We took a private full day excursion with PK Tours. Very efficient and well organised tour with extremely knowledgable guide and good driver. Went to Acropolis of course which was very busy and very hot. My favorite part of the day was the changing of the guard. ...
We got off the boat rather late...like 11AM and there were no taxis because they were on strike. Apparently this happens a lot. We got a private driver (named Labros) to take us to the Acropolis and arranged to have him pick us up at 3pm. The round trip cost E100.
We found a private guide to walk with us (cost E130) and didn't have to stand in line for tix. After a hour in the hot sun, we ...
Took the X80 Express Bus from the port to the Plaka area. $4.50 return. The bus took about 30 minutes through the city busy with scooters and traffic. Once in the Plaka area, there are pedestrian only streets with shops and numerous restaurants to enjoy lunch. The buses ran quite frequently with stops at Acropolis. ...
We walked outside the port and a taxi driver offered to take us to different places for 80euros. We were unsure of whether we should do this or not but someone on the ship had said this happens and is quite safe, so we thought why not. We had a great day sightseeing with the taxi dropping us off and then picking us up and taking us to our next destination all over Athens. ...