Arrive at Athens International Airport, meet and private arrival transfer to the hotel. In the afternoon, check-in at hotel for 3 nights stay. Free & easy. 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.
Breakfast in the hotel. Pickup from the hotel. See Syntagma Square, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Athens Academy, the University, the National Library and the Hadrian’s Arch. Pass by the Temple of Olympian Zeus and visit the Panathenaic Stadium. 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 Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era, the Museum of Acropolis. At the end of the tour, drop off at the hotel or at the city centre.
Breakfast in the hotel. Pickup from the hotel and transfer to the port for the full day cruise to the 3 Saronic islands of Hydra, Poros, Aegina. Lunch served on board. Get off the boat to discover each island. Hydra: an artist’s delight, with boutiques, shops and cafes around the harbour. Poros: a pretty island with chance for shopping. Aegina: The largest of the Saronic Islands, famous for BBQ seafood and pistachio nuts. Arrive back at Athens port in the evening and transfer back to the hotel.
Breakfast in 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 (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. Stay a night in Olympia.
Breakfast in the hotel. 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.
Breakfast in the hotel. 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 Kalambata, Meteora. Dinner in the hotel. Overnight in Kalambaka.
Hotel breakfast follow by check-out. 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 the hotel. Overnight in Athens.
Breakfast in the hotel. Hotel check-out by noon. Free & easy, private departure transfer from hotel to Athens International Airport.
