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Best of Greece Reverse with 3-Day Aegean Cruise Moderate B Your Itinerary Best of Greece Reverse with 3-Day Aegean Cruise Moderate B Your itinerary Start Location Visited Location Plane End Location Cruise Train Over night Ferry Day 1 will dine tonight at your hotel. Welcome to Athens Hotel - Amalia Nafplio Put the 'oh' in opa and embark on an unforgettable exploration of an ancient land of gods and goddesses, myths and legends. Your springboard to your spellbinding Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner holiday is the vibrant capital of Athens, an effortless mix of ancient treasures and Day 7 modern verve, which you will have an opportunity to explore after being transferred to your hotel. This evening, join your Travel Director and travel Journey to Mycenae, Corinth and Athens companions for a Welcome Reception, including a light meal and welcome drink. Visit the amphitheatre and view the Sanctuary of Aesculapius, the God of Medicine in Epidaurus with your Local Specialist. The rod of Aesculapius, a snake- Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis entwined staff, remains the symbol of medicine to this day. In Mycenae − a mighty kingdom of ancient Greece and a military stronghold − see the Beehive Tombs Included Meals - Welcome Reception (the Treasury of Atreus), the Lion Gate and the remains of Agamemnon's Royal Day 2 Palace with your Local Specialist. Visit the ancient city of Corinth with your Local Explore Amazing Athens Specialist before crossing the mighty Corinth Canal en route to Athens. This evening enjoy a wonderful Farewell Dinner with you travelling companions. Join your Local Specialist for a guided morning sightseeing tour to the ancient complex that was once the 'Cradle of Western Civilisation'. Along our journey into Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis antiquity, we'll have an opportunity to explore the Acropolis with its treasures. We'll admire the Parthenon, dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Royal Palace, Included Meals - Breakfast, Farewell Dinner Temple of Zeus and the Agora, once the haunt of Socrates and Plato. Dive Into Day 8 Culture and see remarkable displays of an ancient world during an included visit to the Acropolis Museum, and see Hadrian's Arch and the stadium where the first Embark and Cruise to Stunning Mykonos modern Olympics took place in 1896. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy on your We leave the bustling city streets of Athens and cruise to Mykonos, where the own. Stroll through the Plaka, people-watch in Syntagma Square or go in search of Windmills of Kato Mili extend a warm evening welcome as they have to arriving the city's tastiest souvlaki – the choice is yours. seafarers for centuries. You'll have the evening free to explore the winding lanes of Chora, strolling past whitewashed cottages and tumbling cerise bougainvillea as Included Meals - Breakfast you admire the pretty boutiques, then follow your nose to the best seafood in Day 3 town. As the sun sets over Mykonos, there's no better place for cocktails than Off to Thermopylae and Kalambaka Little Venice. Say goodbye to Athens, and enjoy a scenic drive to Meteora, one of the largest Hotel - Aegean Cruise and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece. En Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner route we have the chance to pay our respects to the heroic King Leonidas and his brave Spartans who stood their ground against the invading Persians. Cross the Day 9 fertile Thessaly region, the 'bread basket of Greece' Later dine at your hotel in Continue to Ancient Ephesus and Patmos Kalambaka. Visit the Turkish shores of Kusadasi for a complimentary Shore Experience to Hotel - Amalia Kalambaka ancient Ephesus. We continue to Patmos, the site where the Book of Revelation was written by St. John. Here, you could choose to see the Cave of the Apocalypse Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and St. John's Monastery as an Optional Experience. Day 4 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Admire Meteora and on to Delphi Day 10 This morning visit two of the six monasteries built on sandstone rocks above the town with your Local Specialist. Travel over the Pourmaraki Pass and the Bralos Cruise to Crete and on to Santorini mountain range to arrive in Delphi at the foothills of Mt. Parnassos, our home for Europe's oldest city, takes centre stage this morning as you explore Crete's the night. ancient Minoan culture and heritage at the Palace of Knossos on your complimentary Shore Experience to Heraklion. Admire its bright wall paintings Hotel - Amalia Delphi that were restored at the turn of the 20th century and explore centuries of history that predate Christ. Continue to Santorini, watching as this Cycladic island comes Included Meals - Breakfast closer on the horizon, rising out of the Aegean with its distinctive cliff-top towns. Day 5 You could consider