DAY 1: ARRIVAL

Meet at Athens airport and transfer to hotel. Remainder of day at leisure. Athens is an amazing city to discover on your own with its numerous museums, parks, and the shopping areas of Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Overnight in Athens Hotel.

DAY 2: ATHENS SIGHTSEEING (B)

After breakfast, pickup from the hotel for your Half Day morning tour. See Syntagma Square, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the National Library, and the Hadrian’s Arch. Visit the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in 1896. 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 Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era, the new museum of Acropolis (Mondays closed). At the end of the tour, drop off at your hotel or at the city centre. Remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight in Athens Hotel.

DAY 3: ONE DAY CRUISE (AEGINA-POROS-HYDRA) (B, L)

After breakfast, pickup from the hotel and transfer to the port for the full day cruise to the 3 Saronic islands of Aegina, Poros, Hydra. Lunch served on board. See and visit all 3 islands, each different in character. Aegina: The largest of the Saronic Islands, famous for BBQ seafood and pistachio nuts. Poros: A pretty island with chance for shopping. Hydra: An artist’s delight, with boutiques shops and cafes dotted around the harbor. Arrive back at the port in the evening and transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Athens hotel.

DAY 4: 4 DAYS CLASSICAL TOUR WITH METEORA: ATHENS – ARGOLIS (Corinth Canal, Epidaurus, Nafplion, Mycenae) – OLYMPIA (B, D)

After breakfast, pickup from the hotel for your 4Days Classical tour. Depart Athens and stop to see the Corinth Canal. Drive onto and visit the ancient theatre of Epidaurus famous for its acoustics. See the town of Nafplion before arriving in Mycenae. Visit the archaeological site and the Royal Tomb of Agammemnon (The leader of the Troy War). Continue across the central Peloponnese to Olympia, the cradle of the Olympic Games. From here, the original Olympic Flame begins its journey to the Olympic Games. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Olympia hotel.

DAY 5: 4 DAYS CLASSICAL TOUR WITH METEORA: OLYMPIA – DELPHI: (B, D)

After breakfast, visit the original Olympic Stadium and the Archaeological museum. Then drive north to Patras and cross the new bridge over the Corinthian Bay from Rion to Antirion. Continue via the towns of Nafpaktos and Itea to Delphi. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Delphi hotel.

DAY 6: 4 DAYS CLASSICAL TOUR WITH METEORA: DELPHI – KALAMBAKA (METEORA) (B, D)

After breakfast, visit the archaeological site of Delphi on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. See the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, Castalia Spring and the museum. In the afternoon leave Delphi for an interesting trip through Central Greece to Kalambaka (Meteora). Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Kalambaka (Meteora) hotel.

DAY 7: 4 DAYS CLASSICAL TOUR WITH METEORA: KALAMBAKA (METEORA) – ATHENS (B)

After breakfast, visit Meteora with its impressive scenery, ageless monasteries, suspended between earth and sky. Inside, see priceless historical and religious treasures. Return to Athens via Trikala, Lamia, Thermopylae and drop off at your hotel. Overnight in Athens hotel.

DAY 8: DEPARTURE (B)

Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to the airport included or, extend your stay in Greece.