First day |
Arrival at the “El. Venizelos” airport of “Athens”
(Please note that visitors from the U.S.A., Canada or Asia, should depart from their country one day in advance; i.e. Wednesday 6/11/2013)
Transfer from the Airport to the Hotel – check in.
Rest of the day and afternoon, free.
19:00 Early dinner (you will be informed on the venue at a later stage)
20:30 Night sightseeing tour of Athens’s major attractions and transfer back to the hotel around 22:30
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Second day |
09:30 Guided visit of the “National Archaeological Museum”. Start learning Greece’s vast history by admiring the exhibits of its biggest museum, one of the most important in the world. The exhibits cover a large chronological and geographical span offering samples from many different periods and places of Greece. Relax offering yourself a coffee or a refreshment at the cafee of the garden that surrounds the museum. You need it, as next stop is at.
12:30 Guided visit of the “Acropolis”. A “must see” for all visitors of the city of Athens.
14:00 Traditional dishes’ lunch in one of the restaurants of “Plaka”, the oldest neighborhood of Athens under the holy rock of Acropolis.
We suggest you stroll around the picturesque streets of Plaka, before going back to your Hotel to refresh.
19:00 Guided visit of the new “Acropolis Museum”.
21:00 Dinner at the restaurant of the Museum, overlooking the 2.500 years old monuments of Acropolis. A night to remember.
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Third day |
One day cruise to the islands of the Saronic Sea.
07:15 departure from Hotel.
You will visit “Poros”, “Aegina” and “Hydra”. You will have the time to stroll around each island’s harbor. Lunch, dinner, dance, inside the cruise ship.
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Fourth day |
10:00 Guided visit of the “Ancient Agora, the homonymous Museum and the temple of Hephaestus”, a well- preserved Greek temple that remains standing largely as built.
12:30 Offer yourself a light lunch in one of the taverns around the area of “Theseion”.
14:00 Guided visit of the “Byzantine and Christian Museum”. Enter a different world. Admire the exhibits of the Museum, as well as the architecture of the buildings around the main courtyard.
Around 18:00 Transportation to “Cape Sounion – Temple of Poseidon” for a guided tour. Admire the sun setting in the Aegean sea, from the end corner of Attica.
Dinner in a typical Greek fish tavern by the sea.
Return to the Hotel around 22:30 hrs.
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Fifth day |
“Delphi - Pythian Panhellenic Games”
One day excursion to Delphi – sanctuary and stadium
09:00 Departure from Athens. Destination, Delphi. Distance 180 km – trip duration approx. 2 hours and 30’.
With evocative ruins surrounded by breathtaking mountain scenery, Delphi is surely the most beautiful ancient site in Greece.
Lunch at a restaurant of the area with local specialties.
Late afternoon, back to the Hotel in Athens.
Rest of the evening free.
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Sixth day |
08:30 Departure from Athens for a 4-day, guided, tour of Peloponnese. Please take with you all your belongings.
On our way to Argolida, a prefecture of Peloponnese, we will visit the “Corinth Canal” that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
“Isthmia Panhellenic Games”
Not far away, comes “Ancient Corinth” with its sanctuary and the Isthmia Panhellenic Games. We will visit the site, as well as the Museum.
The famous “Ancient Theater of Epidaurus” and the museum is our last stop before entering in “Nafplio”, the first capital of modern Greece with its castle and other attractions, where we will stay overnight.
Lunch at a restaurant along our way to Nafplio, with local specialties.
Distances/trip duration:
• Athens – Corinth Canal 80 km/ 1 hour and 30’
• Corinth Canal – Ancient Corinthos 15 km / 20’
• Ancient Corinthos – Epidaurus 60 km / 1 hour and 30’
• Epidaurus – Nafplio 30 km / 40’
Check in at the hotel in Nafplio around 18:00, where you can enjoy dinner or just drinks in one of the bars of the old city. You will love it.
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Seventh day |
From Nafplio through Mycenae and Nemea to Sparta.
Distance 160 km - trip duration 3 hours and 30’
09:30 Departure from Nafplio.
First stop, “Mycenae”, the center of the Mycenaean Civilization.
“Nemean Panhellenic Games”
A few kilometer away, comes Nemea where the Nemean Panhellenic Games were taking place. We will visit the site.
Lunch with local cuisine on our way.
Arrival in “Sparta” around 18:00
Check in at the Hotel. Rest of the evening free.
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Eighth day |
Sparta – Mystras –Olympia
10:00 Visit of the “Olive & Olive Oil Museum” of Sparta
11:00 Departure from “Sparta” to visit the medieval city of “Mystras”, with its scenic churches, palaces, streets and houses all topped by an imposing castle.
Lunch after the tour of Mystras
After lunch, departure for “Olympia”.
Distance 190 km, trip duration 3 hours and 30’
Check in at the Hotel. Rest of the evening free
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Ninth day |
Ancient Olympia - Mantinea – Athens:
“Olympic Panhellenic Games”
08:30 Tour of the site of “Ancient Olympia sanctuary” and the “Museum”. Let yourself imagine the
“Olympic Panhellenic Games”. You are at the place where these globally known games actually started.
We suggest you treat yourself with a snack before starting our way to Mantinea, as we will have a late lunch.
Departure from Ancient Olympia to Mantinea. Distance 120 km, trip duration 3 hours
Around 14:30, we will have our good buy lunch at the “Domain Spyropoulos”. www.domainspyropoulos,com Enjoy the taste of varieties of really good wine, directly from the cellars of the winery.
Mantinea – Athens. Distance 150 km, trip duration 2 hours and 30’
Arrival in Athens in the evening. Check in at the hotel.
Rest of the evening free
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Tenth day |
Departure from the hotel, for El. Venizelos Athens Airport 3 hours before the scheduled flight time of departure. |
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