Athens Ghost Tour: Haunted Night Walk & Ghost Hunting

Meeting point

Where

Please arrive 5 minutes before the start time in front of the Thision Open Air Cinema. The guide will be standing directly in-front of the theater located 7 Apostolou Pavlou Street.

Departure

20:00 daily; scheduled year-round (operator schedule, seats confirmed at checkout)

Return

This activity ends back at the meeting point

Pickup

No hotel pickup: everyone meets at the start point

Operator

Istanbul's Haunted Walking Tour; booking and payment are completed on Viator

1. 1
   This is the location of the oldest ghost story in the world

   Stoic Philosopher Athensdoros was once the personal tutor of the first Emperor of the Roman Empire Augustus. His experience in Athens is a story that has shaped the after life for centuries.

   10 min · Admission included
2. 2
   Acropolis

   Here at the front gate of the Acropolis use to be a turkish graveyard where the overlord Turks for four hundred years bured their dead. Now we will investigate their ancient burial ground

   15 min · Admission included
3. 3
   Here at this sacred rock we will hear about how this became the site for all ancient Greek murder trials

   It is also the location for a sermon of a special Christian Saint who gave a speech to the Council of the Aeropagus.

   15 min
4. 4
   Here in the shadows marks the place young Konstantinos fell when protecting the Greek flag from the Nazi invasion

   We will learn about this soldier and try to communicate with him.

   10 min
5. 5
   Here is the oldest church in Athens

   The Church of Saint Nicholas Rangavas. It was built by the relative of a Byzantine Emperor and destroyed by a cannon ball killing a sneaky monk who hides in the courtyard.

   10 min
6. 6
   Mansion Benizelou

   Here in the back of the oldest house in Athens is the Benizelou Mansion that once was the home of Saint Philothea. Also, in the backyard of the mansion is the 500-year-old olive press that was used as a torture device for rebellious slaves owned the the Benizelou family.

   15 min
7. 7
   Roman Agora

   Here next to the Roman Agora is the Ottoman Madrassa. It was originally used as religious school for the Ottoman citizens but after the Greek War of Independence it became a prison and a special tree in the courtyard a hangman's tree that killed hundreds of Greeks and Turks.

   10 min
8. 8
   Ancient Agora of Athens

   The famous Agora in Athens where all the action of the city took place. Temples, houses, theaters, places of learning, and grand festivals. It was here the old road for the Panathenaic Festival took place. The murderous lovers known as the Tyrannicides tried to end the Tyrants ruling Athens.

   10 min · Admission included
9. 9
   Prison of Socrates

   Here is where Socrates was left to drink the hemlock poisoning and where he died. His last speech to his followers and friends was about his soul and the afterlife.

   10 min · Admission included
10. 10
    Church of Metamorphosis

    Here’s a 12th century Church with stories and crimes that have paved. It’s very stones in the walls. It was also the place for a rushed burial of one of the heroes of the Greek war of independence after he was murdered, thrown off the Acropolis.

    10 min · Admission included

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