English ATHENS AOHNA Deutsch Please read to make ideal use of your pass! Wichtig! Zur optimalen Nutzung Ihres Passeslesen! bitte Usage Notes Nutzungshinweise Public Transport Nahverkehr Athens Insidertips Athen-Tipps List of attractions and discounts Übersicht der Attraktionen und Rabatte Your Athens City Pass ATHENS AOHNA Your Athens City Pass ATHENS AOHNA This is your Athens City Pass! The Athens City Pass package grants you free admission to the city’s sights and free travel within the public transportation network, in addition to multiple discount benefits, in culture, entertainment, shopping and gastro nomy. Your Athens City Pass is a practical sightseeing package with which you can save valuable time for your holiday. Your Athens City Pass consists of the following components: 1. Athens City Pass Card 2. Ticket Acropolis (Classic) or Acropolis area (Complete) 3. Ticket Archaeological Museums of Athens (Complete) 4. Ticket Public Transport inclu ding from / to airport (Classic, Complete) 5. City map of Athens (Classic, Complete) Attention: Please read the following instructions for optimal use of your Athens City Pass. View of Athens 2 3 ATHENS AOHNA Athens City Pass Card Athens City Pass Card ATHENS AOHNA 1. Athens City Pass Card Note: the Acropolis Museum is not on the Acropolis hill but "C" (Acropolis Museum, hop-on-hop-off bus, walking tours, it is situated opposite of the monument on the pedestrian McArthurGlen Designer Outlet) road of Dionisiou Areopagitou. At security checkpoints you cannot skip the lines. Hop-on-hop-off bus and walking tours To attend, please present your Athens City Pass card to a member of the staff of “Athens Open Tour” to scan it. Teens and children should hand over the “Under 18” card to them. The staff is at your disposal daily from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm at Syntagma Square in the center of Athens. You will find them in front of the post office at Mitropoleos street and you can recognize them by their uniform which consists of a white shirt with the “Athens Open Tour” logo on the back, a yellow tie or scarf, and beige trousers. Make sure that you are at the right spot as there are more than one bus tour operators. The staff of “Athens Open Tour” will provide you with information Please fill in your full name (the name of the pass holder) and the appropriate documents for your 2-Day-hop-on-hop-off and the date “from… to…” on the back side of the card. The bus ticket and the walking tours (summer period). Athens City Pass card offers you the following advantages: Hop-on-hop-off bus Acropolis Museum For two consecutive days, you are free to hop on and off the For preferred admission, please go to the “GROUP TICK- sightseeing buses of “Athens Open Tour” and switch between ETCOUNTER” or to the entry gate and show your Athens the three different offered itineraries (see details below) as City Pass card. After they scan it you may proceed in the often as you like. Learn more about the various sights of exhibition halls. Athens by listening to the informative audio commentary available in 16 languages, among them English, German, Last admission is 30 minutes before closing time. You can French and Spanish. The buses operate 365 days/year and find the exact address and opening hours in the attractions’ run approximately every 30 minutes from 8 am to 8 pm (1st overview at the end of this brochure. The museum offers its Apr – 31st Nov) and 9 am to 5:30 pm (1st Dec – 31st Mar). Due guests free Wi-Fi. to increased street traffic and a “more relaxed” mentality the departure and arrival times, the itineraries as well as the bus Luggage inspections take place at the museum’s entrance. facilities may differ from your expected standards. We ask for Please, keep in mind that bigger bags and backpacks are your kind understanding, patience and a sense of humour (!) not allowed to be taken into the exhibition rooms. However Experience Athens the “greek way”! you can store them free of charge in the cloakroom next to the cash till area. Athens-Route (90 minutes): Syntagma Square, Melina Merk- ouri / Plaka, Acropolis Museum, Acropolis & Parthenon (in- Children and teens up to 18 years old from EU countries are terchange to Piraeus route possible), Olympieion, Parliament not required to pay an admission fee at Acropolis Museum. & National Gardens, Benaki Museum, Panathenaic Stadium, Children and teens from 5 to 18 years old from Non-EU coun- Parliament & National Gardens, National Library, National tries may be asked to pay an admission fee of €3. Archaeological Museum, Omonia Square, Karaiskaki Square, Monastiraki / Thisseion, Kotzia Square / Town Hall. 4 5 ATHENS AOHNA Athens City Pass Card Athens City Pass Card ATHENS AOHNA Piraeus-Route (60 minutes): Piraeus Cruise Ships Terminal Discounts and benefits (1 and 2), Pasalimani, Mikrolimano, Planetarium (interchange Simply show your Athens City Pass card to our selected to Glyfada route possible), Athens Ledra & Intercontinental, discount partners in gastronomy, culture, shopping and se- Acropolis & Parthenon (interchange to Athens route possible), rvices and benefit immediately from the exclusive advantages Intercontinental & Athens Ledra, Planetarium (Evgenidio), offered to you. Check the list of great discounts and special Municipal Theatre of Piraeus. deals at the end of this brochure and start saving. Tip for extra discounts: Grab yourself the free Spotlighted Glyfada-Route (60 minutes): Planetarium (interchange to Card upon arrival at Athens International Airport from the Cen- Piraeus-route possible), Flisvos Marina, 3rd Glyfada Marina, tral Information Counter on the arrivals level. This card offers Glyfada City Centre. you discounts in various museums, stores and restaurants. McArthurGlen Designer Outlet Walking tours (only in the summer period) As an Athens City Pass holder you are entitled to a special From 15th of April or 1st of May (depending on the temperatures) deal, a fashion passport offering 10% off in all shops and fur- to the 31st of October, you may choose to participate in three ther discounts up to 20% in selected stores at McArthurGlen different walking tours. The tour guide will be waiting for you Designer Outlet. Present your Athens City Pass card to the at the bus stop at the respective departure point and at the staff at the outlet’s information desk (ground floor, main en- given starting time. You will recognize him / her as he / she will trance Central Square / Fountain) in order to receive your per- be holding a sign saying “Athens Open Tour – Walking Tour”. sonal special offer package including a Mc ArthurGlen card. Just present your 2-Day Ticket from “Athens Open Tour” to the Allow yourself to splurge at Greece’s first designer outlet staff. There is no reservation required, but please, plan your containing more than 100 boutiques of hip brands like Hugo walking tour within the validity period of your 2-Day-ticket for Boss, Ralph Lauren, Nike and Diesel discounted up to 70%, the hop-on-hop-off bus. A walking tour lasts approximately as well as a wide range of restaurants and cafes. 50 – 60 minutes. Entrance tickets, if needed, are not provided or included in the tour. Audio commentary is available in Greek, You can reach the McArthurGlen Designer Outlet with Metro English, French, Spanish, Italian and German. line 3 to station Doukissis Plakentias. From there, switch to 1. Acropolis-walking tour: starts at Acropolis & Parthenon bus 319 (Spata-Designer Outlet) which will take you directly (bus stop on Piraeus-route and on Athens-route) and ends at to McArthurGlen. Please find exact address and opening Syntagma Square (bus stop on Athens-route). Starting time: hours in the attractions’ overview at the end of this brochure. 11:15 am. 2. National Gardens-walking tour: starts at Parliament National Gardens (bus stop on Athens-route) and ends at Panathenaic Stadion (bus stop on Athens-route). Starting time: 12:30 am. 6 7 ATHENS AOHNA Acropolis Archaeological Museums ATHENS AOHNA 2. The Acropolis 3. Archaeological Museums "A" in Athens "M" (Included in Complete Pass) Athens City Pass Athens City Pass Classic Complete The Acropolis with North and South Slope (Classic, Complete) Head with your ticket directly to one of the entry gates. You don’t need to queue at the ticket counters. To avoid big crowds we suggest you use the entrance at the South Slope. Keep in mind that you cannot bypass the lines at security check points. The Acropolis – extended area (Complete) The Acropo lis extended area includes the following sites: The Athens City Pass Complete includes a ticket for the fol- Acropolis (North/South slope), Ancient Agora, Kerameikos lowing museums: National Archaeological Museum, Epigraph- (archeological site & museum), Hadrian’s Library, Roman Agora, ical Museum, Numismatic Museum, Byzantine and Christian Temple of Olympian Zeus/Olympieio, Aristotle’s Lyceum, Stoa Museum. The ticket for the archeological museums you can of Attalos. find in a separate envelope in the Athens City Pass package that you have received at home or collected at the pickup Complete Pass-holders get a special combo ticket package for station. the visit of all sights mentioned. You are not required to visit all sites and museums at a specific time or in a specific series You can head directly to one of the entrances since your ticket but keep in mind that your ticket is valid for 5 consecutive is already valid and provides you with admission for a unique days after the first visit. Therefore, please keep your ticket visit to each museum within 3 consecutive days. Therefore, after each visit! All of the sights included are located within please keep your ticket after each visit! short walking distance.