1st DAY: Arrival Athens International Airport, meet and assist by our stuff and transfer to your 5* hotel. Welcome dinner at Microlimano, picturesque marine near Piraeus.

2nd DAY: Buffet breakfast and meet your professional guide for a walking tour that covers most major monuments of Athens including a visit inside the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum. Let the Myths, the history, the beauty, the culture and the modern life of Athens be revealed to you on this fascinating tour. Free time for lunch and shopping within Plaka area.  

3rd DAY: Breakfast and visit the Benaki Museum which ranks among the major institutions that have enriched the material assets of the Greek state. Tour continues westwards along the scenic coast to the amazing Corinth Canal. Admire the artificial canal and then continue to the Ancient Corinth where St. Paul lived and preached. Ancient Corinth was one of the most important cities of ancient Greece. Visit the Agora and one of the most outstanding monuments of pre –Roman period, the temple of Apollo. Arrival in Nafplion and check in to a 4* hotel. Dinner in the hotel.

4th DAY: After breakfast, departure for a visit to the archaeological site of Mycenae, home to the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon. See the Cyclopean Walls, the Lion’s Gate, the Royal Tombs, including Agamemnon Clytemnestra's, and the Treasury of Atreus, a magnificent 14th-century B.C. structure. Next stop is the Epidaurus, probably most famous for its theatre, one of the best preserved classical Greek buildings and still used today due to its amazing acoustics. The day finishes to Nafplion, the first capital of modern Greece, with its Venetian fortress of  Palamidi and the fortified islet of Bourtzi. Free time and to explore this beautiful town. Dinner at a local restaurant.

5th DAY: Breakfast and depart from Nafplion to the city where the first Olympic Games took place, Ancient Olympia. Today's drive includes a visit to Mystras , served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, situated on Mount Taygetos. The site remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period, when it was mistaken by Western travelers for ancient Sparta. Arrival early afternoon at your 4* hotel, welcome drink with Greek tsipouro and variety of "mezedes".

6th DAY: After breakfast, visit the ancient site on Greece's Peloponnese peninsula that hosted the original Olympic Games, founded in the 8th century B.C. Its extensive ruins include athletic training areas, a stadium and temples dedicated to the gods Hera and Zeus. The Archaeological Museum of Olympia exhibits finds from the site, including a statue of Hermes attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles. In the afternoon Greek Dancing Lessons will take place at the hotel only for you and a barbeque night follows.

7th DAY: Depart Olympia after breakfast and drive to Igoumenitsa port, with a short stop to Parga (small picturesque town) for coffee. Embark the ferryboat for a 1hour and a half sail to Corfu island, situated on the northwest coast of the Ionian Sea. Its cultural heritage reflects years spent under Venetian, French and British rule before it was united with Greece in 1864. Check in at your 4* hotel and rest of the day at leisure.

8th DAY: Today we take you on a trip through the exciting history of Corfu town, unfolding its rich heritage while taking you off the ordinary and letting you stroll down the side streets. We will stop on a local restaurant and you will help the cook to prepare a traditional dish and have the chance to observe the cooking habits, ask about the peculiarities of the recipe and gain hands-on experience in cooking with a local! Sure thing that you'll enjoy the most fresh, unique and delicious lunch while your time here!

9th DAY: Depart Corfu and sail back to continue our land tour within Epirus. Visit the unique Vrelis Museum where you will see scenes, events and figures of the Greek History through Wax Effigies. Before arriving Ioannina, we will have the chance to taste the authentic Greek Cuisine, cooked and served at a real village house. Check in a 4*hotel .

10th DAY: Today we will visit Monodendri, one of the well known Zagoria and belongs to the City of Central Zagoria. Built at an altitude of 1060 meters, just 39 km from the city of Ioannina offers spectacular views of the slopes and Tymfi Astraka. Its name probably is from a big tree that existed in the village until 1840. You will have the chance to taste local pies and drink Greek coffee enjoying the view. Return to Ioannina and visit one of the very few inhabited lake islands in Europe is in Greece . The island of Ioannina lake holds a unique record as it is the only island in the world without a name. The verdant island of 200 square kilometers is home for more than 300 people and is known for its traditional Epirus stone-built settlement and used to be the base of Ali Pasha of Janina in the early 19th century. The day will close with a walk through the city has the feel of a bygone era, full of secret places and legends still living.

11th DAY: Before leaving Ioannina a visit to the spectacular Perama Cave will give you the best memories of this wonderful town. Drive to a Mountain town Metsovo, a beloved Epirus destination all year round. An excellent experience follows with wine tasting and lunch to the Averoff Winery Katogi; a place of great interest as you can find its bottled wine, Katogi, one of the most renowned in the country. Arrival at Kalambaka, known all over Greece and the world because of the famous Monasteries that exist on the top of the rocks of the Meteora. Check in at 4* hotel.

12th DAY: After breakfast we will visit Meteora, the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. We can locate the first traces of their history from 11th c. when the first hermits settled there. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage and they form one of the most important stations of cultural map of Greece. Dinner at a local tavern where you will taste the famous Greek plate "kontosouvli".

13th DAY: The day will take us to Delphi, a town on Mount Parnassus in the south of mainland Greece. It's the site of the 4th-century-B.C. Temple of Apollo, once home to a legendary oracle. This extensive mountainside archaeological complex contains the remains of the sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena Pronaia, plus a stadium and a theater. Delphi Archaeological Museum displays artifacts found among the ruins. Accommodation will be at a 4* hotel in Itea seaside village.

14th DAY: Leave Delphi and before take our way back to Athens, stop to Osios Loukas Monastery, situated in a picturesque valley teemed with olive trees. Byzantine monasteries are built in sites characterized by amazing natural beauty, always in harmony with the surrounding landscape, following the example of the ancient temples. Accommodation at a 5* hotel in Athens while a farewell dinner is arranged to say goodbye to Greek warm hospitality.

15th DAY: Departure transfer to Athens International Airport for flight back home. END OF TRIP!!!!!

 

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