Spectacular Greece

📅   Day 1   |   Arrival in Athens

• Arrival. Transfer to the hotel. Welcome to Europe!

• Upon arriving at the airport, we will be waiting to transfer you to your hotel. You can enjoy free time until your tour starts. Please, check the informative posters placed at the hotel reception area which have all the information about your upcoming services such as meeting place, time and the guide’s name.

📅   Day 2   |   City Tour in Athens

• Today’s highlight includes a panoramic tour of the city with a local guide which includes the Presidential Palace, the Panathinaikos stadium where the first modern Olympic games were held, the national library, the bustling squares of the center; the new neighbourhoods that emerged after the 2004 Olympic games. The tour will end at the Acropolis site (entry not included). In the evening we include a transfer to the Plaka quarter, a place full of small Greek taverns where you can also enjoy this country´s folklore.

• Evening transfer back to the hotel.

📅   Day 3   |   Athens - Corinth - Mycenae - Tripoli - Olympia 

• Today’s highlight: Peloponnese region, Corinth canal. Mycenae archaeological site. Dinner included. In the morning, we leave for the Peloponnese region. We make a stop at the Corinth Canal. After this, we have time in the immense fortress of Acccra Corinth (entrance included). At the top of the settlement are the foundations of what was a temple to Aphrodite. We go on to Mycenae, a colossal citadel from the eighteenth-century BC, the birthplace of the first European civilisation (entrance included). We stop in Tripoli, the provincial capital of a region that produces excellent wines. In the middle of the afternoon, we go on our way to Olympia. Dinner included.

📅   Day 4   |   Olympia - Patras - Nafplio

• Today’s Highlight: Olympia archaeological site: Patras Castle. Dinner included. With a local guide, we visit Olympia, where you can see the archaeological complex (entrance included) which was the birthplace of the Olympic Games in antiquity. After this, we cross the mountainous interior of the Peloponnese on our way to Patras. We include tickets to its powerful castle built in the 6th century, followed by time for lunch and to get to know Greece´s third largest city. We go on through inland Peloponnese to NAFPLIO, a delightful coastal city which takes its name from the Venetian Citadel and fortress. Dinner included.

📅   Day 5   |   Nafplio - Epidaurus - Aegina- Athens

• Today we have a beautiful stage by land and sea. First of all, we will see Epidaurus, its ancient theatre built 2400 ago is magnificently preserved and still used, and can accommodate up to 14,000 people (entrance included). After this, we go to the coast of the Aegean Sea to continue our trip on the water. A short boat crossing takes us to Poros, a charming place full of tourist life, where its ancient houses climb up to the clock tower and we have time for a stroll and lunch. After this we take the ferry to Aegina, an island inhabited for more than 4000 years, where we can stroll around its ancient churches, its picturesque port and its typical districts of little houses. At around 18.00 PM we will go back on the ferry, which will take us back to Athens in around 45 minutes – Arrival in Piraeus - Note: The ferry timetable changes depending on the season and crossings are · very limited between Poros and Aegina. In the low season, the island of Aegina may be replaced by the island of Hydra.

• End of our services.

• Transfer back to airport for flight back home.