In 2022, City Contact/Athens Walking Tours embarked on a journey towards sustainability by participating in the SUSTOUR program, which aims to promote sustainability among European tour operators through a business-led approach. With the support of SUSTOUR, we joined the Travelife program, benefiting from training and coaching to work towards obtaining the Travelife Certified award by the end of 2023.
Extensive market research in the travel industry indicates a growing trend among travelers to prioritize planet-first options and seek out sustainable choices for more purposeful travel. With the climate crisis reaching critical levels and global awareness on the rise, people are increasingly inclined to travel thoughtfully, responsibly, and with intention. Today, most travelers consider sustainability best practices when planning their next trips.
During our certification process, we discovered that sustainable travel means much more to travelers than simply recycling and reducing waste. They have developed a deep appreciation for the local communities, environment, biodiversity, energy reduction methods, and carbon footprint reduction, among other factors. Travelers are actively seeking ways to become more responsible in their journey. As a travel provider, we recognize this opportunity to reshape our company policy and adapt our offline and online processes to meet the new sustainability requirements for our local partners and suppliers. Our goal is to facilitate sustainable choices for our clients and make it easier for them to travel responsibly.
My wife and I were just reminiscing our October trip to Greece. We both felt that one of the highlights was our tour of the Acropolis with Dimitris and thought he deserved a review. Super friendly and knowledgeable, paced the climb as to be manageable for all and answered every question in an accent even us Californians could understand!Would highly recommend!
Doug Bowman | Jan 24 | Acropolis of Athens & the Acropolis Museum
Our walking tour of Athens and the Acropolis was fantastic. I highly recommend it but make sure you have comfortable shoes. It is a long day but totally worth it. Our guide Maria was really knowledgeable and helpful
Pam Constantine | Jan 24 | City, Acropolis & Acropolis Museum
A perfect way to discover Athens and his ancient wealth. Guide Rina has an excellent knowledge of Greek history and manages to put it all in context and engages the group in her story. I feel i know more about Athens, the Gods, but also the relationship to modern life.Walk goes at a slow pace and easy to hang in there, also up the acropolis. Thank you!
Dirk and Carol | Jan 24 | Athens City Tour & Acropolis Tour
Our tour guide Niobe was amazing! She had the most interesting facts, which made all the difference! She was open to questions and knew all the answers to what we asked. Without this guided tour my experience would not have been the same! It is definitely a must!
Isabela | Jan 24 | Acropolis of Athens Tour
A fantastic tour courtesy of Stella, who was incredibly knowledgeable, friendly, and entertaining. A small group of just myself and an Australian couple (Paul and Kathy), it was a wonderful experience and a real culinary treat of a tour. Stella even organised a couple of little surprises for me as it was my birthday! Five stars!
Tom | Jan 24 | Athens Food Tour
We were expertly guided through multiple recipes by the wonderful Stella, and found ourselves with more food than we could possibly get through. It was a fantastic experience and a great insight into authentic local cooking.
Brian Calcutt | Jan 24 | Athens Cooking Lesson
I joined the 7.45 tour, and I loved it! Very few people were around and the morning light was beautiful. We were a small group, our guide Despina was extremely friendly and very excited to tell us all about the Acropolis and much more. She made the tour really enjoyable, and gave also a lot of suggestions about things to do later.Highly recommend it!
Silvia | Nov 23 | First Access Acropolis Tour
Our tour guide name was Charoula, she was fantastic, extremely knowledgeable and friendly. We did a tour of the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum. Really enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend!
Nikola Romer | Oct 23 | Acropolis & Acropolis Museum
Margarita was the best tour guide we could have gotten!Knowledgeable, passionate, and natural teacher.Learned a lot because of her!
Katie | Oct 23 | Acropolis of Athens Tour
Excellent tour. Apollos was a true expert and great story teller. Everything we saw was made so much more meaningful and entertaining. Highly recommend.
Steve | Oct 23 | City Tour & Acropolis Museum
We went on this tour today and had the BEST time. Our guide Giota was incredible, so knowledgable and passionate and honestly made the tour for us. She answered all of our questions, went at a comfortable pace in the heat and made a 6 hour walk feel like nothing. Thank you so much Giota! Highly recommend this tour if you don’t have long in Athens - you will see and learn so much in such a short space of time!
Katie Comber | Sep 23 | City, Acropolis & Acropolis Museum
Our tour guide was excellent - knowledgeable, funny and patient. When you see the Acropolis from the ground you think you can’t climb that much, but our guide paced our group perfectly
Matthew_S | Sep 23 | Athens Acropolis & Parthenon
Excellent, the perfect mix of casual and structured morning. Loved learning the history from Theodora.
Samantha | Sep 23 | Athens Highlights & Acropolis
Nicholas was amazing! With his guidance we prepared a 7 course meal! He was hands on and very engaging. The best part was dining outside with a view of the Acropolis. Wow!
Lonnie | Sep 23 | Athens Cooking Lesson
Easy to book, excellent instructions pre tour. Lots of thunderstorms before we were due to leave but the company returned my very early email promptly which was comforting. Tour was amazing. No crowds this early. Guide Niobe was informative, passionate and entertaining.
Karen | Sep 23 | First Access Acropolis Tour
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