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If you are traveling to a new city and you want to visit the top sightseeing attractions, then it makes a lot of financial sense to buy a pass or card that gets you into multiple attractions. This way, you can save money because these cards bundle all the attractions together. By paying one price, you would spend a lot less money than if you bought admission to each attraction individually. In addition to giving you admission into top sightseeing attractions, these cards also can get you discounts for Athens attractions, too. So it makes a lot of sense when you are budgeting your upcoming trip.
So if you are planning a trip to Athens, Greece, you should consider buying an iVenture Card or an Athens City Pass.
Today, we are going to compare the two passes to show you which one would be better for you
City Pass vs. iVenture Comparison
Below is a table showing you which attractions you will be able to get into for free with each pass. As you will see, there are a lot more attractions included with iVenture rather than the City Pass.
| iVenture | City Pass | |
| Acropolis | X | X |
| Acropolis and Parthenon Walking Tour | X | |
| Acropolis Museum | X | X |
| Ancient Corinth & Dafni Monastery | X | |
| Athens by Bike Tour | X | |
| Athens Get On Get Off Bus Tour | X | |
| Athens Hop On Hop Off Bus Tour | X | |
| Athens Happy Train | X | |
| Athens Segway | X | |
| Athens Toy Museum | X | |
| Athens War Museum | X | |
| Cape Sounion Half Day Tour | X | |
| Cape Sounion Sunset Tour | X | |
| Delphi Day Tour | X | |
| Dora Stratou Traditional Dance Theatre | X | |
| EUREKA Exhibition of Ancient Greek Technology – Herakleidon Museum | X | |
| Epidaurus – Mycenae Day Tour | X | |
| Food Tour | X | |
| Frissiras Museum | X | |
| Ghika Gallery | X | |
| Hellenic Motor Museum | X | |
| Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum | X | X |
| Museum of Ancient Greek Technology | X | X |
| Museum of Cycladic Art | X | |
| Museum of Greek Culture | X | |
| Museum of Islamic Art | X | |
| Mythology Tour | X | |
| National Gardens & Parliament Walking Tour | X | |
| Panathenaic Stadium | X | |
| We Bike Athens | X |
Now, let’s talk about discounts and other free items you can get with these passes. As you are going to see, this where the Athens City Pass really excels. They may not get you full admission to many attractions, but they do get you a lot of discounts to top Athens attractions.
iVenture Card
Dining
- Dia Noche: One Club Sandwich Lunch
- Hard Rock Cafe Athens: One Set Menu Item
- Kitro Café: One Greek Coffee
- Old Tavern: One portion of Greek Mousaka
City Pass
Half Off Admission
- B. & M. Theocharakis Museum of Art & Music: 50% Off
- Frissiras Museum for Contemporary Art: 50% Off
- Hellenic Motor Museum Exhibition of Cars: 50% Off
Other Discounts
- A Full Day Sailing in the Saronic: 30% Off
- Sail the Athenian Coastline Morning Trip: 30% Off
- Sail the Sunset Afternoon Trip: 30% Off
- Athens by Night – Wine Tasting & Food Tour: 20% Off
- A Greek Gastronomy Tour: Athens for Foodies: 20% Off
- Athens Highlights Evening Tour with Meze Dinner: 20% Off
- Zorba Inside Me – Greek Dance Lesson & Dinner: 20% Off
- Athens Orientation Tour with Greek Coffee: 20% Off
- Athens Down Town Electric Bike Tour: 15% Off
- Classic E-tour Greece/ Electric Bike Tour: 15% Off
- Meet in Athens Bike Tour: 15% Off
- 1-Day Cruise to the islands of Hydra, Poros & Ägina with lunch buffet including pick up round trip service to the harbor & back: 12.5% Off
- Acropolis Segway Tour: 10% Off
- Food Safari tour on Electric Trikke: 10% Off
- Athens Premium Wine Tasting Tour: 10% Off
- Shopping Centre Plaka: 10% Off
- Athens Riviera Sunset Tour: 10% Off
- National Garden Segway Tour: 10% Off
- Olympic Games Segway Tour: 10% Off
- Miran Deli – Sausages and Other Delicacies: 5% Off
- 1-Day Tour: Delphi and Visit of Arachova Village: € 23Off
- Athens by night with Folklore Show & Dinner: € 20 Off
- Cape Sounion and Temple of Poseidon: € 15 Off
- Virtual Reality Theater Hellenic Cosmos Centre – Tholos: € 1.50 Discount
- Hard Rock Café Gift Store: Free souvenir for purchases over € 35
So now let’s compare the cards by cost. The cost varies for each card by how many days you make the card active, which obviously would depend on how many days you are visiting Athens. Please note that the iVenture Card does not have an option for a 4-Day Pass, but does have a 7-Day option not available with the City Pass.
Cost Comparison
| iVenture Child | iVenture Adult | City Pass Child | City Pass Adult | |
| 1 Day | $57.93 USD | $93.39 USD | $13.59 USD | $60.39 USD |
| 2 Days | $88.66 USD | $147.77 USD | $19.29 USD | $70.67 USD |
| 3 Days | $160.78 USD | $235.26 USD | $21.58 USD | $77.52 USD |
| 4 Days | n/a | n/a | $23.86 USD | $82.08 USD |
| 5 Days | $199.79 USD | $319.19 USD | $26.14 USD | $86.65 USD |
| 7 Days | $230.53 USD | $388.94 USD | n/a | n/a |
Conclusion
As you can see, the iVenture Card is obviously a lot more expensive than the City Pass; however, with the iVenture Card you get full admission into a lot of attraction whereas with the City Pass you just get discounted prices. So if you are visiting a lot of attractions, then the iVenture Card would a better financial option. However, if you are visiting Acropolis but not much more, then the City Pass would be a better financial option.
