📋 What you actually get
The combined ticket — Greeks and the Ministry of Culture call it the Eniaio Eisitirio — costs €30 in summer (1 April – 31 October), €15 in winter. It is valid for five consecutive days from first use. It admits you, once each, to seven archaeological sites:
Acropolis & slopes
Standalone summer ticket: €30. Includes the south slope (Theatre of Dionysus, Odeon of Herodes Atticus from outside) and north slope path.
Ancient Agora
Standalone: €12. Includes the Stoa of Attalos museum and the Temple of Hephaestus.
Roman Agora
Standalone: €8. Includes the Tower of the Winds — the only ancient building in Athens you can walk inside.
Hadrian's Library
Standalone: €6. Small site, 15 minutes max, between Monastiraki and the Roman Agora.
Temple of Olympian Zeus
Standalone: €8. Includes the surviving 16 columns and Hadrian's Arch (visible from the street, free).
Kerameikos
Standalone: €8. Ancient cemetery + a small but excellent museum. Atmospheric, almost empty most days.
Aristotle's Lykeion
Standalone: €4. Foundation-level ruins of the school where Aristotle taught. Small, peaceful, often skipped.
Add the standalone prices: €76. The combined ticket: €30. On paper, you save €46 — a 60% discount.
🤔 The real-world arithmetic
The on-paper saving is misleading because almost nobody visits all seven sites. The honest question is: how many sites do you actually have time for, and is the combined ticket cheaper than buying the ones you'll use?
Acropolis only
€30. Combined ticket: €30. Same price, but only the combined ticket gives you the option of doing more later. Buy the combined.
Acropolis + 1 site
€30 + €4–12 = €34–42. Combined ticket: €30. Combined wins by €4–12.
Acropolis + Ancient Agora
€30 + €12 = €42. Combined: €30. Save €12. The most common combination.
Acropolis + 3 sites
€30 + €20–24 = €50–54. Combined: €30. Save €20+. Easy savings if you're staying 3+ days.
The break-even point is one extra site. If you do the Acropolis and even just Hadrian's Library, you're already saving money. If you do nothing but the Acropolis, you pay the same. There is no scenario in which the combined ticket costs you more, which is the unusual feature of this ticket.
⚠️ The catches
One. The combined ticket is paper. You cannot reserve it online with a timed slot. In peak summer the Acropolis enforces hourly slots online — so if you want to enter the Acropolis between 8 and 10am in July, you are practically forced to buy the standalone Acropolis ticket online for €30, with a fixed slot. The combined ticket only works at off-peak hours or if you accept queuing up at the gate to be assigned the next available walk-in slot.
Two. Each site can be entered once. Lose the ticket and you lose every site you haven't visited yet. Photograph it the moment you buy it; box-office staff sometimes accept a photo if the original is lost.
Three. The five-day clock starts on first use, not on purchase. Buy it Friday afternoon, use it Saturday morning, and Wednesday is your last day.
Four. It does not include the Acropolis Museum, the National Archaeological Museum, the Benaki, or any other museum proper. It is strictly for the seven archaeological sites listed above.
🛒 Where to buy it
At any of the seven box offices. The Ancient Agora ticket office on Adrianou is by far the best place: short queues, opens at 8am, and the staff are visibly less stressed than at the Acropolis gate. Walk in, ask for the combined (not Acropolis) ticket, walk out two minutes later with five days of access.
Online sale exists at hhticket.gr but the combined ticket option is buried two clicks deep — look for "Combined Ticket Package" rather than "Acropolis".
👴 Free and reduced rates
- Under 5: free
- EU citizens under 25: free with passport/ID at the gate
- Non-EU students 18–25: 50% reduction with valid student ID
- Free entry days: 6 March, 18 April, 18 May, last weekend of September, 28 October, every first Sunday from November to March (slot booking still required for the Acropolis)
✅ The verdict
For 90% of visitors the combined ticket is the obvious choice — it costs the same as the Acropolis-only ticket and unlocks six other sites for free. The only real exception is the family travelling in mid-July with two days in Athens who absolutely must enter the Acropolis at 8am to beat the heat: that family should buy the standalone Acropolis ticket online with a timed slot. Everyone else: walk to the Ancient Agora office on day one, buy the combined, you're done.