The
Tour Package includes:
- 3
nights hotel stay in Athens
- The
4-day Classical Tour with Meteora (3 nights in
mainland Greece)
- The
half-day Athens Sightseeing Tour
- 2
private transfers
- 3
dinners and 5 breakfasts (as described below)
-
All entrance fees at the archaeological sites
mentioned below
- All
taxes
Available dates in 2016:
Departing every Saturday and every Sunday during the months of January, February, March and April.
Prices of this Tour Package
When staying in a First Class 4-star hotel in Athens (President Hotel), and in Tourist Class 3-star hotels in Olympia, in Delphi, and in Kalambaka.
639 EURO per adult in a double or triple room.
Entrance Fees to the Archaeological Sites plus Taxes: 139 per person.
Supplement for a
passenger occupying a SINGLE room: 199
EURO.
Cost per child
under 12 years-old (when sharing a room with 2 adults): 299 EURO.
When staying in a First Class 4-star hotel in Athens (President Hotel), and in First Class 4-star hotels in Olympia, in Delphi, and in Kalambaka.
679 EURO per adult in a double or triple room.
Entrance Fees to the Archaeological Sites plus Taxes: 139 per person.
Supplement for a
passenger occupying a SINGLE room: 229
EURO.
Cost per child
under 12 years-old (when sharing a room with 2 adults): 329 EURO.
Special prices for Optional Add-ons to the above package:
Extension of 1 night at the hotel in Athens (before or after the Tour Package): 39 EURO per person, including breakfast and taxes.
Extension of one hour on the Athens Sightseeing Tour, to include the guided tour of the New Museum of the Acropolis: 11 EURO per person (the entrance fees are included in this price).
One-day cruise to 3 Greek islands (Hydra, Poros, Aegina): 64 EURO per person, including lunch onboard.
Afternoon Tour to Cape Sounion: 39 EURO per person.
Athens By Night Tour (including dinner in a traditional Greek taverna with live music and dancing): 59 EURO per person. |
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Tour Itinerary (Saturday to Friday):
1st day (Saturday): As soon as you arrive at the airport of Athens, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day in Athens at leisure and overnight at the hotel in Athens.
2nd day (Sunday): Free day at leisure for enjoying the city of Athens. Optionally you can take the one-day cruise to 3 Greek islands (Hydra, Poros, Aegina). Alternatively, if your flight departs in the morning of Friday, then you can move the Athens Sightseeing Tour to this day. Overnight at the hotel in Athens.
3rd day (Monday): Classical Tour of Greece. In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel. Passing by OLYMPIC STADIUM to see the Athens 2004 Olympics main venue, we continue for the CORINTH CANAL (short stop). Drive to EPIDAURUS and visit the Ancient theatre, world famous for its outstanding acoustics. Proceed to NAUPLIA (Nafplion), a picturesque town which was the first capital of Greece (short stop). Through the plain of ARGOS arrive to MYCENAE. Visit the archaeological site and the Tomb of Agamemnon. In the afternoon (optional stop for souvenirs) depart for OLYMPIA, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, through the cites of Tripolis and MEGALOPOLIS (short stop). Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Olympia.
4th day (Tuesday): Visit the archaeological site of Olympia with the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the altar of the Olympic flame, the Stadium and the archaeological Museum. Depart via PATRAS (short stop) to RION and cross the Corinthian bay by the new bridge to ANTIRION. Pass by the city of NAFPAKTOS and from there on, along the coastal road to DELPHI, known in ancient times as the navel of the world. In the afternoon visit the picturesque mountain village of ARACHOVA. Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Delphi.
5th day (Wednesday): Visit the archaeological site, and the MUSEUM of Delphi. Depart for KALAMBAKA via Central Greece (short stop by Lamia). Overnight stay in Kalambaka, a small town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks and crowned by the METEORA Monasteries. Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Kalambaka.
6th day (Thursday): Leave in the morning to visit the breathtaking scenery of Meteora with the extraordinary BYZANTINE MONASTERIES. Return to Athens passing the heroic monument of Leonidas and his 300 warriors at THERMOPYLAE. In the evening you will be dropped-off at your hotel in Athens and overnight.
