Acropolis Combo Tickets

Acropolis combo tickets: which one is actually a combo, and which is just a ticket

Acropolis combo tickets get confused with plain tickets more often than the name suggests, so the first useful thing this page can do is sort the four real options into the two that bundle more than one thing and the two that do not. The plain ticket and the guided tour are single-site products: they get you into the Acropolis and nothing else. The Museum combo and the Athens Multipass are the actual combos, bundling the Acropolis with one or more further sites.

What used to complicate this further was the Ministry's own combined ticket, which is no longer sold. This page lays out what replaced it, what each current combo includes, and which one is worth the extra euros over a plain ticket.

The four ways to buy in, sorted by what they bundle

Ticket	Price	Bundles
Timed ticket with audio guide	from about €39	Acropolis only	Book
Guided tour with entry	from about €60.30	Acropolis only, with a live guide	Book
Acropolis and Acropolis Museum combo	from about €74.54	Acropolis and Acropolis Museum	Book
Athens Multipass	from about €135	Acropolis plus 5 further archaeological sites, 3 days	Book

The first two rows are not combos in any real sense. The audio guide and the live guide are add-ons to a single ticket, not a second site. Only the last two rows put you in more than one place on one purchase, and they answer different questions: the Museum combo answers "am I doing both the hill and the museum," and the Multipass answers "am I spending three days seeing several archaeological sites."

The two genuine combos also differ in how far they reach. The Museum combo stays within a five-minute walk of the rock: the Acropolis itself and the Acropolis Museum near the Akropoli metro stop, nothing further. The Multipass spreads across the whole ancient city centre, from the Ancient Agora and Roman Agora near Monastiraki to the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Kerameikos on opposite sides of town, which is why it needs three days rather than one to make sense. Picking between them is really picking a radius: one afternoon's walk around the hill itself, or a longer weekend spent working through the wider ancient city.

Guided or plain, before you get to the combos

Whichever combo you end up choosing, it inherits this decision rather than replacing it. The Museum combo comes in a guided version too, at about €94.50 for a 3.5 to 4 hour guided walk of both sites, and it is the only product on this page with free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start. The plain, audio-guide version of the same combo at €74.54 is cheaper but cannot be cancelled or rescheduled once booked. Guided, for most first-time visitors: the Acropolis carries very little on-site signage, so a live guide fills in far more than a museum with wall text would. The plain ticket is the better buy if you already know the history, are travelling with children who will not follow two hours of narration, or want to walk it at your own pace at the first slot of the morning.

Why the Ministry's own combo ticket is gone

Until spring 2025, the Ministry sold its own combined ticket at €30, valid five days, covering the Acropolis and six further sites: the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora, Kerameikos, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Library and Aristotle's Lyceum. That ticket was discontinued around 1 April 2025 and is no longer sold on the official platform. Older advice online that still describes it as current is the single most common source of confusion in Acropolis combo ticket searches today.

With that ticket gone, the Museum combo and the Multipass above are the only bundled options left. Buying each site separately at the gate is still possible, it just means several transactions instead of one.

Is the Acropolis and Museum combo worth it?

Only if you are visiting both anyway, and mainly for the convenience rather than a lower price. The combo at about €74.54 covers two timed entries, on the same day or split across two, with an audio guide included for both sites in one booking. It is not automatically cheaper than buying the two plain tickets separately once you account for each site's own optional audio add-on, so the case for it is one purchase and one confirmed audio guide for both stops, not a reliably lower price. It is not worth buying at all if you plan to see only one of the two.

Is the Athens Multipass worth it?

From about €135, the Multipass bundles the Acropolis with five further archaeological sites over three consecutive days, with an audio guide included and no re-purchasing at each gate. It pays off for a traveller who genuinely intends to visit most of those sites within the three days. If your itinerary only has the Acropolis and one other stop, the Museum combo or separate tickets will usually cost less.

Do the arithmetic before you commit. Buying the Acropolis, the Ancient Agora, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and two further sites separately at their own gates, at somewhere between €6 and €30 each, can land close to the Multipass price once you add three or four stops. The Multipass wins on convenience, on the single audio guide across every site, and on not having to queue at a ticket desk more than once. It loses if you only end up visiting two of the six sites, because the per-site price then works out higher than buying those two alone.

The free official app, if you want commentary without paying for it

The Ministry has also announced its own Digital Tour Guide app for the Acropolis, free of charge, as a lighter alternative to a paid audio guide. It works alongside any ticket at no extra cost and suits a visitor happy reading rather than listening to a live person. It is not a substitute for a live guide if what you want is someone to answer questions on the spot; that gap is what the paid guided tour is built to fill, and none of the combo products above replace it with anything more than a recorded track.

Free and reduced Acropolis tickets

A 50 percent reduced rate applies to EU citizens over 65 with ID or a passport, but only from 1 October to 31 May; there is no winter discount on the standard adult price otherwise. Entry is free for EU citizens up to 25, non-EU children up to 18, visitors with a 67 percent disability plus one escort, and EU/EEA school groups, checked against ID or a passport on arrival. The site is also free to everyone on 6 March, 18 April, 18 May, the last weekend of September, 28 October, and every first and third Sunday from 1 November to 31 March; these are also the busiest days to visit, so arrive early if you are going on one of them.

How to book, in four steps

1. Decide guided or plain first. A first visit, especially without the Acropolis Museum on the same day: take the guided tour. Repeat visit, children, or an early solo climb: the plain timed ticket.
2. Add the Museum combo only if you are actually going. It buys convenience and a confirmed audio guide for both sites, not a reliably lower price.
3. Count your other archaeological sites. Three or more within three days points to the Athens Multipass; one or two point to buying them separately.
4. Book with the option that fits your dates. Most of these cannot be cancelled once booked, so lock in a date only once your Athens days are fixed.

Nearby and combinations

Once your ticket is decided, the two practical follow-ups are timing and route: the Acropolis opening hours page has the full seasonal timetable and the autumn taper, and the main Acropolis tickets page covers the two entrances and what to see once you are up. If a museum such as the Cycladic or the Benaki is part of your plan alongside a hop-on hop-off bus, the Athens City Pass page compares the private city passes separately from the Multipass above. That is Acropolis combo tickets sorted: two single-site products, two real combos, and one discontinued Ministry ticket that a lot of older advice still gets wrong.