Duration: 10 nights/12 days (3 nights Athens, 7 day cruise)

Day 1 : (Tuesday) Welcome to Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : (Wednesday) Athens City Tour

Enjoy a morning city tour of Athens visiting Acropolis and its museum. Spend the afternoon exploring Plaka (old Athens section), Ermou Square, or visiting the Monastiraki flea Market.

Day 3 : (Thursday) Delphi

Drive to Delphi through Levadia and Arachova. Upon arrival, visit the museum, the Athenian treasury, visit the temple of Apollo and Castalia spring. Return to Athens late in the afternoon.

Day 4, 5, 6 : (Friday-Sunday) Istanbul cruise

After the breakfast transfer from the hotel to Piraeus port and board your 7 day cruise. Upon arrival in Istanbul on Saturday you will explore the only city in the world straddling two continents - Europe and Asia. Istanbul, with its blend of East ad West, has resulted in some of the most magnificent architecture such as Agia Sofia, Blue mosque and furthermore the Topkapi Palace with its treasures o the Ottoman Empire.

Day 7 : (Monday) Mykonos

Continue sailing to the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos, famous for its nightlife, whitewashed buildings, narrow alleyways full o shops, tavernas and stylish cafes.

Day 8 : (Tuesday) Kusadasi & Patmos

In the morning arrive in Kusadasi, Turkey, where you can visit Ephesus, best known as one of the most preserved Greek/Roman cities of Asia Minor. Also, visi the home where Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days (optional). Continue to the island of Patmos where you may visit the Monastery of St. John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, both UNSECO World Heritage Sites (optional).

Day 9 : (Wednesday) Rhodes

In the morning arrive in the island of Rhodes. Enjoy this beautiful island guarded by the medieval walls constructed by the Knights of St. John in the 13th century. Take a beautiful walk on your own in the town, or visit the ancient Acropolis of Lindos at the brink of a precipice 400 feet above sea level (optional).

Day 10 : (Thursday) Heraklion, Crete & Santorini

In the morning you will arrive in the port of Heraklion, in Crete. Visit the famous Minoan Palace of Knossos (optional). In the afternoon continue sailing to Santorini, Famous for its whitewashed villages built on the edge of a cliff known as the “Caldera” overlooking the Aegean Sea. (Option to disembark the ship and extend your stay by spending a few nights in Santorini)

Day 11 : Piraeus / USA

Disembark the ship early in the morning and transfer to the Athens airport for your return flight back to the USA.

Tour Includes :

• Round-trip transfers in Athens and Santorini
• 3 nights accommodation in Athens
• Athens city tour and its museum
• Full day tour of Delphi with lunch
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• 7 day Greek island cruise
• Breakfast Daily
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner during cruise
• Domestic Air from Santorini to Athens (excluding taxes)
• Local Assistance if Desired

Rates: $2,425 to $2,830 depending on time of year
Rates are per person based on double occupancy.

Day 1 : (Wednesday) Welcome to Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : (Thursday) Athens Tour / Acropolis

Enjoy a tour of Athens combining many of the cities principal modern and classical sights such as Constitution Square (Syntagma), the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier and the National Library. At the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Niki, and finally the beautiful Parthenon and its museum. The afternoon is free to explore the Plaka (old Athens section), Ermou Square for shopping, or visit the Monastiraki flea Market.

Day 3, 4, 5, 6 : (Friday-Monday) Mykonos

After breakfast transfer from the hotel to Piraeus port where you’ll take the cruise ship to Mykonos by usin a “deck pass”. Upon arrival you will be transferred to yout hotel. Enjoy 3 days on this cosmopolitan island famous for its night life, whitewashed buildings, narrow alleyways full of shops, tavernas, and stlish cafes. On Monday afternoon, transfer to the port and board your 4 day cruise.

Day 7 : (Tuesday) Kusadasi & Patmos

In the morning arrive in Kusadasi, Turkey, where you can visit Ephesus, best known as one of the most preserved Greek/Roman cities of Asia Minor. Also, visi the home where Virgin Mary is believed to have spent her last days (optional). Continue to the island of Patmos where you may visit the Monastery of St. John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, both UNSECO World Heritage Sites (optional).

