Athens, from 2025 visiting the Acropolis will cost 30 euros. Private tours also decided to cost 5,000 euros

Starting in 2025, visiting theAcropolis of Athens and its monuments, starting with the Parthenon, will be expensive: in fact, Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, has announced that fares will undergo a conspicuous upward adjustment, and those who want to travel to Athens’ iconic site will have to pay 30 euros. The new price will be valid as of April 1, 2025, she told radio station Skai. At the moment, the ticket costs 20 euros during the high season, which is from April 1 to October 30, while from November 1 to March 30 the reduced price of 10 euros is applied. There are also some free admission days: March 6, April 18, May 18, the last weekend in September, October 28, and every first Sunday of the month from November 1 to March 31. In short, the new fee of 30 euros represents a dry increase of 50 percent.

However, this will not be the only change introduced by Greece’s Ministry of Culture, which manages the important archaeological site. As of April 1, 2024, in fact, there will be special packages with increased prices that will allow people to book private tours with special conditions. For example, according to reports in the daily newspaper Ekathimerini, there could be the possibility of exploring the Acropolis alone, with no other tourists along your path: the cost for not having anyone in your way should be around 5,000 euros, and the tour will be valid for up to four groups of five people each (although it is not clear how often). Private tours will not affect normal opening hours: Acropolis alone yes, then, but without preventing others, of course, from their sacrosanct right to visit the site. It will therefore be possible to book these tours outside opening hours, namely from 7 to 9 a.m. (thus immediately before opening to all) or from 8 to 10 p.m. (immediately after closing).

Proceeds from private tours will be fully reinvested in cultural projects, according to Nikoletta Divari-Valakou, head of cultural resource development at the ministry. “We decided to implement the measure,” she said, “because there is demand, people have asked for it. It will not harm the archaeological site, in fact it will help promote it better. And the revenues will be reinvested in cultural projects and monuments.” If the project works, it will then most likely be expanded to other important sites.

All this comes while only a few months ago, in August, the ministry had decided on a crackdown on mass tourism by introducing a closed number for entry to the Acropolis, so as to better regulate flows at an archaeological site that is also visited by more than 20,000 people on peak days.

Finally, there will also be increases at several state-owned sites and museums in Greece, with upward price adjustments of between 2 and 5 euros. This, Minister Mendoni again explained, is to bring Greek museum entrance fees in line with European averages.

Image: the Acropolis in Athens. Photo: Constantinos Kollias

Athens, from 2025 visiting the Acropolis will cost 30 euros. Private tours also decided to cost 5,000 euros

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