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ATHENS AND BEYOND
FIRST DAY ATHENS 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, archaeological sites, parks, hills and the shopping areas of Kolonaki, Hermou, Voukourestiou Street, Monastiraki and Plaka. Overnight in Athens Hotel.
SECOND DAY ATHENS SIGHTSEEING (Breakfast) After breakfast, pickup from the hotel for your Half Day morning tour. Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop). Continue and pass by the Presidential residence (ex Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian's Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma). 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 monument that "puts order in the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the New Acropolis Museum the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era, and the replica of Parthenon.(Mondays closed). Remainder of the day at leisure. Overnight hotel in Athens .
THIRD DAY ONE DAY CRUISE HYDRA, POROS, AEGINA (Breakfast, Lunch on board) After breakfast, we take you from yor hotel by bus, from Athens to Port of Piraeus for your embarkation to the cruise boat. At 8h15 the ship sails for the three beautiful islands of the Saronic Gulf. First stop at HYDRA, where we arrive at 11.45 the beauty of Hydra will conquer you forever! You will have about 2 hours to enjoy the unique charms of Hydra. At 13.30 embarkation and sail for POROS, the lunch will be served during the voyage, the smallest of the three islands, separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strait and offering a most enchanting view of Poros Town. Your time at leisure in Poros will be about 60 minutes. Time will fly quickly…..we shall arrive to our last port of call, the island of Aegina at 15.30. AEGINA is the largest of the three islands. Apart from its harbor there are numerous interesting sites to discover on the island and therefore we propose….Optional excursion, by bus, to the fine preserved Temple of Afea Athena . But if you stay in Aegina you can enjoy a walk or horse-carriage ride around the town or relax in one of the harbor’s charming waterfront coffee shops.At 18.00 embarkation for the voyage of return to the port of Piraeus Arrive late in the afternoon tranfer to Athens. Overnight hotel in Athens.
FOURTH DAY ONE DAY ARGOLIS TOUR Corinth Canal, Mycenae, Nafplion, Epidaurus OR ONE DAY DELPHI TOUR (Breakfast, Lunch) After Breakfast in the hotel. Leave by the coastal road along the Saronic Gulf to the Corinth Canal, which connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea, (short stop). Drive to Mycenae, (Acording to legentd, built by Perseas who brought Cyclopes from Asia.) the Homeric city of Atreides, the city "rich in gold" of the ancient poets. Visit the Lion's Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, and the Royal Tombs of Agamemnon the leader of the Greeks during the Troy war. Depart for Nauplion through the fertile plain of Argolis, by the town of Argos, Nauplio a picturesque town nestling at the foot of a cliff crowned by the mighty ramparts of the Palamidi Fortress (short photo stop), leave for Epidauros, to visit the Theatre (4th century B.C.) famous for its astonishing acoustics. Lunch in Mycenae. Return to Athens by the National road connecting Epidauros with Corinth. Overnight hotel in Athens. FIFTH DAY DEPARTURE (Breakfast) After breakfast Transfer to the Athens Airport included or, extend your stay in Greece. This Package Includes:
* Please note the terms and conditions and the days and timing that tours operate.
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