Day 8 : (Wednesday) Rhodes

In the morning arrive in the island of Rhodes. Enjoy this beautiful island guarded by the medieval walls constructed by the Knights of St. John in the 13th century. Take a beautiful walk on your own in the town, or visit the ancient Acropolis of Lindos at the brink of a precipice 400 feet above sea level (optional).

Day 9 : (Thursday) Heraklion, Crete & Santorini

In the morning you will arrive in the port of Heraklion, in Crete. Visit the famous Minoan Palace of Knossos (optional). In the afternoon continue sailing to Santorini, Famous for its whitewashed villages built on the edge of a cliff known as the “Caldera” overlooking the Aegean Sea. Disembark the ship in Santorini and transfer to your hotel.

Day 10 : (Friday-Saturday) Santorini

Enjoy 2 days at this scenic volcanic island with its breathtakingviews and white washed houses draped along the high cliffs of Santorini’s dramatic Caldera. Take postcard pictures while walking through the villages of Oia and Fira and be daring to ride one of the donkeys as part of the native charm of the island.

Day 11 : (Sunday) USA

Transfer from the hotel in Santorini to the airport for your early morning flight back to the USA.

Tour Includes :

• Round-trip transfers in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• Athens city tour and museums
• 2 nights accommodation in Athens
• Deck pass to Mykonos
• 3 nights accommodations in Mykonos
• 4 day Greek island cruise
• 2 nights accommodations in Santorini
• Breakfast Daily
• Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner during cruise
• Domestic Air from Santorini to Athens (excluding taxes)
• Local Assistance if Desired

Rates: $2,595 to $4,20 depending on time of year
Rates are per person based on double occupancy.

Duration: 10 nights/12 days (2 nights Athens, 1 night Olympia, 4 nights Lefkada, 3 nights Corfu)

Day 1 : Welcome to Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : Athens Tour / Acropolis

Enjoy a tour of Athens combining many of the cities principal modern and classical sights such as Constitution Square (Syntagma), the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier and the National Library. At the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Niki, and finally the beautiful Parthenon and its museum. The afternoon is free to explore the Plaka (old Athens section), Ermou Square for shopping, or visit the Monastiraki flea Market.

Day 3,4,5 : Mykonos

Transfer from hotel to the airport and fly to the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos where you are transferred to your hotel Enjoy 3 days on this pretty island known for its great night life, beautiful beaches and Cycladic architecture. Walk through narrow alleyways in Mykonos town and visit beautiful churches and the famous windmills. Take an optional boat tour to the island of Delos, one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece.

Day 6,7,8 : Santorini

Board the hydrofoil or ferry boat from Mykonos to Santorini. Upon arrival at the pier you will be greeted and transferred to your hotel. Enjoy 3 days at this scenic volcanic islad with its breathtaking views and white washed houses draped along the high cliffs of Santorini’s dramatic “Caldera”. Take postcard pictures while walking through the villages of Oia and Fira and be daring to ride one of the donkeys as part of the native charm of the island.

Day 9 : USA

Transfer from the hotel in Santorini to the airport for your early morning flight back to the USA.

Tour includes :

• Round-trip transfers in Athens, Mykonos and Santorini
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• 2 nights accommodations in Athens
• Athens city tour and its museum
• 3 nights accommodations in Mykonos
• 3 nights accommodations in Santorini
• Breakfast daily
• Hydrofoil between Mykonos and Santorini
• Round-trip domestic air from Athens-Mykonos an Santorini-Athens (excluding taxes)
• Local assistance if desired

Rates: $1,865 to $2,658 depending on time of year
Rates are per person based on double occupancy.

Day 1 : Arrive in Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : Athens City Tour

Enjoy a morning city tour of Athens visiting the Acropolis & its museum. Spend the afternoon at leisure to stroll Plaka (old Athens section) an shop at the flea market in Monastiraki.

