ART in GREECE Athens – Paros

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ART IN G REECE Athens – Paros - form ation of the m odern state of Greece (1830) dow n to 1922, the year in w hich the Asia Minor Santorini (10 D ays / 9 N ights) disaster took place

D ay 1: Athens Arrival D ay 3: Athens – Acropolis and the Acropolis Upon arrival at Athens International Airport the M useum Destination Greece representative w ill w elcom e you Enjoy breakfast and then start on a journey in the and escort you to your hotel ancient past of Greece. W e visit the m ost im portant

sites of the city and the pinnacle of the ancient D ay 2: Athens – Cycladic Art and Benaki M useum s Greek state of Athens, the Acropolis and Parthenon. After breakfast w e start w ith Conclude the day w ith a visit to the unique, w orld- a visit to the Museum of know n, Museum of Acropolis Cycladic Art (MCA). The

Museum of Cycladic Art is D ay 4: Athens – N ational Art G allery dedicated to the study and After breakfast you w ill be transferred to the prom otion of ancient cultures N ational Art Gallery. The N ational Gallery- of the Aegean and Cyprus, Alexandros Soutzos Museum , as it w as nam ed upon w ith special em phasis on its m erger w ith the hom onym ous bequest, now Cycladic Art of the 3rd houses m ore than 15,000 w orks of painting, m illennium BC. sculpture, engraving and other form s of art and it is

a treasury of Greek artistic creation from the post- It w as founded in 1986, to Byzantine period until today. It also com prises a house the collection of sm aller collection of im portant W estern European N icholas and Dolly artw orks Goulandris. Since then it has grow n in size to accom m odate new acquisitions, obtained either through direct purchases or through donations by im portant collectors and institutions.

Today, in the galleries of the MCA the visitor can approach three m ajor subjects; the Cycladic Culture of the Early Bronze Age (3,200 – 2,000 BC), the Ancient Greek Art, from the Bronze Age to Late Rom an tim es (2nd m illennium BC - 4th century AD) and the Cypriot Culture from the Chalcolithic Age to the Early Christian period (4th m illennium BC - 6th century AD). D ay 5: Athens – Island of Paros W e continue w ith a visit to the Benaki Museum . Its Morning transfer to the port of Piraeus to em bark group of collections com prises m any distinct the ferryboat to the island of Paros. Arrival in Paros categories totaling and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure m ore than 40,000 for you to explore the art galleries at Chora item s, illustrating the character of the D ay 6: Paros Greek w orld through a Tour to the Ekatontapiliani church. The tem ple of spectacular historical Panaya of Ekatontapiliani is situated in Parikia, the panoram a: from capital of Paros Island, a short distance from its antiquity and the age port. of Rom an dom ination It is one of the oldest and the best-m aintained to the m edieval Christian tem ples, w hich is to be found in Greece. Byzantine period; Its real nam e seem s to be "Katapoliani" because it is from the fall of "tow ards the city” (kata-polis), that is, tow ards the Constantinople (1453) and the centuries of Frankish ancient city. The nam e Ekatontapiliani, w hich is its and O ttom an occupation to the outbreak of the official nam e today, is a creation by scholars from struggle for independence in 1821; and from the the 17th century and w hose purpose w as to give it

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Your Trusted Experts to Greece 248, Oakland Park Ave. | Columbus, OH 43214 Toll Free: 888.GREECE.8 | Fax +30.210.262.4041 [email protected] www.DestinationGreece.com m ore w orth and w as thus nam ed like the ancient D ay 9: Santorini H undred Gates of Thebes in Egypt. Day at leisure for you to explore O ia and its m agnificent sunset, O ptional afternoon painting lessons or optional or Kam ari beach w ith Greek Art lecture its m ile long black sand beach or Perissa D ay 7: Paros – Santorini beach and the Transfer to Paros port to em bark the ferry to Akrotiri area. Relax Santorini. Arrival in Santorini and transfer to your and enjoy w hat m any hotel. Day at leisure for you to relax and explore the consider to be the island rem ains of Atlantis

D ay 8: Santorini D ay 10: Athens – Today w e w ill be visiting the Museum of prehistoric D eparture Thira, as w ell as the Archaeological m useum in Fira. Transfer from your N otew orthy in the hotel to Santorini Archeological airport for your flight m useum are a fine to Athens collection of geom etric red and SERVICES IN CLU D ED black vases from

the fifth century BC √ Arrival at Athens Int'l airport. W elcom e Inscriptions are and briefing by Destination Greece plentiful am ong the representative. Transfer to your hotel in Athens displays in the √ m useum and a Accom m odation for 4 nights in Athens in certain am ount of a selected, centrally located hotel sharing Minoan w are is also double occupancy in standard double room on on exhibit. bed and breakfast basis √ Guided tour to the Cycladic Art and The m useum also hosts im pressive frescoes, as w ell Benaki m useum s, as sculptures of the H ellenistic period, Byzantine √ Guided tour to the Acropolis w orks of art and even som e rem ains of prehistoric √ Visit the N ational Art Gallery tim es. √ Transfer from Athens to Piraeus port √ Econom y one-w ay ferry tickets from N otew orthy in the Museum Prehistoric Thira am ong Piraeus to Paros and from Paros to Santorini the num erous exhibits from the period w hen the city √ Transfer from Paros port to hotel at Akrotiri w as at its zenith (17th century BC) are √ Accom m odation for 2 nights in Paros in the plaster casts of furniture, the household a selected hotel sharing double occupancy in equipm ent, the bronze vessels, tools and w eapons, standard double room on bed and breakfast basis the objects that bear w itness to the practice of √ Ekatontapiliani church guided tour m etalw orking, the sealings, seals and Linear A √ Transfer from hotel to Paros port tablets. √ Transfer from Santorini port to hotel √ Accom m odation for 3 nights in Santorini Im pressive too are the m agnificent w all painting in a selected hotel sharing double occupancy in ensem bles (w all painting of Ladies and Papyri, w all standard double room on bed and breakfast basis painting of the Blue Monkeys) and fragm ents of √ Visit the Archaeological Museum and the others (the African, Adorant Monkeys, Bird, floral Museum of Prehistoric Thira in Fira m otifs). √ Transfer from hotel to airport √ Econom y one-w ay air tickets from Last, there are num erous and luxurious clay vases Santorini to Athens including the rem arkable pithos w ith the bull, vases √ All service fees and local taxes, VAT, of stone and of clay im ported from different parts of 24-hour assistance telephone service the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean, and the gold ibex figurine, a rem arkable recent find N O T IN CLU D ED : anything not explicitly show n in the services included above

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