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Explore the rich history of Classical Greece in a program that will make you travel in time!

Day 1: Athens

• Arrival & Transfer to the hotel by private deluxe bus
• Welcome Dinner in a Greek gourmet restaurant including transfers
• Overnight

Day 2: Athens

• Buffet Breakfast
• Athens City Tour including the Acropolis & the New Acropolis Museum
• Free time for Lunch in Plaka
• Visti one of the hospitals in Athens
• Meetings with a doctor and a nurse who will explain the private &publi medical system in Greece
• Return to the Hotel
• Free time
• Departure for a food experience in Mikrolimano (Piraeus), including sea food
• Return to the Hotel & overnight

Day 3: Athens

• Buffet Breakfast
• Cooking lesson at a well – known tavern in Athens, including transfer
• Walking tour in Athens to the Central meat, fish & fruit market
• Loukoumades (the typical Greek honey soaked doughnuts) tasting
• Greek Coffee in Monastiraki (the famous Greek Flea Market) or Psyrri (the boheme area of Athens)
• Return to the taverna in Plaka o enjoy the meal we prepared earlier
• Free time to stroll around Athens & discover hidden corners of the city or do some shopping in Ermou Street & in Plaka area
• Souvlaki Dinner at a famous typical restaurant in Monastiraki
• Transfer to the Hotel & overnight

Day 4: Delphi

• Buffet Breakfast
• Departure to Delphi
• Visit to the Archaeological site & the museum
• Departure to olive oil tasting & pick-nick under the olive trees in the olive groove o0f Delphi with 1.500.00 olive trees approx.
• Olives, feta cheese & spinach pie tasting as well as home made cheese pies and Greek salad
• Departure towards Itea.  Check-in at the Hotel there.
• In groups, we will be hosted by different Greek families to spend time & have dinner with them at their houses.  Food tasting with meals prepared by moms & grand  mothers, especially made for us
• Transfer to the Hotel and Overnight

Day 5: Olympia

• Buffet Breakfast
• Departure to Olympia
• Crossing of the Millenium Bridge between Rion – Antirrion
• Arrival at Olymia & visit to the Archaeological Site & Museum
• Free time for Lunch
• Departure to Nauplion
• Dinner in one of the traditional restaurants in the old city of Nauplion
• Return to the hotel & Overnight

Day 6: Corinth Canal – Nemea -Nafplion

• Buffet Breakfast
• Departure to Corinth Canal
• Canal Crossing Cruise
• Return to Corinth
• Departure toweards Nemea
• Visit to the the Archaeological site & MUseum as well as the stadium
• Wine tasting & Lunch in a winery with home made meal
• Return to Nauplion, Greek coffe & stroll around the city
• Dinner at a restaurant in a tavern in Nauplion
• Return to the Hotel & Overnight

Day 7: Epidaurus – Mycenae – Athens

• Buffet Breakfast
• Departure to visit Epidaurus & Mycenae
• Visit to a citrus farm in the area
• Lunch at Mycenae
• Arrival in Athens
• Dinner at a typical restaurant in Gazi / Psirri area (the boheme areas of the city)
• Transfer to the Hotel & Overnight

Day 8: Athens – Cruise around the Saronic Gulf

• Buffet Breakfast
• One Day Cruise to 3 of the most beautriful islands of the Saronic Gulf (Poros – Hydra & Aegina), including lunch on board
• Return to Athens
• Dinner in Athens.  We will taste home made meal in a typical Greek restaurant
• Return to the Hotel & Overnight

Day 9: Departure from Athens

• Buffet Breakfast
• Transfer to Athens International Airport

The story of the Trojan War—the Bronze Age conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenae!

Day 1: Travel to Athens 

• Transfer to the hotel
• Private transfer by bus to the hotel
• Dinner in the hotel.
• Enjoy a walk of the Plaka district and Temple of Olympian Zeus before dinner.
• Visit the Athens underground metro museum in Syntagma square.

Day 2: Athens Landmarks

• Breakfast
• Explore the city
• Visit the world famous Acropolis
• The Parthenon
• Temple of Athena Nike
• Syntagma Square
• Choose to visit the Acropolis Museum & the Archaeological Museum
• Depart to Delfi
• Overnight & Dinner at the hotel

Day 3: Delphi

• Breakfast
• Visit Delphi the site and the archeological museum of Delphi one of the most atmospheric of all the ancient Greek sites
• Visit the Temple of Apollo, site of the Oracle of Delphi,before travelling on to the Peloponnese
• Overnight stay in Olympia
• Dinner at hotel in Olympia

Day 4: Olympia

• Breakfast
• Visit Olympia, site and museum  home of the Olympic games.
• Visit Pylos & the Palace of the wise King Nestor (the King of Pylos),  who participated in the Trojan war.  One of the most ancient Mycenean Palaces.

