Arrival and reception at the airport, transportation, and check into the hotel.

Meals included:  Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Athens in 4* Hotel

Day 2: ATHENS–ATHENS CITY TOUR & ACROPOLIS MUSEUM

From the Acropolis to Omonia Square and with a half-day sightseeing and Acropolis museum tour, you’ll see all the famous sites of ancient and modern Athens. The Athens half-day tour departs for a photo stop at Panathinaiko Stadium where the first Olympic Games took place in 1896. It is the only stadium built out of white marble. Proceed and pass by Zappeion and the Temple of Olympian Zeus. You will then pass the Athens Trilogy which includes the University of Athens, the Academy of Athens, and the National Library. Continue passing by the National Garden, Hadrian’s Arc, St. Paul’s Church, Parliament, Tomb of the unknown soldier, Schliemann’s House (Numismatic Museum), Catholic Cathedral, Old Parliament, Constitution Square, Russian Orthodox Church.

Visit Propylaea, the temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon and Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens. Continue the expert-guided Athens sightseeing and museum tour with a pleasant short walk, passing by Herodion and Dionysos Theater.

The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Athens in 4* Hotel

Day 3: ATHENS-CORINTH CANAL-EPIDAUROS-NAFPLION-MYCENAE-OLYMPIA

Pass Βy Canal of Corinth. The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks.

Visit the Ancient Theatre, world-famous for its outstanding acoustics. The famous ancient theatre of Epidaurus was constructed in the late 4th century BC, around the time when Athens was flourishing in art, philosophy, science and of course theatre and can seat more than 12,000 spectators.

One of the most beautiful towns in the area of Argolis (in eastern Peloponnese) as well as one of the most romantic cities all over Greece, Nafplio was the first capital of the newly born Greek state between 1823 and 1834.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Nafplio in 4* Hotel

Day 4: NAFPLIO-MYCENAE-OLYMPIA 

Mycenae (Μυκήνες) is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece. Visiting the famous Palace, the Lions Gate and the Tomb of King Agamemnon. Mycenae is the largest and most important center of the civilization that was named “Mycenaean” after this very citadel. Mycenaean is the culture that dominated mainland Greece, the Aegean islands, and the shores of Asia Minor during the late Bronze Age era (circa 1600-1100 BCE).

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Olympia in 4* Hotel Day

5: OLYMPIA-DELPHI

Visit the archaeological site with the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the altar of the Olympic flame, the Stadium and the archaeological museum. Olympia became the most important religious and athletic center in Greece. Its fame rests upon the Olympic Games, the greatest national festival and a highly prestigious one world-wide, which was held every four years to honor Zeus.

Visit Archaeological Museum of Olympia is a must, as it has some of the most important works of classical art such as the sculpted decoration of the temple of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the statue of Nike by Paionios and the famous Hermes of Praxiteles is major museum’s masterpieces. Equally important is the bronze collection, the richest of its kind in the world.

Departure for Delphi through Patras, the capital of the Peloponnese. Cross by the bridge from Rio to Antirion and passing by Nafpaktos (Lepanto) and from there on, along the coastal road to Delphi, known in ancient times as the navel of the world.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Delphi or Itea in 4* Hotel

Day 6: DELPHI-KALABAKA 

Delphi was truly a Pan-Hellenic site for the ancient Greeks; they all gathered here to celebrate Apollo and to get practical advice from the Pythia, the priestess. Aside from its historical importance, Delphi is a wondrously beautiful place. Morning visits the museum and the ruins of Delphi.

Delphi Archaeological Museum is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. Mainly because of the breadth and quality of artifacts it includes. The permanent exhibition covers over a thousand years, from the Mycenaean era to the Greco-Roman times.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Kalabaka in 4* Hotel

Day 7: KALABAKA-METEORA

Meteora is in a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these ‘columns of the sky’ from the 11th century onwards. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century. Their 16th-century frescoes mark a key stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting.

Return to Athens, passing the heroic monument of Leonidas of Sparta at Thermopylae. The Battle of Thermopylae is one of the most important battles in Greek and world history.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Athens in 4* in Hotel

Day 8: ONE DAY CRUISE FROM POROS-HYDRA-AEGINA

First, stop Poros. Poros’ neoclassical buildings ascend the town’s hill like seats in an amphitheater. Walking through the narrow alleyways, among whitewashed houses wrapped in bougainvilleas, you’ll travel back in time. Stop at Hydra, Hydra, Saronic Gulf Islands, Attica Hydra, built in the shape of an amphitheater on a slope overlooking the Argosaronic gulf, is one of the most romantic destinations in Greece. Traditional stone mansions, narrow cobblestoned streets, secluded squares and above all the banning of cars and the use of around 500 donkeys as means of public transportation, explain the reason why Hydra preserved its distinctive atmosphere through the passage of time.

Stop at Aegina. Even though the island small, it boasts a great number of sights and natural beauties, a highlight of which is the famous Aphaia Temple. It forms, in fact, an equilateral triangle with the Parthenon and the Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, the so-called “holy triangle” of antiquity. Aegina town, the capital of the island, stands out for its well-preserved buildings.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Athens in 4* Hotel

Day 9: ATHENS WALKING FOOD TOUR

Each food walking tour includes mouth-watering food tastings from the various specialty and food shops that we will pass along the way on a different “off-the-beaten-path” gastronomical route around central Athens. A tour you surely do not want to miss while you are in Athens. Join us to embark on a gastronomical journey through some of the original and historical neighborhoods of Athens. We meet at Korai street where the tour begins. An array of colors sights and sounds engulf the visitor and, at once, activate the senses. Along the way, you will see fruit and spice stalls, colorful and enticing delicatessens, aromatic and tempting bakeries and sweet shops and of course the famous food market of Athens. We will expertly guide and explain things to you en route and provide valuable insight not only about the unique and intricate culinary heritage of the Greeks but also of the cuisine we have all come to know as the Mediterranean.

Meals included: • Breakfast • Dinner

Accommodation included: Overnight at Athens, in 4-star Hotel

Day 10: ATHENS-FLIGHT BLACK HOME

Transportation to the airport for the flight back home.

KALO TAXIDI!

Meals included: • Breakfast

No accommodation included on this day.

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