Free Walking Tour of Athens

This walk links the squares and ruins of central Athens with an English-speaking guide. It reaches the Greek Parliament and Syntagma Square, where the Evzones stand guard in their traditional uniform, and follows old streets to Hadrian's Library and the Roman Agora, once the commercial heart of the Roman city. Along the way the guide ties the stones to the ideas that started here: democracy, philosophy, mathematics.

The route then crosses Plaka, the oldest quarter, and Monastiraki Square. Depending on the day it also takes in the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian's Arch, or the whitewashed lanes of Anafiotika on the slope of the Acropolis. It lasts two to three hours and ends in the centre. The order of the stops can change, and the archaeological sites are seen from outside.