Day 3 : Olympia

From Athens drive through the Corinth Canal with a short stop. Continue to Epidaurus and visit the archaeological site and theater famous for its remarkable acoustics. The continue to Nafplion and Mycenae where you will visit the Lion Gate and the tomb of Agamemnon. Continue through the central Peloponnese to arrive in Olympia. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day4 : Delphi

In the morning, visit the archaeological site and the museum of Olympia. Then, drive via Patras to Rion, where you will cross The Rion-Antirion bridge, the world’s longest cable-stayed suspended bridge deck, widely considered to be an engineering masterpiece. Then continue through Nafpaktos and arrive to Delphi. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5 : Kalambaka (Meteora)

In the morning visit Delphi, he center o the Ancient World, the “Omphalos” (navel) of the earth. On the slopes of Mt. Parnassus, in a beautiful landscape, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios. Visit the treasury of Athenians, the Temple of Apollo, and the museum containing the sculpture of the bronze Charioteer. Then drive through Amphissa, Lamia & Trikala, to arrive in Kalambaka, a small town situated at the foot of the astonishing complex of Meteora, the gigantic rocks. Diner & overnight stay.

Day 6 : Athens

n the morning visit the breathtaking Meteora, which seem to be suspended in mid-air, where you can see exquisite specimens of Byzantine art. Then, in the afternoon start the drive back to Athens passing via Thermopylae with a short stop to see Leonida’s Monument. Arrive in Athens early in the evening.

Day 7,8,9 : Santorini

After breakfast, transfer to the Athens airport and take a short flight to Santorini. Transfer to your hotel. Enjoy three days in this beautiful island, renowned for its awesome landscape and the “Caldera”. Quaint cobbled walk ways lead to many beautiful Cyclades white washed buildings perched on the edge of a cliff in both villages of Oia and Fira. Be daring to ride one of the donkeys as part of the native charm of the island.

Day 10 : Return

Transfer from the hotel to Santorini airport for your return flight back to the U.S.A.

Tour includes

Round-trip transfers in Athens and Santorini
Hotel taxes and service charges
3 nights accommodations in Athens with breakfast daily
3 nights Historical Tour of Greece at First Class Amalia Hotels, including breakfast and dinner
City tour of Athens & its museums
3 nights in Santorini with breakfast included
Round trip domestic air (excluding taxes)
Local assistance if desired

Rates: $2,150 to $3,150 depending on time of year
Rates are per person based on double occupancy.

Duration: 10 nights/12 days (2 nights Athens, 1 night Olympia, 4 nights Lefkada, 3 nights Corfu)

Featuring:  Yades Heritage and Hospitality Hotels

According to the Greek mythology, the god Dionysos was the son of Zeus and Semeli. Hera, the wife of Zeus, filled with jealousy, caused Semeli’s death, leaving Dionysos orphaned. Zeus chose five nymphs, the Yades, as caretakers of his infant son and they raised him in an idyllic landscape filled with trees and flowers of every color.

Their name (Yades) symbolizes beauty, care, magic and attractiveness, while their five shining stars represent the quality, luxury and distinctiveness in today’s Greek hospitality.

Day 1 : Welcome to Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : Athens Tour / Acropolis

Enjoy a tour of Athens combining many of the cities principal modern and classical sights such as Constitution Square (Syntagma), the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier and the National Library. At the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Niki, and finally the beautiful Parthenon and its museum. The afternoon is free to explore the Plaka (old Athens section), Ermou Square for shopping, or visit the Monastiraki flea Market.

Day 3 : Car Rental & Olympia

Begin your adventure by driving your car from Athens through the coastal road to the Corinth Canal. After a short stop to enjoy the views of the Isthmus, continue your drive to Olympia through the central Peloponnese, passing through the towns of Megalopolis and Tripolis. (approximate driving time from Athens to Olympia 4.5 hours)

Day 4,5,6,7 : Lefkada

After breakfast in Olympia, visit the archaeological site with the sanctuary of Olympian Zeus, the ancient stadium and the archaeological museum. Then, drive via Patra to Rion and cross the channel to Antirion and continue through Messologi and the coastal road to cross through a small draw bridge that connects the mainland with the beuatiful island of Lefkada.

