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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.
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( Breakfast, Lunch ) ( Daily Service Departure 08.15 Return 19.30 )
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. Arrive back at the port in the evening and
transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Athens hotel.
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( Breakfast ) ( Daily Service DEP08.45RET13.45terminal ) - 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, see 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, and the new museum of Acropolis
(Mondays closed).
On the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the
Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike,
the Erectheion and finally “the harmony between material and
spirit”, the Parthenon. Remainder of the day at leisure.Overnight
in Athens Hotel.
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( Mon – Tue – Sat DEP08.45 terminal ) - After breakfast, pickup from the hotel. 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 (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 for
the Olympic Games.
Dinner in the hotel.
Overnight in Olympia hotel.
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( Breakfast, Dinner ) 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.
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( Breakfast, Dinner ) After breakfast, visit the archaeological site of Delphi on the slopes of Mt. 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.
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( Breakfast ) 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 and Thermopylae (Leonida’s Monument, the Spartan leader of 300). Overnight
in Athens hotel.
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( Breakfast ) Transfer to the airport included or, extend your stay in Greece.
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