7th day (Friday): In the morning enjoy the Athens Sightseeing Tour. You will be picked up from your hotel, and depart for PANATHINAIKO STADIUM, the cradle of the first Olympic Games of the modern era, which took place in 1896 (short stop). Pass by the Prime Minister's residence, the ex Royal Palace, Zappion (Conference and Exhibition Hall), National Garden, Hadrian's Arc, St. Paul's Church, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier (where you will see the Evzones in their picturesque uniform), Schlieman's House (Nomismatic Museum), the Catholic Cathedral, the Academy of Fine Arts, the University, the National Library, the Old Parliament, the Constitution Square (Syntagma), the Russian Orthodox Church, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, and finally the ACROPOLIS. On the Acropolis, the tour will visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the PARTHENON (the monument that has been described as "harmony between material & spirit"). At 1:00 PM you will be dropped-off at your hotel (where your luggage will be stored). You will later be transferred to the airport for your return flight. The dream ends here!
* In case you have a morning flight on Friday, then you can move the Athens Sightseeing Tour to Sunday (as mentioned above), so that you will be transferred to the airport in the morning of Friday.
Tour Itinerary (Sunday to Saturday):
1st day (Sunday): As soon as you arrive at the airport of Athens, you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel. Rest of the day in Athens at leisure and overnight at the hotel in Athens.
2nd day (Monday): Classical Tour of Greece. In the morning you will be picked up from your hotel. Passing by OLYMPIC STADIUM to see the Athens 2004 Olympics main venue, we continue for the CORINTH CANAL (short stop). Drive to EPIDAURUS and visit the Ancient theatre, world famous for its outstanding acoustics. Proceed to NAUPLIA (Nafplion), a picturesque town which was the first capital of Greece (short stop). Through the plain of ARGOS arrive to MYCENAE. Visit the archaeological site and the Tomb of Agamemnon. In the afternoon (optional stop for souvenirs) depart for OLYMPIA, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, through the cites of Tripolis and MEGALOPOLIS (short stop). Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Olympia.
3rd day (Tuesday): Visit the archaeological site of Olympia with the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the altar of the Olympic flame, the Stadium and the archaeological Museum. Depart via PATRAS (short stop) to RION and cross the Corinthian bay by the new bridge to ANTIRION. Pass by the city of NAFPAKTOS and from there on, along the coastal road to DELPHI, known in ancient times as the navel of the world. In the afternoon visit the picturesque mountain village of ARACHOVA. Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Delphi.
4th day (Wednesday): Visit the archaeological site, and the MUSEUM of Delphi. Depart for KALAMBAKA via Central Greece (short stop by Lamia). Overnight stay in Kalambaka, a small town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks and crowned by the METEORA Monasteries. Enjoy dinner and Overnight stay in Kalambaka.
5th day (Thursday): Leave in the morning to visit the breathtaking scenery of Meteora with the extraordinary BYZANTINE MONASTERIES. Return to Athens passing the heroic monument of Leonidas and his 300 warriors at THERMOPYLAE. In the evening you will be dropped-off at your hotel in Athens and overnight.
6th day (Friday): Free day at leisure for enjoying the city of Athens. Optionally you can take the one-day cruise to 3 Greek islands (Hydra, Poros, Aegina). Alternatively, if your flight departs in the morning of Saturday, then you can move the Athens Sightseeing Tour to this day. Overnight at the hotel in Athens.
7th day (Saturday): In the morning enjoy the Athens Sightseeing Tour. You will be picked up from your hotel, and depart for PANATHINAIKO STADIUM, the cradle of the first Olympic Games of the modern era, which took place in 1896 (short stop). Pass by the Prime Minister's residence, the ex Royal Palace, Zappion (Conference and Exhibition Hall), National Garden, Hadrian's Arc, St. Paul's Church, the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier (where you will see the Evzones in their picturesque uniform), Schlieman's House (Nomismatic Museum), the Catholic Cathedral, the Academy of Fine Arts, the University, the National Library, the Old Parliament, the Constitution Square (Syntagma), the Russian Orthodox Church, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Arch, and finally the ACROPOLIS. On the Acropolis, the tour will visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, and the PARTHENON (the monument that has been described as "harmony between material & spirit"). At 1:00 PM you will be dropped-off at your hotel (where your luggage will be stored). You will later be transferred to the airport for your return flight. The dream ends here!
* In case you have a morning flight on Saturday, then you can move the Athens Sightseeing Tour to Friday (as mentioned above), so that you will be transferred to the airport in the morning of Saturday. |
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