Temple of Zeus, Athens
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WONDER OF GREECE
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 hotel in Athens.
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 2 DAYS DELPHI - METEORA TOUR: ATHENS – DELPHI - KALAMBAKA, METEORA (Breakfast, Dinner) After breakfast, pickup from the hotel. Leave for Delphi via Thebes connected with the tragedy of King Oedipus ( Killed his father married his mother and had four children), Levadia and the picturesque village of Arachova, arrive in Delphi and visit the Archaeological Site On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, in a landscape of unparalleled beauty and majesty, where lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios. After the visit depart for Kalambaka Meteora, passing through picturesque villages and towns of Central Greece. Dinner, Overnight in Kalambaka.FIFTH DAY 2 DAYS DELPHI - METEORA TOUR: KALAMBAKA, METEORA - ATHENS (Breakfast) Breakfast in the hotel, visit Meteora and enjoy a unique and most impressive scenery with ageless Monasteries, containing priceless historical and religious treasures, standing between earth and sky atop huge rocks (The remains of the battle of Titans) . Return to Athens via Trikala, Lamia, Thermopylae , short stop to see across the road the Leonida’s Monument, the king of Spartans (from the film 300), Arrive in Athens early in the evening. Overnight hotel in Athens.
SIXTH DAY DEPARTURE (Breakfast) After breakfast transfer to the Athens Airport included or, extend your stay in Greece.
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