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Discover the mythical side of Athens. This experience will lead you through city streets and enchanting sites. From caves to Roman baths, from ancient temples dedicated to mysterious gods to Christian churches! Get ready to explore and hear the best myths.

Destination

Athina, Greece

Category

Off The Beaten Track

Duration

3 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

Ελληνικά, English

Included

• Private guide

Excluded

• Drinks, lunch, transport, entrance fees, tips or gratuities for your guide

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Eleni.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Agion Asomaton 9 - Athina to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Meeting Point

   We will meet at the meeting point

4. Walk to the first stop

   Approach the ancient Hills

5. Visit of the Tombs

   Visit the tombs and the remains of the ancient city

6. Stop at the River

   Discover the God River Ilissos

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

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• Tell me your preferences and wishes so I can customize the tour for you
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Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

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Reviews from guests

nm98tttcxb🇫🇷 France

28 December 2024

Our guide was certainly knowledgeable about history, however she lacked the ability to engage us and clearly communicate the stories behind the history Could be improved

Francesca🇮🇹 Italy

7 December 2024

Eleni is an incredibly knowledgeable guide who shared her deep understanding of history and art, making for a truly memorable tour of the historical sites around the Acropolis. Her insights into the transformation of the neighbouring areas create an authentic local experience! A must do when in Athens A mythical tour!

Ken🇺🇸 United States

7 November 2024

We had been to Athens 3 times, so this time we wanted to see places that were off the beaten path. Eleni gave us that and more. We had a beautiful day exploring the lesser known parts of Athens. If you are looking to see something different in Athens, this is the tour for you.Places we didn't know were there

Nicole🇦🇺 Australia

19 July 2023

Eleni was excellent! Her knowledge of Athens was phenomenal. I really enjoyed the gentle pace of the walk and photo opportunities. Eleni was also prompt in her responses. Fantastic tour!

nina.nuessel🇩🇪 Germany

29 May 2023

The walk with Eleni was very informative and very entertaining. Eleni has a extensive knowledge and we highly recommend a walk with her :)Nice walk and good experience

Jesús Javier🇦🇹 Austria

8 January 2023

We discovered lot of new information, out of commons touristic routes. The hours passed fast because of realty interesting histories. Eleni is kind and easy to understand her. Thanks a lot Eleni Interesting experience

Vanessa🇺🇸 United States

12 September 2021

This tour was our first overview of Athens. We enjoyed the walk, and seeing many places we may have missed without a guide. However, Eleni's English was difficult to understand. She had a quite voice and it was difficult to hear her over the noise of Athens. She was also checking her phone frequently, and didn't have the enthusiasm that our other guides had. In general, we felt the tour was, okay.Nice walk around Athens.

Noemi🇺🇸 United States

21 June 2021

We truly enjoyed the Mythical Athens Riverside tour with Eleni. She is an archeologist very knowledgeable in ancient greek stories as well as greek modern history. We discovered vibrant neighborhoods like Monastiraki, Psiri, and Thisseo. We were surprised by the stunning views of Athens from Pnyx hill. An amazing evening with Eleni that we will cherish forever! She also provided a list of excellent roof top restaurants that otherwise we wouldn’t have found. We highly recommend meeting Eleni for a local experience in Athens.Mythical Athens Riverside

Taylor Hilt

26 August 2016

Eleni is incredible! We had such an awesome time, roaming around and finding little local spots with her. She took her time with us and we found a quaint cafe overlooking the city. She was well researched, well spoken and WELL WORTH the money and time we spent. Thank you Eleni! We will tell everyone to come tour with you!Wow wow wow!

Dave🇨🇦 Canada

12 November 2024

I absolutely enjoyed the tour with Eleni. She was knowledgeable and experienced and communicated well. Thanks Eleni! DsveGreat tour!

Beth🇺🇸 United States

9 November 2024

Dionysis was our tour guide and was so knowledgeable…he spent 3 hours showing us sites, giving us a history lesson and making recommendations for the rest of our time in Athens. He even bought us some of his favorite street food to try! Highly recommend!!

