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Recommendation for Family Friendly Private Tour of Acropolis

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Hi, my wife and I are very excited to be visiting Athens in mid October with both of our mothers (in their late 60's), and our 2 year old daughter. We are interested in hiring a private guide for a 3-4 hour morning tour of the Acropolis as well as the related sites of Ancient Greece. We've read many reviews online, but are having trouble finding a private tour that would specifically be family friendly (a car seat in the car for my daughter, and someone who is used to having young children on his/her tour). Also, we have heard that with the prevalence of strikes, a regular "taxi tour" could be cancelled, so we want to hire someone who would not be part of a government or large scale strike.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated. It's going to be a big challenge traveling with a 2 year old (and 2 senior citizens who are healthy but not very fast walkers), and we want someone who can drive us to the important sites and then walk us (slowly) through everything. Of course we know that you cannot tour the Acropolis from a car, and plan to climb up to the top, but we'd like to be driven between the various attractions and then get our of the car with our tour guide to make our visit as comfortable and easy as possible. Please let me know if someone can make a recommendation. Thanks very much in advance.

Brian

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Hey and welcome neighbor:-) Take a look at http://www.athens-walks.com/ They get rave reviews here.. will custom make an itinerary for you to suit your prefs/interests;) EnJOY!

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Thanks very much Litsa. I will check it out. About 2.5 years ago you were very helpful in advising me and my then pregnant wife about a possible babymoon to Greece. We ended up not making it to Greece then but we're super excited to be sharing our first trip to Greece with our soon to be 2 year old daughter. Thanks again.

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.. how time flies:-) Am sure Kosta, the owner of Athens Walks, will work closely with you and organize a tour/itinerary appropriate for all to participate:-) You now have the pleasure of being accompanied by your daughter.. how great is that.. trust the wait was well worth it;-) Looking forward to hearing all about it.. keep Enjoyin'!

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We just used Athens Walk private guide service. It was a 4 hour walking tour of the the ruins of the Acropolis and the New Acropolis Museum.

The walking tour inside the museum was easy. It is a new museum, clean, comfortable, and bright. They have escalators to get you to the different floors. Then to get up to see the actual ruin, there is a lot of walking, and there is no way around it. You have to be a bit careful walking on the uneven rocky grounds, especially with a 2 year-old.

There is no taxi or transportation involved in this tour. You meet your tour guide somewhere at the base of the Acropolis, and go from there. Everything you need to see in this 4 hour tour is located in the same area.

We stayed at the Athens Gate Hotel, which is just at the base of the Acropolis, so our guide actually met us at our hotel lobby, and we walked to the ruin together.

We visited in early August, and it was hot during the walk. I am sure mid-Oct will be much nicer.

We enjoyed our tour very much.

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Thank you.

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We used Athens Walks recently for an Acropolis tour and they catered the tour to our family (we have 2 kids). The guide was excellent (Marissa I believe). We also went to the Acropolis Museum with her. Excellent.

Enjoy.

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.. Great to hear how many of you Enjoyed!

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Thanks everyone for the recommendations. I couldn't be more excited for our trip to Greece!

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Our pleasure neighbor:-) And yeah, you should be.. very excited;-)) Enjoyin'!

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