6D Greece

ITINERARY

DAY 1: ATHENS

Upon arrival, transfer will be arranged from airport to your Athens city hotel. Athens is a city of contrasts with its ancient identity apparent in the various picturesque roads.

DAY 2: ATHENS - DELPHI

American Buffet Breakfast & check out.

Leave for Delphi via Thebes, Levadia and the picturesque village of Arachova, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, arrive in Delphi and visit the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios, (Treasury of the Athenians, Temple of Apollo, e.t.c.) and the Museum. Afternoon free. Enjoy dinner and stay overnight at Delphi.

DAY 3: DELPHI - KALAMBAKA

American Buffet Breakfast & check out.

Morning free. Leave Delphi for an interesting trip through Central Greece and the town of Lamia to Kalambaka. Enjoy dinner and stay overnight.

DAY 4: KALAMBAKA - METEORA - ATHENS

Visit Meteora, particularly impressive scenery, ageless Monasteries, containing priceless historical and religious treasures, stand suspended between earth and sky, on top of granite rocks. Return to Athens via Trikala, Lamia. Thermopylae (short stop to see across the road the Leonida's Monument), arrive in Athens early in the evening.

DAY 5: ATHENS

Breakfast at the hotel

07:30 (approx.) You wil be picked up and commence your 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 Prime Minister's residence (ex-Royal Palace) guarded by the Evzones 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 place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis museum.

13:00 (approx.) Drop off back at the hotel.

DAY 6: ATHENS

Breakfast at hotel & morning free at leisure. (*in case pick up is later than 11:00am, leave lug at hotel storage will departure).

3hrs before flight, pick up and transfer to Athens airport (with Engl. Sp. Escort)