Day 5: Ancient Messini, Nauplia

• Breakfast
• Visit of the Ancient Messini
• Viswit of the Ancient Sparta , the remains and the museum
• Departure to Nauplion
• Overninght at Nauplion & Dinner

Day 6: Epidaurus, Mycenae, Athens

• Breakfast
• Travel to the Sanctuary of Epidaurus, ancient seat of modern medicine.
• Continue to the ancient Citadel of Mycenae, with the Tomb of Agamemnon, the Royal Tombs and the Lions Gate.
• Travel onto Sparta, historically the most powerful state of the Peloponnese, and learn all about ancient Sparta and its army.
• Return to Athens
• Overnight & Dinner at the Hotel

Day 7: Departure from Athens

• Breakfast
• Free time
• Transfer by private bus to Athens Airport

Meditate with Socrates and Plato, Shake hands with Ippocrates and Aristoteles, Play with Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes in Athens.

Day 1: Athens

• Arrival transfer to central hotel in Athens
• Orientation bus tour of the city

Day 2: Athens

• Buffet breakfast in hotel
• Visit to Acropolis and New Acropolis museum.
• Visit the tomb of Socrates and Kimon to talk about Socrates and Aristotle.
• Walk through the Ancient Agora of Athens with discussion on democracy in ancient grece.
• Visit the Dionysus theatre for discussion on ancient greek theatre and its playrights.
• Stroll through Plaka area discussion on Hippocrates

Day 3: Athens – Sounion

• Buffet breakfast in hotel
• Check-Out and departure transfer
• Visit the National Archaeological Museum.
• Visit Plato’s Academy with discussion on Plato and the Sympossium.
• Visit to Cape Sounion

DAY 4: Athens

• Buffet breakfast in hotel
• Departure Transfer

A tour that teaches us about the ethos and values of the ancient greek world. Cooperation is essential to overcome problems. The winners have no egoism, inspires the followers to become better not winners.

Day 1: Athens

• Arrival transfer to Athens centrally located hotel
• Walking tour of Plaka

Day 2: Athens – Nauplion

• Buffet breakfast
• City tour including the Panathenaic Stadium site of first modern Olympics in 1986.
• Visit the world famous Acropolis, the Parthenon, Temple of Athena Nike and visit the Acropolis Museum
• Transfer to Nauplion for overnight
• History of the Isthmian Games lecture on bus

Day 3: Nemea – Olympia

• Buffet breakfast
• Visit Nemean archaological site, museum and stadium to discover the Nemean Games
• Visit Olympia archaological site, museum and stadium to discover the ancient Olympic Games
• Overnight in Olympia village hotel

Day 4: Delphi – Athens

• Buffet breakfast
• Visit to Delphi archaological site, museum and stadium to discover the Delphian Games
• Return to Athens and check-in

Day 5: Athens

• Buffet breakfast
• Transfer for departure

This tour brings you in contact with the ideal of Olympic games one of the purest ideas of the ancient world which promotes peace, cooperation, and a sense of sportsmanship and fair play.

You will visit various important sites of these ancient games throughout Greece and you will feel the Olympic spirit motivate you and lift you. Guided by the Olympic ideals you will get a sense of purification and new direction in life.

Day 1: Athens

• Arrival in Athens airport
• Orientation tour of the city with visits to Acropolis and Panathinaic Stadium (Olympic Games 1896)
• Transfer to centrally located hotel.
• Dinner based on 5th Century B.C. recipies

Day 2: Delphi

• Breakfast in Hotel
• Departure for Delphi site and museum (Pythean Olympic Games)
• Cooking lessons and dinner based on natural greek products
• Overnight in Hotel in Delphi area.

Day 3: Olympia

• Departure for Olympia
• Visit museum and site of Olympic Games and the great temple of Zeus.
• Afternoon visit the museum of Ancient Greek technology.
• Dinner with olive oil and wine tasting session.
• Overnight in hotel in Olympia area.

Day 4: Epidaurus – Mycenae – Nauplion

• Departure for Epidaurus Ancient Theatre
• Visit Mycenae site
• Ancient Greek Pottery lessons
• Dinner and overnight in Nauplion area.

Day 5: Ancient Corinth – Nemea – Nauplion

• Departure to visit Ancient Corinth site and museum
• Visit  Nemea site and stadium (Nemean Olympic games)
• Visit a winery with wine tasting.
• Return to Nauplion for overnight
• Dinner based on mediterranean cuisine

Day 6: Isthmia – Corinth Canal – Eleusina – Athens

• Departure for Isthmia (Isthmian Olympic Games)
• Stop at Corinth canal
• Visit Eleusina
• Dinner Tasing with Southern Peloponeese cuisine with lecture on the global importance of the Olympic Games.
• Overnight in hotel in Athens.

Day 7: Athens

• Greek Breakfast
• Transfer to Athens Airport for departure.