The City of Athens is once again offering free guided tours throughout March at historical and archaeological sites, museums, as well as cultural and art venues across the capital. Residents and visitors alike will have the opportunity to discover Athens through themed walking tours and organised visits, held in collaboration with the Association of Licensed Tourist Guides of Athens. The initiative is led by Artemis Skoumpourdi, City Councillor responsible for the Historical Promotion of the City of Athens.

The programme features guided tours at emblematic archaeological sites such as the Ancient Agora and Aristotle’s Lyceum, walking tours through the historic centre and the hills surrounding the Acropolis, as well as themed routes dedicated to Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Athens.

Guided visits are also scheduled at major museums across the city, including the Benaki Museum, the National Gallery, the National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), the Numismatic Museum and the Alekos Fassianos Museum. The programme further includes specialised thematic tours focusing on architecture, philosophy and street art, along with historical lectures. Each tour has specific dates, times and meeting points, with a limited number of participants per activity. To secure a place, interested participants are asked to call +30 6976897493, Monday to Friday, between 11:00 and 15:00. While the guided tours are offered free of charge, admission fees to museums and archaeological sites, where applicable, are the responsibility of participants.

The Programme of Guided Tours in Athens – March 2026

Sunday, March 1, 2026

Archaeological Site of Aristotle’s Lyceum
10:00 | Meeting point: Entrance on Rigillis Street
Guide: Lavrentia Giannola (up to 40 participants)

National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)
Exhibition: Why Look at Animals? Justice for Non-Human Life
17:00 | Meeting point: Museum entrance
Guide: Theoni Kampra (up to 25 participants)

Saturday, March 7, 2026

The Athenian Trilogy: University – Academy – Library
10:30 | Academy of Athens, 28 Panepistimiou St
Guide: Artemis Skoumpourdi (up to 50 participants)

Ancient Agora
10:30 | Main entrance on Adrianou Street
Guide: Tzemma Oikonomopoulou (up to 40 participants)

Museum of Modern Greek Culture
10:30 | Museum entrance, 10 Areos St
Guide: Areti Vasdari (up to 25 participants)

Byzantine Athens
11:00 | Hadrian’s Library
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 40 participants)

The Architectural Evolution of Athens – From Syntagma to Hilton
10:15 | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Hellenic Parliament
Guide: Elena Soulioti (up to 40 participants)

First Cemetery of Athens – Open-Air Sculpture Gallery
11:00 | Main entrance, end of Anapafseos Street
Guide: Michalis Giochalas (up to 40 participants)

Walking Tour: Tower of the Winds – Aerides, Medrese & Fethiye Mosque
10:30 | Gate of Athena Archegetis, Roman Agora
Guide: Ioanna Katochianou (up to 40 participants)

Philosophy in the Ancient Agora
10:30 | Main entrance on Apostolou Pavlou Street
Guide: Eirini Koumpoura (up to 40 participants)

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Benaki Museum
17:00 | Museum entrance (1 Koumbari St & Vasilissis Sofias Ave)
Guide: Artemis Skoumpourdi (up to 30 participants)

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Ancient Agora
10:30 | Main entrance on Adrianou Street
Guide: Tzemma Oikonomopoulou (up to 40 participants)

The Hills Around the Acropolis
10:30 | Church of Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris
Guide: Anna Benaki (up to 40 participants)

Ottoman Athens
11:00 | Hadrian’s Library
Guide: Kassandra Porioti (up to 40 participants)

Ziller–Loverdos Mansion
10:30 | Museum entrance, 6 Mavromichali St
Guide: Vernardos Villa (up to 25 participants)

National Gallery
Temporary Exhibition: Los Caprichos by Francisco Goya
10:30 | Gallery entrance, 50 Vasileos Konstantinou Ave
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 25 participants)

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Philosophy in the Ancient Agora
10:30 | Main entrance on Apostolou Pavlou Street
Guide: Eirini Koumpoura (up to 40 participants)

Alekos Fassianos Museum
11:30 | Museum entrance, 15 Neofytou Metaxa St, Metaxourgeio
Guide: Eirini Kazamiaki (up to 25 participants)

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Lecture at the “Melina” Cultural Centre, City of Athens
Topic: Athenians in the Uprising of 1821
17:30 | 66a Irakleidon St, Thissio
Speaker: Artemis Skoumpourdi (up to 100 participants)

Street Art – Graffiti Tour in Psyrri
10:30 | Monastiraki Square, in front of the Church of Panagia Pantanassa
Guide: Anna Benaki (up to 40 participants)

Byzantine Churches of Athens
10:30 | Chapel of Agios Eleftherios, next to the Metropolitan Cathedral
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 40 participants)

American School of Classical Studies at Athens
10:30 | Institute entrance, 54 Souidias St
Guide: Vernardos Villa (up to 25 participants)

Sunday, March 22, 2026
Philosophy in the Ancient Agora
10:30 | Main entrance on Apostolou Pavlou Street
Guide: Eirini Koumpoura (up to 40 participants)

National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST)
Exhibition: Why Look at Animals?
17:00 | Museum entrance
Guide: Theoni Kampra (up to 25 participants)

Saturday, March 28, 2026

National Garden
10:30 | Entrance on Amalias Avenue
Guide: Kostas Kastellakis (up to 40 participants)

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Numismatic Museum (Iliou Melathron)
10:30 | Museum ticket office, 12 Panepistimiou St
Guide: Dora Voukelatou (up to 25 participants)