A tasty Greece private tour for you and friends designed to take you along the wine roads of Greece. Experience this full-day Greece wine tour combining visits to unique monuments stretching through many centuries of the city’s history and the most important sightseeing of Athens.
Highlights of Explosive 9-h Nemea wine private tour and Athens Acropolis
- Visit the famous Corinth Canal
- Visit Nemea and the wine roads
- Taste some of the best-awarded wines
- Visit a famous winery in Nemea
Itinerary: The Acropolis, Propylaia, the Parthenon, Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike, Areopagus (Ares’ Hill), Fillopapou hill, Temple of Zeus, Hadrian’s arch, the Panathenean Stadium (“Kalimarmaro”, site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896), Plaka, Roman agora, the Ancient Agora of Athens, Ex royal house, Zapion megaron, Constitution Square, House of Parliament, Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Athens shopping center, Omonia square, Kolonaki (high end of Athens center), Lycabettus hill, Elefsina, kineta, Ag. Apostoloi, Corinth canal, the temple of Zeus, Wine roads, Nemea winery.
Visits: The Acropolis, Propylaia, the Parthenon, Erechtheion, Temple of Athena Nike, the Panathenean Stadium (“Kalimarmaro”, site of the first modern Olympic games in 1896), Plaka, House of Parliament, Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Lycabettus hill, Corinth canal, Wine roads, Nemea winery.
Description One Day Nemea Wine Tour and Athens Acropolis
Enjoy a private tour in Athens and Nemea, which blends together many of the city’s principal modern and classical sights along with visits to some of the best wineries in Greece. Your wine tour includes an overview of the modern city and striking contrasts to the remains of its glorious past and wineries.
Your private chauffeur will drive by the Monument of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Parliament House on Constitution Square (also known as Syntagma Square) and the Panathenaic Stadium (site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896). You will see vistas of the Presidential Mansion (formerly the Royal Palace), governmental buildings, and elegant private residences. Continuing, your Athens taxi private chauffeur will drive you along Panepistimiou Avenue where you can view the Catholic Cathedral, the “Neoclassical Trilogy,” (Academy, University, National Library), and the Omonia Square.
Afterward, your Athens taxi tour driver will take you to the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s arch, two of the most famous and elegant monuments from the Roman period of Athens, and to the ancient Acropolis of Athens. Among the many monuments to be found atop the Acropolis’ rocky base, you will have the chance to experience first hand the magnificent Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, and the Erechtheion with its famous Porch of Maidens. We will also drive by the foot of the Acropolis through the Plaka district (Athens’ old city) and we’ll visit the ancient Greek and Roman Agora.
Nemea
It’s time to move on to Nemea. Nemea is one of the most important and most famous wine producers in Greece, and together with its rich history, combines perfection. Visit some of the most important and world-famous wineries in Nemea. The region of Nemea in Peloponnese, a peninsula south of Greece and is one of the oldest winemaking areas of Greece. It is here that, according to ancient myth, Dionysus, the God of Wine, introduced the cultivation of the vine to the Greeks.
A number of inspired winemakers have shown that the region exhibits all of the necessary qualities for the production of world-class wines. Finally, Yanni Athens taxi tours will drive you to the top of Lycabettus Hill, the highest hill in town, where you will enjoy the spectacular view of the city and remember Athens for the rest of your life.
Highly recommended for cruise travelers visiting Athens just for a day looking to enjoy Athens with a tasty tour to some of the most famous sights and well-known wineries in the world.
You can customize this private tour at any time, either on the way together with your private driver or in advance by contacting our Yanni Athens Taxi Tours team.
Departures: Daily
Highly recommended for cruise travelers visiting Athens just for a day.
