Athens Ghost Tour

Stoic Philosopher Athensdoros was once the personal tutor of the first Emperor of the Roman Empire Augustus. His experience in Athens is a story that has shaped the after life for centuries.

Here at the front gate of the Acropolis use to be a turkish graveyard where the overlord Turks for four hundred years bured their dead. Now we will investigate their ancient burial ground

It is also the location for a sermon of a special Christian Saint who gave a speech to the Council of the Aeropagus.

We will learn about this soldier and try to communicate with him.

The Church of Saint Nicholas Rangavas. It was built by the relative of a Byzantine Emperor and destroyed by a cannon ball killing a sneaky monk who hides in the courtyard.

Here in the back of the oldest house in Athens is the Benizelou Mansion that once was the home of Saint Philothea. Also, in the backyard of the mansion is the 500-year-old olive press that was used as a torture device for rebellious slaves owned the the Benizelou family.

Here next to the Roman Agora is the Ottoman Madrassa. It was originally used as religious school for the Ottoman citizens but after the Greek War of Independence it became a prison and a special tree in the courtyard a hangman's tree that killed hundreds of Greeks and Turks.

The famous Agora in Athens where all the action of the city took place. Temples, houses, theaters, places of learning, and grand festivals. It was here the old road for the Panathenaic Festival took place. The murderous lovers known as the Tyrannicides tried to end the Tyrants ruling Athens.

Here is where Socrates was left to drink the hemlock poisoning and where he died. His last speech to his followers and friends was about his soul and the afterlife.

Here’s a 12th century Church with stories and crimes that have paved. It’s very stones in the walls. It was also the place for a rushed burial of one of the heroes of the Greek war of independence after he was murdered, thrown off the Acropolis.