an optional Shore Experience this afternoon, passing villages Onwards to Patras and Ancient Olympia and vineyards bound for Oia with its white buildings and blue-domed churches which vie for the best views over the caldera. This morning, tour the breathtaking Delphi with your Local Specialist and see the site of the most important oracle in the classical world. Walk the Sacred Way to Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner the Temple of Apollo dating from the 5th century. It was here that every four Day 11 years athletes competed in the Pythian Games, dedicated to Apollo and the arts. Cross the Gulf of Corinth and head south to the Peloponnese before continuing Disembark in Athens to Olympia. This evening, we Connect With Locals joining the Karambellas family This morning, disembark from your cruise ship and board a transfer to your hotel. for dinner on their olive and wine farm at a Be My Guest experience featuring traditional dancing and characteristic Greek philoxenia. Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Hotel - Amalia Olympia Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Breakfast, Be My Guest Day 12 Day 6 Journey Home Continue to Nafplion Transfers are provided to the airport for your return flight home. Find out more about your free airport transfer at trafalgar.com/freetransfers. Meet your Local Specialist and spend the morning visiting the ancient Olympic site and museum and the Temples of Zeus and Hera − the wife of Zeus and one of Included Meals - Breakfast the most important deities in Greek mythology. Arrive later in Nafplion where you All optional experiences for this trip Book with your travel director when you travel * The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and subject to change. AVAILABLE ON DAY 2 Cape Sounion Take a relaxing trip down to the southernmost tip of Mainland Greece to see the fifth century B.C Temple of Poseidon at Sounion. See if you can spot AVAILABLE ON DAY 9 where Byron carved his initials on one of the temple’s sixteen columns. Patmos Countryside Tour with Hora and the Grotto of the Apocalypse Marvel at the sheer rugged beauty of the coastline and the ancient temple We'll visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Patmos to enjoy a panoramic perched above a 197-foot drop down to the Aegean Sea below. Stand guided tour of the island, including a magical visit to the Grotto of the above the site of the world’s first lighthouse, overlooking an area steeped Apocalypse, where it is said St John the Apostle wrote the Book of in classical Greek history, ever since the tragic King Aegeas threw himself Revelation. We'll then reach the medieval town of Hora to enjoy a leisurely from the rocky precipice into the sea below, thereby giving his name to the walk, marvel at the views of the Monastery of St John the Evangelist, and Aegean Sea. finish our tour at Scala, the port of Patmos, where we'll enjoy a welcoming Adult Price: €45.00* coffee, tea or refreshment. * The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and Adult Price: €67.00* subject to change. * The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and subject to change. AVAILABLE ON DAY 2 Dinner "Meze" Style In Psiri With Acropolis Illuminations AVAILABLE ON DAY 10 Enjoy a lovely dining experience at a wonderful restaurant located in the Spectacular Oia Village Perched On The Caldera Rim lively area of Psiri. Dining is “meze style”, giving you the opportunity to We'll travel first to Megalochori village, one of the most authentic, taste many Greek cuisine dishes, which are served in the centre of the unspoiled villages of the island with its distinctive architecture and table. Also enjoy the local free-flowing wine! Afterwards see the Acropolis character. We'll continue East, viewing distant settlements like Kamari and beautifully illuminated as you return to your hotel (Casual dress). Monolithos, and pass through the island's capital Fira. Then, it's off to the Adult Price: €50.00* small traditional villages of Firostefani and Imerovigli, with their delicate architecture, before eventually arriving at the settlement of Oia. You'll have * The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and plenty of time to stroll through the village's marble-paved alleys, gaze at subject to change. the adorably cute shops, and take Instagram-worthy pictures of the characteristic buildings carved into the rocks, including the distinctive captains' manors. Adult Price: €74.00* AVAILABLE ON DAY 2 * The Optionals and pricing listed here are a guideline only and Cape Sounion And Seafood Dinner subject to change. Take a relaxing drive along the Apollo coast to the southernmost point of Attica and visit the splendid 5th century B.C. Temple of Poseidon. The area steeped in Classical Greek history is where King Aegeas threw himself from the rocky precipice, a 197 ft drop in to the sea below, thereby lending his name to the Aegean Sea.
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