Athena's Combined Ticket - What a mess

Posted by lorenzo.martellucci on 06/12/24 09:33 AM

Hello everyone,

On June 15th, I will be in Athens and I wanted to buy this pack from the official website (https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/english/tap.exe?PM=P1P&place=200000000). It all looks great. The problem is that it’s not clear if I can visit the other museums or parks before the day I selected for the visit (which I presume is the Acropolis). On the right, there's this information:

"Entrance exclusively at the time slot of your choice! We would like to inform you that from 01-04-2024, in all Archaeological sites and Museums where the e-ticket is applied, entrance is only possible during the time slot of your choice. Especially for the Acropolis, this is valid from 4/9/2023."

Written like this, it seems that I can enter all parks or museums only at the scheduled time. Is that possible? It seems impossible to me.
Can I visit the other sites or museums outside the chosen time slot? Can I start from a museum other than the Acropolis?
Who can give me clear information? I am confused.

Thank you very much in advance.

Posted by treemoss2

06/12/24 11:57 AM

1043 posts

Please do a search for Acropolis tickets on this forum. I have posted numerous times of the definitive explanation of this as have others.

Posted by lorenzo.martellucci OP

06/12/24 12:26 PM

2 posts

Wow, if you didn't feel like copying and pasting, you could have just said so or not responded at all. Since there are many topics, there is also a lot of conflicting information. But you chose to respond like that, thanks for nothing. Evidently, you have a lot of free time.

Posted by JoLui

France Southwest

06/12/24 01:01 PM

2315 posts

The website's reservation system has not been designed to manage entries on specific dates and times for each site visited when you take a combined ticket. It was designed before the introduction of this measure.

In any case it would be too restrictive for visitors and in practice almost impossible to do within 5 days.

The only site that may be overcrowded so far is the Acropolis, this is why the date and time you enter is that of the Acropolis visit.

So:

Can I visit the other sites or museums outside the chosen time slot?

Yes

If you read all the information carefully you could also understand that the Acropolis must be the 1st site visited, which, in practice, is not the case.
So:

Can I start from a museum other than the Acropolis?

Yes

What a mess ?

Yes !