Athens itineraries for every trip length, from a layover or one day to a week with day trips.
How to spend one day in Athens from the cruise port at Piraeus: which terminal you're at, the metro to the Acropolis, 2026 ticket prices, a timed plan and the two-hour rule that gets you back before all-aboard.
The Acropolis at 08:00, its museum before the heat, the Agora and Plaka in the afternoon and a hilltop sunset: an hour-by-hour plan for one day in Athens, with 2026 prices, honest skips and museum-day and cruise-length variants.
Three full days suits most first visits to Athens. Here is what a layover, one, two, three, four, five or seven days realistically covers, with 2026 ticket prices, seasonal opening hours and what to skip when time is short.
