Published on Jun, 2024

A lot of the time you hear about philosophy, and you feel that you can name the top guys, but never really know how you should think, what drove them and why they did what they did and what they said! This is a wonderful tour and introduction to philosophy. It was an immersive learning experience delivered by philosopher who clearly has a passion for the subject – loved it! From the minute we met him, he was very informative, knowledgeable and genuinely wanted to teach us about the Greek philosophers and their place in history. You could see all of us going through the event and experiencing our own eureka moment including my son. I fully recommend taking this gentle stroll through the park and listening to this amazing teacher and philosopher. After this also taking a walk through the gardens where ancient philosophers might have walked and possibly eaten pomegranates before class! .

Published on Jun, 2024

When you’re planning a trip to Greece, you are obviously looking at the acropolis and the Parthenon. After you’ve done that, it’s really cool to take a philosophy tour and understand the backbone of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. We took this tour and it was phenomenal. It takes three hours and it was so interactive and so educational and our instructor was unbelievable. He was so ,so good. I would highly recommend this tour!

Published on Mar, 2024

I recently lead a party of 3 teachers and 30 students aged 16-18 from the UK to Athens and we took part in two experiential workshops run by Hellas Revival (Plato and Democracy). The sessions were lively and fun, very interesting to the students and highly participatory. The level was pitched just right for our group's age and existing knowledge. Our students certainly learned a lot, really took part in the engaging activities, and we have had great feedback from them. Fluent English was spoken by the facilitators who ran the sessions really well, as a teacher I know how challenging it can sometimes be to engage young people but they made it look easy. To have a philosophical debate at the site of Plato's Academy, or take part in a simulation of Athenian democracy in the place where it took place in the ancient world, is so special. The surroundings were beautiful and steeped in history. We will certainly aim to include Hellas Revival workshops in future trips by our institution to Athens. Thanks Olga, Eva and Alex!

Published on Aug, 2023

This is an unusual, engaging and fund cultural experience of connecting to ancient Athens through its philosophy and politics. We spent two hours with Alex, a philosophy grad student who also studies Ancient Greek and Latin languages, learning something about Plato and Socrates and the life of Athens. This is not a guided tour or a lecture. The idea is to get you doing some philosophical thinking while learning about Plato, his teacher Socrates and the Athenian world they lived in. The Plato digital museum is a very small but excellently designed free museum which you visit as part of the experience. All of this is very much off the beaten tourist track which adds another dimension to the experience - the ruins of the academy are in a small public park and have not been fully excavated. There were only a couple of Greek visitors there who said they had come to feel the atmosphere of Plato’s school. If you have visited the acropolis as we did this offers a brilliant additional experience that offers something more intimate and participatory. Highly recommended for adults and kids equally.

Published on Jul, 2023

One of the best experiences. Like being real students of the Academy! We even had a friendly cat join who we named Pythagoras. Would highly recommend