in the city so we took a private city tour and tour to the ancient city of Corinth. John was knowledgeable, charming, witty, and made our trip so special. He showed us the "real Athens" and we would recommend this company and if possible ask for John
Written November 2, 2010
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penandpalate
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico207 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2013 • Solo
This was my third Context Travel walking tour – London, Paris and Athens. The guides are more than knowledgeable; they're engaged. In Athens – the Beyond Feta tour – Nikitas knew the owners and workers in all the shops we visited. These personal relationships are invaluable in understanding the "why" behind the food. Ending the tour at Dyporto wine shop was an astounding experience simply because it defined the words "an authentic" Greek experience in its purest form.
Written September 11, 2013
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readyfortheweekend
San Francisco21 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2011 • Couples
My husband and I scheduled the "Orientation to Athens" tour for the first day we were there, which was perfect since we were only there for two full days. For us, Athens seemed really large and overwhelming, so the tour helped put the city in perspective and helped us narrow down what we needed to see the second day were there. Our tour guide, Georgia, was extremely knowledgeable of this history and and background of all the local sites; which is amazing since she seemed to know every date and name in Greek history. She introduced us to the architecture and things to look out for, so when we visited the museums and the Parthenon the next day, we felt like scholars :). I would recommend this tour to anyone visiting Athens for the first time, especially if you don't have a lot of time in the city. We arrived in Athens that morning, and the tour started at 4pm, which gave us enough time to get settled, get some lunch, then do the tour. I wouldn't recommend the tour for families, as it's geared more for the intellectually curious. They don't confirm a tour unless there are at least three spots scheduled. My husband and I were the only ones scheduled, so rather than pay for a private tour, we just paid for the third spot. Keep that in mind before reserving a private tour if you want to take a tour that has not yet been filled up. Being that it was only my husband and I, we were able to go at our own pace and get all of our questions answered.
Written August 3, 2011
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gwhizrd
California49 contributions
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We have taken Context Tours in Rome and in Paris and were so impressed we decided to take an Athens tour as we only had one day in Athens and wanted to make it count. We were NOT disappointed. Since Context keeps their tour groups to no more than 6 people, we were split up into 3 groups. EVERYONE had a GREAT time and were so pleased with the choice to take the tour. We took the Acropolis Museum/Acropolis tour and the guides made the area come alive. It was also fascinating to learn about how the museum was designed and about the diplomatic negotiations to retrieve the marbles from the British Museum (one of the guides is involved with those negotiations and her perspective was so interesting). If you want to do more than sightsee and if you're intellectually curious, these are the tours for you. You won't be disappointed. We will definitely take more Context Tours in the future as they have tours in a lot of different cities both in the states and in Europe. Highly Recommend!
Written August 5, 2010
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