Simona

6 November 2024

Eleni has a deep knowledge of history and archaeology and is passionate about her job. She was very patient since I asked her to practice Greek but she was helping with English when I did not understand 100%. She was very nice and welcoming. I highly recommend her as a guide :)great experience!

Donna🇬🇷 Greece

30 October 2024

We had a fun tour with Eleni exploring and eating our way to Athens. She brought us to several out of the way local places to try local food that we would have never tried before. Thank you.Had a wonderful food tour with Eleni

alfredo🇲🇽 Mexico

27 October 2024

Elena was súper kind and very knowledgeable of Athens! Very cool TourGreat Experience!

Jane Elizabeth🇬🇧 United Kingdom

26 October 2024

Eleni helped us lots on our first day in Athens. It was great to understand a bit more about the history and the whereabouts of the main sights. Friendly and knowledgeable and a great way to discover Athens. A city best done on foot! Great Tour

Laura🇺🇸 United States

11 October 2024

Eleni took us on a 90 minute walk, showing and telling us how Athens had changed since our previous visit in 1979. She also gave us restaurant recommendations, and showed us the city food market. The highlight was a shop where we learned about the health benefits of Greek honey and olive oil. Athens revisited

Julie🇺🇸 United States

1 October 2024

Eleni took us on the best 2 hour walk ever! She was raised in Athens and knows her way around. We weaved our way through restaurants, shopping areas and archeological digs throughout the city. Not sure we could have found so many without Eleni expertly guiding us. Well worth the time and effort!Exploring Anthens

Despo 🇨🇾 Cyprus

1 October 2024

Eleni was very polite, well mannered, met us on time! Extremely knowlegable she took us through all the sites, telling us not only the historical part but also the myths and stories behind the scene. I would definetely reccomend Eleni for this experience and any other! Thank youSuperb!

Robert🇺🇸 United States

25 September 2024

Eleni did a great job of taking us near many of the monument sites while giving us a ton of background info of the history and current status's of what we were seeing. She gave us a view of the area that you couldn't get without a local's help. We also got to experience a Sunday Market area and Flea Market area that the locals spend their Sunday day off enjoying. A perfect way to get to know the area, with a great local expert.Great walk through the monuments and city

Katy🇺🇸 United States

23 September 2024

Great tour to learn some history and see the local markets!Great way to learn some history on Athens.

Karen

20 September 2024

Eleni did a really great tour for us. She is knowledgeable about the local history and the history of Greece. Saw so much!

S🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

18 August 2024

We did the local food tour with Eleni. She made sure to ask us before what are thing we would like try from the local food. She took us to the local market and was patient with us while we were buying some products she would also recommend what to take what to not. She did also share a good information of Athens history through the walk. The highlight of the tour was trying the pie with spinach and fita cheese it was so so good.See athens from a local eye

Katherine🇺🇸 United States

13 July 2024

Eleni was fantastic! We had so much food it was perfect to book at 11am which fed us for breakfast and lunch. We could barely eat dinner! Eleni was kind, knowledgeable and super helpful with providing ways to tour around town on our own afterward. She’s well loved by the eateries staff!Excellent Tour

Donna🇺🇸 United States

12 July 2024

Eleni was very knowledgeable of the area and we had amazing food and drink stops with her. We enjoyed our first food tour in Athens. Recommend Eleni- she went above and beyond. Thank you. The best tour guide

Natasha🇨🇭 Switzerland

2 June 2024

Eleni took me on a great tour around Athens. She is a passionate Athenian & gave me lots of insights into the history of the city as well as more modern influences. She was clearly well known in the places we visited & had a clear plan for the tour. I learnt a lot! Wonderful food & history tour with Eleni

