I intend spending three days in Athens and wish to visit the main sites, most of them briefly. Is there a pass that can be purchased like the London pass that allows speedy access to ALL the attractions in Athens?
Posted by
France Southwest
2948 posts
Regarding third-party resellers and their skip-the-line offers in Greece, see below:
Buy your tickets in advance on the official website (link below) and you'll have the free "skip-the-line" option, since skipping the line means not purchasing tickets on-site at the time of your visit.
https://hhticket.gr/tap_b2c_new/english/tap.exe?PM=P1N
That said, the Parthenon has been waiting for you for 2,500 years and took 15 years to build. You could also wait 15 minutes in line; it wouldn't make much difference. :)
Another option if you want to do it briefly, just look at the sites from the outside without even entering them, it will save you precious time and money
Posted by
OP
5 posts
The hhticket site no longer offers the Acropolis combo ticket. But found a suitable alternative on Get your Guide where you can download the passes on an app called Smartvisit. Gives access to 6 sites or so in Athens over three days. This seems to be the best option.
Posted by
217 posts
I’d never buy a ticket to any site in Athens, or anywhere else for that matter, from a third party site. The Greek government eliminated the combo tickets because they want more money, which is understandable considering how little they charge to enter sites. They’re trying to still recover from the last economic recession. Don’t try and take more money from them.
Posted by
355 posts
I completely agree regarding buying from third party sites.
Sadly I was forced to compromise my principles in Istanbul, where we are going after Greece this year.
There are literally no official on-line tickets available, the official site directs you to Get Your Guide. I had to buy tickets there or line up early at the gate, which I am not prepared to do.
Posted by
France Southwest
2948 posts
...found a suitable alternative on Get Your Guide where you can
download the passes on an app called Smartvisit.
I would be surprised if this "Smartvisit" offered anything more interesting than the official ticketing system. In my opinion, it just adds an extra, unnecessary layer of middleman.
Posted by
Philadelphia, PA, USA
3537 posts
Debri, even if you pay extra to get your tickets from a 3rd party site, that does NOT eliminate a possible line. It only eiiminates the line at the Ticket window to BUY tickets.... you still must line up at entry gate for guard to inspect & punch your ticket. Your options are (1) if you want ot see the Acropolis first thing in morning, and are able to get one of the allotted 8 AM tickets .... get there by 7:40 or so, and you'll have a short wait, or (2) you're OK with going in late afternoon (5 pm), you probably will not have to wait at gate at all. No, Athens is not like Paris or Rome, where "skip-line" groups or individuals can sail right in, ahead of the hoi polloi.