Acropolis and Athens archaeological sites: how the tickets work

The short answer

The Acropolis is one archaeological site with one ticket. The Parthenon, the Propylaia, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike, which Hellenic Heritage attributes to Pericles' building programme of the second half of the fifth century BC, are all seen on that one visit.[1] They are not booked one by one.

The Acropolis Museum is a different matter. Its own FAQ says the museum's ticket is independent of the ticket to the Acropolis and its associated sites.[4] The guide to the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum explains how the two visits differ.

For the site itself, the Acropolis Museum's FAQ links a different booking address from the state ticket service, and a combined ticket for the other ancient sites of Athens is described on one city page but not on the official ticket page. Both points are set out below. XTOUR repeats no prices or hours here.

Who issues Acropolis tickets

According to the terms of use on hh.gr, entrance tickets to Greek archaeological sites are issued by a state body. Those terms say the hh.gr website belongs to the Hellenic Organization of Cultural Resources Development (ODAP, written H.O.C.RE.D. in the terms), which is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and has the exclusive right to issue entrance tickets to archaeological sites and museums under Law 4761/2020.[2] Hellenic Heritage's Acropolis page lists the Ephorate of Antiquities of the City of Athens as the site's contact.[1]

Where to buy

ODAP's Acropolis ticket page on tickets.hh.gr describes itself as the "official ticket store".[3] Its terms say a ticket is valid only if it was sold through one of its official points of sale, that a ticket from anywhere else exposes the holder to criminal and civil penalties, and that reselling or trading tickets is prohibited.[2]

The Acropolis Museum's FAQ points somewhere else. It says tickets to the Acropolis site are available at etickets.tap.gr.[4] When XTOUR opened that address on 9 October 2026 it returned only a default server page with no ticket service on it.[5] The FAQ carries no date, so XTOUR cannot say when its link was last current. XTOUR's reading is that the museum's link should not be relied on for site tickets.

Time slots and changes

The ticket page says timed entry is required at the Acropolis.[3] The terms explain what that means: where a site uses time slots, the visitor chooses one when buying and is admitted only within it.[2]

On changes, the two official pages agree. The terms let an individual visitor change the chosen slot up to two times without charge, no later than 120 minutes before the visit, and otherwise rule out cancellation or refund once the purchase is complete, apart from cases the terms set out separately, such as a site closed by force majeure.[2] The Acropolis ticket page says the same: changes up to two hours before entry, at most two per ticket, and no refunds.[3] Group tickets follow different rules in the same terms: the day and slot can be changed if other slots are available, and members' personal details no later than fourteen days before the visit.[2]

Is there still a combined ticket for Athens?

XTOUR cannot say. This is Athens, which describes itself as the official visitors' guide to the City of Athens and a project of Develop Athens S.A.,[7] says on its accessible-routes page for the Acropolis slopes that the site is included in a combined five-day ticket covering the Acropolis and its slopes, the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora, Hadrian's Library, the Olympieion, Kerameikos and Aristotle's School.[6] That page carries no date.

The official Acropolis ticket page, opened the same day, listed a single product, a visit to the Acropolis of Athens, and no combined ticket.[3] XTOUR has not found an ODAP page that either confirms the combined ticket is on sale today or announces its withdrawal. Check the products on the official ticket store before planning around a multi-site ticket.

The other ancient sites in central Athens

XTOUR treats each of the following as its own site, not as part of the Acropolis visit.

• Ancient Agora. Hellenic Heritage's page, titled "At the heart of Athenian democracy", says the public buildings of the democracy uncovered there include the Bouleuterion, the Tholos and the State Archives.[8]
• Roman Agora. A separate site. Visit Greece dates it to between 19 and 11 BC and describes it as the city's new administrative and commercial centre, supplementing the older Classical Agora. The same page describes the Tower of the Winds as an octagonal first-century BC building that served as a clock and weather station.[9]
• Hadrian's Library. Hellenic Heritage dates its inauguration to around AD 132 and says only its northern wing survives.[10] Visit Greece notes that in the Byzantine and Ottoman periods parts of it were used as a church, an administrative building and a mosque.[9]
• Olympieion and Kerameikos. Both are named in the This is Athens combined-ticket list above.[6] XTOUR does not describe either here.

What XTOUR does not tell you

XTOUR does not publish ticket prices, opening hours, last-entry times, free-admission days or accessibility information for any of these sites. Read them on the official ticket store and the Hellenic Heritage pages. XTOUR does not sell or list Acropolis tickets.

For the city as a base, see the Athens destination page; for the wider country, the Greece travel guide.