Darlene🇺🇸 United States

29 May 2024

I've used Withlocals many times in different countries and this unfortunately was the worse. I've also been on many food tours. And this ranked on the bottom. The first restaurant was very nice the food was good & we tasted orzo. Then we seem to walk around aimlessly thru streets and alleys! We finally stopped to get a Greek donut ( tasty) . We walk around again in silence unless I asked her questions..but No History of anything. She saidnshe was going ti take us to get Greek coffee. We stopped at a cafe & the waitress immediately told her we couldn't sit at the tables! Me, hubby & my friend * her hubby were confused and embarrassed as they began arguing! It was in Greek so no idea what was said. Then we were told to sit but move tables! The waitress went to talk to owner/ manager & then He & Eleni started arguing! We just left! And folknwere staring at us & we were perplexed! It didn't seem like it was racist intent( I,asked) it looked like it was all towards her! We stopped at one more place for coffee. It was NOT A 10 TASTINGS FOOD TOUR! JUST WALKING AIMLESSLY! Disappointed! We didn't say.much elsto her because of jetlag & just wanted to be doneNO! Get someone else

Christos 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

27 May 2024

Eleni is a very knowledgeable guide on Greek culture and cuisine. But the best thing about Eleni is that she is so down to Earth, like an ordinary Greek lady. It was like being shown around Athens and it's cuisine by an auntie or a cousin.Culture and Cuisine in Athens

laurielou2015

12 May 2024

We had a tour of 14 people with Eleni. We were expecting to go to 10 different places but only went to 3. The first place we showed up we had to wait for tables to be put together and they were not ready for us. She ordered about 3 salads, 3 different gyros and a few orders of taziki. The food was good though but over half of us couldn’t hear half of what she was telling us. When we were done there we went to a street vendor and got two orders of loukoumades with different toppings. We then went to a place that had gelato. She walked out with one big tub and a ton of spoons and expected us to share and keep using the same spoons. For each of us paying $55 this seemed to be extremely overpriced and unorganized. Multiple of us felt like we wasted our money. In the end we were trying to get taxis and she ran them off and we ended up having to walk back to the hotel as she was arguing with them all and making the decision on our behalf not asking us if the price for the taxi was ok with us.Unorganized

Helen🇺🇸 United States

29 April 2024

Susanne🇩🇰 Denmark

1 April 2024

Unfortunately the experience was disappointing for us. Eleni was kind, but I am sorry to say that her English simply wasn't good enough, so it was way too difficult for us to understand her. Also we had expected a deeper knowledge of history or at least an ability to better unfold and connect all the interesting sites. Disappointing

Chardian🇲🇹 Malta

31 March 2024

Eleni spoke excellent English and is very knowledgeable about the history of Athens! She was very accommodating as well as she asked us if we have any allergies and whether we prefer savoury or sweet food. A suggestion for next time, perhaps, would be to try different food from different merchants as we tasted 3 things from the same place. So maybe it could have been planned slightly better. Having said that, we ate well and in abundance. It was certainly a pleasure getting to know her and well worth the price. Good food and good guide!

Jeff🇺🇸 United States

25 March 2024

Madeline🇬🇧 United Kingdom

21 November 2023

Great tour with Eleni, we tried so many great foods and places we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Eleni was friendly and accommodating, great history and knowledge of Athens. We really enjoyed!Great tour, 10/10 recommend.

Mary

11 October 2023

I filled out this review and sent it. Did you get it? Mary

Andrea🇺🇸 United States

6 October 2023

Eleni was a lovely guide who had the necessary education as well as living locally for many years to make the tour memorable. She knew when and where to stop for refreshments! Wonderful tour!Very informative guide!

