Splendors of Greece Tour - 8 days
Cultural group tour / Guaranteed
daily departures
Accommodation in Standard and Superior Hotels (3-4 star)
• Athens (2) • Delphi
(1) • Athens (1) • Mykonos (2) • Athens (1)
Category:
Cultural group tour, Scenic Land and Sea Journey
Day 1: Arrive Athens
Arrive at Athens airport and
transfer to your hotel.
Overnight:
Athens
Day 2: Half Day Athens
City Tour with Acropolis museum (B)
After breakfast transfer to
terminal to join your group. This tour gives you an
opportunity to observe the striking contrasts that make
Athens
such a fascinating city. Our expert guides will take you
to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic
Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).
Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex
Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful
uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian's
Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown
Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National
Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma). On the
Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the
Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the
Temple
of Athena Nike,
the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between
material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in
the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place
where at last the statues found their home and admire
the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis
museum (closed on Mondays). Afternoon at leisure.
Overnight: Athens
Day 3: Delphi (B, D)
After breakfast transfer to
terminal to join your group. Drive through the fertile
plain of Beotia, crossing the towns of Thebes, Levadia
and Arachova arrive in Delphi, the center of the Ancient
World.
On the slopes of Mount
Parnassus, in a landscape of unparalleled beauty and
majesty, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo
Pythios.
Visit the Treasury of the
Athenians, the Temple of Apollo and the Museum
containing such masterpieces of Ancient Greek sculpture
as the bronze Charioteer.
Afternoon free.
Dinner and overnight
Delphi.
Day 4:
Delphi - Athens (B)
Morning free. In the afternoon
return to Athens. Arrive Athens approx at 6:30 pm.
Overnight: Athens
Overnight: Athens
Day 5:
Athens
(B) – Ferry to Mykonos
Check-out from your hotel, transfer to the
port
of Piraeus for
the ferry to Mykonos
Island. Upon
arrival, transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day is at
leisure.
Overnight: Mykonos
Day 6: A day at Greek
Island (B)
Today is at leisure. In Mykonos you can stroll at
leisure through the white-washed, flower-decked
alleyways to the sculptured church of Paraportiani or
along the water-front of "Little Venice" to the
well-known windmills.
Overnight;
Mykonos
Day 7: Mykonos - Athens (B)
Transfer to port to take the ferry back to Piraeus. In Piraeus meet your
driver and transfer to your hotel in Athens.
Overnight: Athens
Day 8: Athens
Departure (B)
Morning transfer to Athens
Hellinikon International airport for departure. Thank
you for visiting Greece.
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