Downtown Athens Audio Guide: From Syntagma Square to the Acropolis Museum

Explore the stories behind the landmarks of Athens from antiquity to the modern era

US$20

Audio Guide Details

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Product Type: Audio Guide
Venues: Syntagma (Constitution) Square

National Gardens

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Audio Guide Description

It’s difficult to think of anywhere else in the world where classical antiquity, neoclassicism, and modernism meet, as much as in Athens. On this walking tour with museologist and Context Travel expert, Popi Georgopoulou, you’ll get insights into the city’s architecture and archaeology while you explore its landmarks. You’ll also hear about pivotal historical moments from the last two centuries that shaped the nation.

The tour starts in Athens’ central Syntagma Square, named after a crucial moment in Greek history when Athenians demanded their first written Constitution. You’ll pass the Hellenic Parliament and the Monument to the Unknown Soldier, where Popi will tell you how Greece achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire with the signing of the London Protocol in 1829.

You’ll see the magnificent white-marbled Panathenaic Stadium, the venue for the first modern Olympics and the finishing line for the Athens Marathon. Popi will explain how the Arch of Hadrian marked the boundary between Theseus’ ancient city and Hadrian’s expanded Roman city. The tour finishes with a view of the Acropolis, in front of its museum.

On this 75-minute walk, you’ll have a chance to:

• Identify examples of neoclassical architecture throughout the city
• Get to know Aeschylus, Sofocles and Euripides, as you pass busts commemorating these important tragedians
• Visit a statue dedicated to Melina Merkouri, an actress-turned-politician who campaigned for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from London’s British Museum
• Take a photo at the Equestrian Statue of Alexander the Great and find out about his important role in Greek history
• Learn about the British tradition of the “Grand Tour” – where youth would travel to Greece and other ancient countries for cultural enrichment – and find out how it’s connected to Lord Byron

This tour does not cover the Acropolis but is an excellent way to prepare for an in-depth visit to the Acropolis and the Acropolis museum. By the end of the tour, you’ll have seen how mythology and true stories from antiquity remain etched on the city, giving you a deeper understanding of Athens’ layers of history.

Meet Your Expert

Popi

Popi is a graduate of the Graduate Program of Museum Studies (grade: 9,43/10) of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens as a fellow of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation and of the Department of History – Ethnology (grade 8,56/10) of the Democritus University of Thrace as a scholar of the Foundation State Scholarships. As a PhD candidate of the University of Patras, she deals with the design and evaluation of innovative museum structures aimed at the multi-level involvement of the public with the exhibits, allowing them to address their educational dimension. Since 2007 she has been involved in the design of museum exhibitions (permanent and temporary), the recording and study of private collections, the design of educational material and the implementation of educational programs in museums and in general in cultural spaces as well as the design and production of museum kits. She is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Her goal is the emotional and mental activation of visitors to an exhibition or participants in an educational program through the authenticity of the material and intangible cultural heritage and the human stories they carry. At the same time, as a licensed Tour Guide from the Greek Ministry of Tourism, she plans specialized guided tours for adults and children of every age group in museums and cultural sites of the ancient or modern Greek cultural heritage.

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