Athens City Pass & Tickets

Compare: Athens Pass, tourist cards and tickets in Athens

Review of the best Athens tourist cards, city passes and tickets; which travel card or museum pass really save you money or a lot of waiting? Is the Athens City pass worth it?

Review: Best Tourist Cards in Athens

Athens has only three tourist passes to choose from, namely the popular Athens Pass, the Athens City Turbopass and the combo ticket of the Acropolis with 6 archaeological sites. The advantage of both tourist cards is that they are really worth it and you have to decide whether or not you want to visit the Acropolis Museum. Your options:

1) Highly recommended: Athens Pass

In my opinion, this is the most complete and best tourist card for a city trip to Athens is the Athens City Pass. With one purchase you have the most important tickets. And even better; you get all tickets online. When you visit a number of archaeological areas, you will soon have earned this ticket back, because buying individual tickets is quite expensive (e.g. Acropolis € 20, Ancient Agora € 10, Temple of Zeus € 8 and Kerameikos € 8), making this city pass is absolutely recommended if you are going to do even a little bit of culture. Book your Athens Pass easily via this link. During the booking process you can reserve your desired date. After payment, you will receive your tickets by email or you can show them via smartphone.

2) Combo ticket: Acropolis + 6 archaeological sites

This combo-ticket is the smaller version of the Athens City Pass above. This combo-ticket does give you access to the 7 archaeological areas including the Acropolis, but this ticket does not include both the Acropolis Museum and the audio guide app. The ticket is very affordable, because you have probably already earned it back after 3 sights (if you would buy individual tickets you would have already paid 64 euros). Simply book your combo ticket via this link. After payment you will receive your combo ticket by e-mail or you can show it via smartphone.

3) Athens City Pass (Turbopass)

The Athens City Turbopass is the most comprehensive city pass for Athens. The Athens City Turbopass is valid for 1 to 6 days and gives you access to various museums and attractions. This new tourist card is especially interesting if you stay for a several days in Athens.

The Athens City Turbopass includes the following attractions:

• Admission to the Acropolis (and Parthenon)
• The Acropolis Museum
• Hop-on-hop-off city tour with audio guide
• Admission to the Old Agora and the Agora Museum
• Admission to the Roman Agora
• Admission to Hadrian's Library
• Admission to the Temple of Zeus (Olympieion)
• Admission to Kerameikos and the museum
• Admission to the Lykeion of Aristotle
• Various museums such as: Museum of Illusions, Kotsanas Museum and Hellenic Motor Museum
• Optional: Day cruise from Athens to the three famous islands of Hydra, Poros and Aegina
• Optional: Public transport ticket
• More info and booking Athens City Turbopass

4) Buy single tickets

If you only want to visit a limited number of attractions, it can also be advantageous to purchase individual tickets instead of a tourist card. The most popular sightseeing tickets: