I have a disabiity card from my New Zealand and want to use the elevator to access the Acropolis. I can walk but going up stairs is tough. The only number I have says to ring the day before you want access but I am uncertain if we can do that as we will be on a cruise. Also I don't know if my card will be accepted. Does anyone have an email address I can write to so I can check out this information and make a booking. I would hate to get there and be refused. Also it looks like a long walk to the elevator. I see you can hire a car to take you there but I couldn't see any prices. I don't have a wheelchair which might also disqualify me.
Posted by
France Southwest
2318 posts
I don't know if my card will be accepted
According to the official website of the Greek Ministry of Culture you are entitled to free admission in the following case:
Persons with disabilities and one escort (only in the case of 67% disability), irrespective of the country of origin, upon presentation of their ID card or passport and Disability Certificate issued by the Single Body of Social Insurance.
Regarding the possibility of having other information, the only email address I know is [email protected]
For access to the Acropolis by elevator you will find all the information here by clicking on "Information for Disable Person"
https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/english/tap.exe?PM=P1P&place=000000002:
This is also the official website where you can buy tickets
Posted by
Bend, Oregon
273 posts
I do not know what accommodations the Acropolis provides for various disability levels. After 2 visits, I can tell you that persons with full normal abilities have trouble negotiating the hilltop - it is very rough rock and gravel with poor pathways. It is worth pursuing info as the site is awesome.
Posted by
Vermont, USA
729 posts
Our experience last Friday:
My son is disabled (his disability is obvious and we travel with him in a special needs stroller).
We did not contact the Acropolis prior to our arrival at 8:00 am last Friday. He and my husband had no issue getting on the elevator to go up. I met them at the top.
On the way down, I walked with the two of them over to the elevator and the staff offered to let me ride down with my son and husband. I wound up walking down because there was a lady with heat exhaustion who needed the space fairly urgently and rode down with my son and husband instead of myself.
But we had no issue riding the elevator without a prior reservation.
Note that our tour guide mentioned several times (she was very worried) that the elevator can be unreliable and does not always work. The day prior to our visit, it worked on the way up for some folks but then stopped working, trapping several people in wheelchairs at the top. I do not know how they got down.
Good luck with your visit, I hope it all goes well — it is worth the effort.