Took the free people mover to St. Mark's plaza and purchased a 1-day ACTV pass that allowed us to hop on and off any local transit. Unfortunately, only had time to see Murano, but it was well worth it. Too bad the ship docked too late to catch the glass-making demonstrations.

We took the hop-on-hop off bus, booked through Viator but always seemed to reach the connection point just after the previous bus left so had to hang about for a half hour each day. It was a scorching day but we did see the main attractions - Acropolis and surrounding areas.

Fellow cruisers had booked an excursion through Viator and we tagged along. The tour operator was very knowledgeable and I thought it well worth the time and money. We covered all the main tourist areas, including the remarkably well preserved buildings and mosaics and the Virgin Mary's home.

The ship offered a shuttle bus service to the main town but we did not take it (but in hind sight probably would have been better off doing so). It took us a while to locate the entrance to the wall around the city but we were tired by then and did not go up. The cable car experience was disappointing - good view of the entire city but not much else, and long line-ups to get to the cable car.