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Day by Day Itinerary afternoon we will visit the Grand Meteoron Monastery (Transfiguration of Christ), the most beautiful Byzantine monastery. DAY 1 DEPART USA: Today we board our flights with meals and The word Meteora means literally 'hovering in the air' as all the beverages served aloft. monasteries were built on top of the high rocks. Monks have been recorded living in these caves since the 11th century. The Church of the DAY 2 ARRIVE ISTANBUL: Welcome to Istanbul! Upon Arrival, Transfiguration is the best known of the Monasteries and is built upon we are welcomed by our Holy Land Travel Center the highest rock, founded by Athanasios the Meteorite, a well-known representative. We immediately start our pilgrimage with a Mass figure in Orthodox monasticism. We continue to Athens for dinner and before we head to our hotel for a welcome reception. overnight. Overnight: Istanbul (D) Overnight: Athens (B, D) DAY 3 ISTANBUL: SULTANAHMET, TOPKAPI PALACE, ST. DAY 9: CRUISE-EMBARK ATHENS: MYKONOS: Today we’ll SOFIA, HIPPODROME: This morning we head to the leave Athens early in the morning for Piraeus and at 11:00 a.m. sail into Sultanahmet district. This World Heritage-listed district is the Aegean Sea. Our first island is one of the islands belonging to the crammed with historic buildings and enough magical atmospheres Cyclades group of islands. This mountainous island of Mykonos has to keep you enthralled for days. Full day visits to the Topkapi about 400 churches and is famous for its picturesque white houses and Palace; overlooking the Sea of Marmara and containing numerous the island's trademark, the charming windmills. Mykonos has a unique chambers, courtyards and royal treasures, the Sultan Ahmed architecture of Byzantine and Western characteristics. Next, we will (Blue) Mosque with its six minarets and thousands of blue tile, the visit Our Church of the Virgin Paraportiani, on the main square Basilica of St. Sofia, (church of the sacred wisdom), now a Cathedral and an old Catholic Church and many boutiques and taverns museum, converted to a mosque from a Christian basilica after the along tiny paved streets. Return on board of the ship. fall of Constantinople in 1453. Next, we see the Hippodrome and Overnight: Cruise (B, D) the Obelisk brought from Egypt. Overnight Istanbul (B, D) DAY 10 CRUISE KUSADASI PORT & PATMOS PORT: EPHESUS, TURKEY - PATMOS GREECE: This morning you will arrive at the DAY 4 ISTANBUL: GRAND BAZAAR: This morning we will Turkish port city of Kusadasi. From here you will travel to Ephesus, have time to visit the Grand Bazaar for shopping. The Grand where the Blessed Virgin Mary lived with St. John in a small house on Bazaar is an amazing place - literally a maze of streets. It is one of the hill behind the city. Here you will have Mass before traveling down the largest undercover bazaars in the world and is even divided to the ancient city where you can walk the marble roads rutted into areas like the leather section, or the rug section. We have an by wheels of countless chariots and pass the ruins of architectural evening at leisure. masterpieces. It is here that St. Paul preached to the Ephesians, and Overnight Istanbul (B, D) where he was arrested and cast out of the city. In the afternoon you will visit the island of Patmos, where St. John wrote the apocalyptic Book DAY 5 ISTANBUL: CONTINUE TO KAVALA: Today we of Revelations. On our excursion we will visit the cave where he lived, depart Istanbul for Kavala, Greece. Meet our new Greek guide and now the site of a monastery housing priceless icons and manuscripts. Driver and continue on through our tour of Greece. Overnight: Cruise (B, D) Overnight: Kavala (B, D) DAY 11 CRUISE: SANTORINI – CRETE Today on the last day of the DAY 6: KAVALA/ THESSALONIKI: GREAT ACROPOLIS, cruise group will enjoy on their own visiting Heraklion on the island of MARKET PLACE, THEATRE & FORUM: Today we visit Crete and visit to Fira town on the island of Santorini – optional Kavala, which occupies the site of ancient Neapolis and Philippi excursion on Crete to Knossos Palace is offered for those interested on (Acts 16:12-40, Phil.), that today lies as a major archaeological site more activities on the last cruise day. near Krinides where St. Paul and St. Silas were imprisoned after St. Overnight: Cruise (B, D) Paul's first sermon in what we today call Europe. After visiting the ruins of the great Acropolis, the Market Place, Theatre and Forum, DAY 12 DISEMBARK: ATHENS/CORINTH: Today we disembark we continue to Thessaloniki for dinner and overnight. our cruise ship and we will be visiting and exploring the city of Athens Overnight: Thessaloniki (B, D) (Acts 17: 16-34). Acropolis with Parthenon the greatest monument of antiquity, dedicated to the goddess Athena, from here one can see DAY 7 THESSALONIKI/ VERIA: ROTONDA, ST GEORGE Areopagus (Areios Pagos = Hill of Ares) visited by Pope John Paul ll CHURCH, GALERIUS ARCH: This morning we visit the same hill where St. Paul gave his famous sermon of "Unknown God''. Rotonda, St. George Church, one of the oldest constructions in the Our pilgrimage will continue with a drive to Corinth first across the city, the church was built at the end of the 4th century by the Corinthian Canal, started by roman emperor Nero and then to one of roman emperor. We will read today from the Acts 17:1-9 and the oldest towns of Greece, where St. Paul came after he left Athens "Letter to the Thessalonians". This time period will become more and after a stop at the ancient Corinth (18: 1-18; Cori.) we again meet alive to us as our visit will include the Galerius Arch, built a little with St. Paul, here he remained for one and a half-year. We will be before 305 AD in commemoration of Galerius's victory over the visiting a marketplace where the Apostle preached to the Corinthians, Persians in 297. Next is the most beautiful basilica in the city St. the Temple of Apollo and the Corinth Museum. Demetrius where Saint Paul was imprisoned, tortured and buried. Overnight: Athens (B, D) We then visit Veria, one of Paul's stops, where a Byzantine mosaic commemorates his preaching. We check into our hotel for dinner DAY 13 RETURN USA: Today we board our flights home, carrying and overnight. with us memories and keepsakes that will last a lifetime. Overnight: Veria (B, D) Tour Number: GTD-21GT-13D DAY 8 VERIA/ KALAMBAKA/ ATHENS: METEORA Holy Land Travel Center - [email protected] MONASTERY: This morning we leave Veria and continue to Tel. (866) 339-3323 - Fax (505) 212-0919 Kalambaka, a town near the Meteora Monastery. 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