Arrive at Pavezzo Country Retreat, a collection of Venetian houses that capture the architecture and cherished lifestyle of the island’s noble heritage. During your stay visit charming villages, fantastic seas and important exo-environments such as lake Maradohori. Don’t miss a stroll hrough the city’s stone-paved marketplace, achaeological museum and the Castle of Agia Mavra. approximate driving time 4.5 hours)

Day 8,9,10 : Corfu (Kerkyra)

Continue your drive via Igoumenitsa where you will take the ferry (including your car) to the island of Corfu. Greece’s greenest island, Corfu, offers glorious options for your enjoyment such as rich history, culture, traditions, the exquisite pleasures of local cuisine, a cosmopolitan night life, serene setting and o course magnificent sea. Enjoy your stay at Villa de Loulia, situated in the village Peroulades. A historic mansion dating back to 1800 on lovely grounds covered in trees, flowers and plants filling the air with the aroma of Mediterranean vegetation. (approximate 3.5 hours)

Day 11 : Return to the USA

On this last day drop-off your car early in the morning at the Corfu airport. Take a short flight to Athens where you will connect with your international flight back to the Unites States.

Tour includes:

• Transfer from Athens airport to hotel
• 2 nights accommodation in Athens
• 1 night in Olympia
• 4 nights in Lefkada at a historic hotel (Lygaria or Avra House)
• 3 nights in Corfu at a historic hotel (Classic Room)
• Hotel taxes and service charges
• Breakfast Daily
• Athens city tour and its museum
• Manual Car Rental for 8 days with map and directions (drop-off fee in Corfu included) Car insurance not included.
• Domestic Air from Corfu to Athens

Rates: $1,935 - $2,225 depending on season
Rates are per person based on Double Occupancy. Single Occupancy Rates available upon request.

Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. His sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games.

Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world as the site of the omphalos stone, the center of the earth and the universe. In the inner hestia (”hearth”) of the Temple of Apollo, an eternal flame burned. After the battle of Plataea, the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi.

History

Epidaurus was independent of Argos and not included in Argolis until the time of the Romans. With its supporting territory, it formed the small territory called Epidauria. Reputed to be the birthplace of Apollo’s son Asklepios, the healer, Epidaurus was known for his sanctuary situated about five miles (8 km) from the town, as well as its theater, which is once again in use today. The cult of Asklepios at Epidaurus is attested in the 6th century BC, when the older hill-top sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas was no longer spacious enough.

The asclepieion at Epidaurus was the most celebrated healing center of the Classical world, the place where ill people went in the hope of being cured. To find out the right cure for their ailments, they spent a night in the enkoimitiria, a big sleeping hall. In their dreams, the god himself would advise them what they had to do to regain their health. Found in the sanctuary, there was a guest house for 160 guestrooms. There are also mineral springs in the vicinity which may have been used in healing.

Asklepios, the most important healer god of antiquity, brought prosperity to the sanctuary, which in the 4th and 3rd century BC embarked on an ambitious building program for enlarging and reconstruction of monumental buildings. Fame and prosperity continued throughout the Hellenistic period. In 87 BC the sanctuary was looted by the Roman general Sulla, and in 67 BC, it was plundered by pirates. In the 2nd century AD, the sanctuary enjoyed a new upsurge under the Romans, but in AD 395 the Goths raided the sanctuary.

Even after the introduction of Christianity and the silencing of the oracles, the sanctuary at Epidauros was still known as late as the mid 5th century, although as a Christian healing center.