Dick🇦🇺 Australia

27 September 2023

Eleni is a wealth of knowledge and gave us great insight to the evolution of Athens to what we see today.Hidden Gems found

Christine🇬🇧 United Kingdom

26 September 2023

Fabulous tour with Eleni who gave us a great insight to the City. We certainly visited places we wouldn’t have seen alone and had a great time revisiting later in the evening. A well worth experience and would recommend to anyone new to Athens we came away with far more knowledge!Interesting tour

Ellen

24 September 2023

Eleni was knowledgeable and fun to be with. We liked how she explained the ancient history to us and mixed it with current history as well. We felt like we were spending time with a knowledgeable old friend. Easy learning with Eleni

Charlotte

20 September 2023

Eleni was thorough knowledge and shared so many hidden gems. Understanding the origins of the city took on a whole new life. From the lemonades that reminded my husband of the ones his grandmother made and a thorough detailed picture of the city both recent and past. Her knowledge is unbeatable and we learnt so much it was a fabulous day. Thank you for sharing your city, and incredible places to visit, walk, think and eat. Athens with a local - unbeatable

Susan🇺🇸 United States

16 September 2023

Our night of tastings with Eleni was overall just ok. We were never asked about our food preferences or if we had any allergies or foods we didn’t eat/drink. She had her places and took us there. Overall it was a good picture of the traditional Greek foods. But since it was a private tour with just my husband and I, I expected it to be a bit more customized. Eleni was not very engaged. We didn’t receive much history about the foods we were eating or about the particular establishments - except that maybe it was there for a long time. It was overall extremely boring and not worth the money. None of the establishments that she took us to were that memorable or we were not told why they are the best and worth coming back to. I would not recommend this tour. Just an average night

Shana

10 September 2023

Eleni was terrific! Very knowledgeable and brought us to some great local places. We had a lovely time. Great Experience

Dean🇨🇦 Canada

8 September 2023

We enjoyed an amazing walk around Athens with Eleni! She toured us through the neighbourhoods and their place in Athens’ history - all at a pace that made it rich and not rushed. Eleni walked us by markets, bakeries, and shoppes which gave us a real appreciation for this City. This was truly the best part our our stay in Athens. Excellent tour of Athens

Jennifer🇺🇸 United States

3 September 2023

We enjoyed our city tour with Eleni! She was very knowledgeable and knew a lot of the local history since she grew up in Athens. Eleni was easy to talk to and answered all of our questions. She also recommended places to get pies, baked goods and to eat meals. Great experience with eleni!

Brian🇮🇪 Ireland

23 August 2023

We had a great walking tour with Eleni. She was informative and very interesting. She showed us many and varied sites and places. a great walking tour

Klarissa

23 August 2023

This was the first thing we did off our 8hr flight. Eleni was very patient with our Jetlagg. She explained Athens culture to us along the way to food spots. As we made it to certain stops she explained the food experience to us clearly. We had a good time and thank you again! Stay Well. Girls Trip to Greece

alyson🇦🇺 Australia

5 August 2023

Really enjoyed the walking tour with Eleni who was very knowledgeable and really shared a lot of her experience as a true Athenian with us. Found some fabulous places to come back and explore after the tour. Thanks so much,amazing way to explore Athens

robertteunisse

18 July 2023

We really enjoyed our late evening walk along pittoreske streets of Athen ending up in the lively restaurant/pub areas. She gave us some insight into the confusing Greek history and current politics in Athens. Thank you EleniGreat walk with a local

gcbrooks2013🇺🇸 United States

17 July 2023

Eleni was very good! She customized our tour as per our request. She was very sensitive to the needs of our group members ( some needing a little extra time and assistance with walking); she was knowledgeable and provided our group with answers to all our questions and more. Eleni was easy to communicate with and we enjoyed getting to know her and learning more about the Greece of today and the Greece of centuries ago. Happy Tourists!

Kurt🇺🇸 United States

26 May 2023

Eleni was wonderful. Friendly, engaging, and very knowledgeable. We throughly enjoyed our walking tour with her and highly recommend her. Excellent guide

Shehani🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

25 May 2023

This tour was exactly what its name promised it to be - an insight into the highlights and hidden gems of the city of Athens. Eleni was a lovely guide, walking us through both the busy and quieter parts of the city and knowledgeably answering our questions about the history and modern culture of Athens. She let us take our time with photos and knew the best spots for the best views. If you're keen on Greek history, mythology or just general information about the country and its people, there's plenty to learn on this tour with Eleni as your guide.Great insight into Athens - then and now