Theater

The prosperity brought by the Asklepieion enabled Epidauros to construct civic monuments too: the huge theater that delighted Pausanias for its symmetry and beauty, which is used once again for dramatic performances, the ceremonial Hestiatoreion (banqueting hall), baths and a palaestra. The theater was designed by Polykleitos the Younger in the 4th century BC. The original 34 rows were extended in Roman times by another 21 rows. As is usual for Greek theaters (and as opposed to Roman ones), the view on a lush landscape behind the skene is an integral part of the theater itself and is not to be obscured.

The theater is marveled for its exceptional acoustics, which permit almost perfect intelligibility of unamplified spoken word from the proscenium or skene to all 15,000 spectators, regardless of their seating. Famously, tour guides have their groups scattered in the stands and show them how they can easily hear the sound of a match struck at center-stage. A 2007 study by Nico F. Declercq and Cindy Dekeyser of the Georgia Institute of Technology indicates that the astonishing acoustic properties are the result of an accident: The rows of limestone seats filter out low-frequency sounds, such as the murmur of the crowd, and amplify/reflect high-frequency sounds from the stage

Olympia, a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad (i.e. every four years), the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC. In 394 emperor Theodosius I abolished them because they were reminiscent of paganism.

The Olympic flame of the modern-day Olympic Games is lit by reflection of sunlight in a parabolic mirror at the restored Olympia stadium and then transported by a torch to the place where the games are held. When the modern Olympics came to Athens in 2004, the men’s and women’s shot put competition was held at the restored stadium.

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The nightlife of Mykonos is considered by many to be among the best in Greece. Mykonos is often rated among the top four clubbing destinations in the Mediterranean, along with Ibiza, Ayia Napa and Rimini. Mykonos also attracts world-famous DJs to its beach bars the most well-known of which are Paradise, Super Paradise and Paranga.

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Duration: 10 nights/12 days (2 nights Athens, 1 night Olympia, 4 nights Lefkada, 3 nights Corfu)

Day 1 : Welcome to Athens

Once you arrive in Athens, you will be greeted at the airport and transferred to the hotel. The remainder of the day is free to rest.

Day 2 : Athens City Tour

Enjoy a morning city tour of Athens visiting the Acropolis & its museum. Spend the afternoon at leisure to stroll Plaka (ol Athens section) an shop at the flea market in Monastiraki.

Day 3 : Olympia

From Athens drive through the Corinth Canal with a short stop. Continue to Epidaurus and visit the archaeological site and theater famous for its remarkable acoustics. The continue to Nafplion and Mycenae where you will visit the Lion Gate and the tomb of Agamemnon. Continue through the central Peloponnese to arrive in Olympia. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day4 : Delphi

In the morning, visit the archaeological site and the museum of Olympia. Then, drive via Patras to Rion, where you will cross The Rion-Antirion bridge, the world’s longest cable-stayed suspended bridge deck, widely considered to be an engineering masterpiece. Then continue through Nafpaktos and arrive to Delphi. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5 : Athens

In the morning visit the museum in Delphi. See the unique bronze Charioteer and proceed through the sacred way to the Athenian treasury. Visit the Sanctuary of Apollo home of the Oracle and Castalia Spring. Return to Athens early in the afternoon.

Day 6,7,8 : Santorini

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for a short flight to Santorini. Upon arrival in Santorini, transfer to your hotel. Enjoy 3 days at this beautiful volcanic island with its breathtaking views draped along the high cliffs of Santorini’s dramatic Caldera. Take postcard pictures while walking through the white washed villages of Fira and Oia and be daring to ride one of the donkeys as part of the native charm of the island.

Day 9 : Return to the USA

Transfer from the hotel in Santorini to the airport for your early morning flight back to the USA.

Tour Includes:

Round-trip transfers in Athens and Santorini
Hotel taxes an service charges
3 nights accommodations in Athens with breakfast daily
2 nights Historical Tour of Grece at First Class Amalia Hotels, including breakfast and dinner
City tour of Athens & its museums
3 nights in Santorini with breakfast included
Round trip domestic air (excluding taxes)
Local assistance if desired

Rates: $1,865 to $2,658 depending on time of year
Rates are per person based on double occupancy.