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Greece – the Road Less Travelled Greece – The Road Less Travelled Travel Passports are spelt correctly and match the names on your Please ensure your 10-year British Passport is not passport. Your flight ticket is non-transferable and out of date and is valid for a full six months non-refundable. No refund can be given for non- beyond the duration of your visit. The name on used portions. your passport must match the name on your flight ticket/E-ticket otherwise you may be refused boarding at the airport. Baggage Allowance We advise that you stick to the baggage Visas allowances advised. If your luggage is found to be Visas are not required for Greece for citizens of heavier than the airlines specified baggage Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For all other allowance the charges at the airport will be hefty. passport holders please check the visa requirements with the appropriate embassy. With Easyjet your ticket includes one hold bag of up to 23kg plus one cabin bag no bigger than 56 x Greek Consulate: 1A Holland Park, London W11 45 x 25cm including handles, pockets and wheels. 3TP. Tel: 020 7221 6467 With British Airways your ticket includes one hold bag of up to 23kg plus one cabin bag no bigger than 56 x 45 x 25cm including handles, pockets Tickets and wheels. British Airways At the bottom of your detailed itinerary there will For more information please visit be a booking reference number. At check-in you www.britishairways.com and www.easyjet.com will need to quote/show this and you will be issued with your boarding pass. Online check-in is Labels not available for this booking. Please use the luggage labels provided. It is useful For more information please visit: to have your home address located inside your www.britishairways.com suitcase should the label go astray. Easyjet Departure Tax Included with this documentation is an e-ticket for UK Flight Taxes are included in the price of your your outbound journey, which shows the holiday. reference number for your flight. EasyJet have now replaced their airport check-in desks with Transfers EasyJet Baggage Drop desks. Therefore, you must On arrival at Corfu Airport please collect your check-in online and print out your boarding luggage and exit the luggage area and proceed passes before travelling. Checking in online also until you are in the arrival’s hall. You will find your provides the opportunity for you to pre-book Tour Manager situated in arrivals, holding a Travel seats, if you wish, at an additional cost. Editions sign. Online check-in is available 30 days prior to travel Special Requests using the reference number provided. Please see If you haven’t already done so, please notify the enclosed e-ticket for more information or visit; Travel Editions of any special requests as soon as www.easyjet.com possible to allow enough time to make the necessary arrangements. Please check that the details on your documentation are accurate and that all names Accommodation Grand Serai, Ioannina Dining In the heart of the town of Ioannina. This 5* hotel The standard of food in Greece is excellent and combines the traditional style of Ioannina with offers a remarkable variety of freshly prepared elements of the Middle East. Facilities include a and very tasty dishes, many of which use locally restaurant and bar, Spa with steam room and grown products and locally produced olive oil. heated pool, beauty salon and gym. All the comfortable bedrooms have either a bath or When eating out the Greeks nearly always eat shower, air-conditioning, safe, mini-bar, TV, ‘Mezedes’ style. This means ordering several hairdryer and bathrobes and slippers. dishes, starters and/or main plates, whatever takes your fancy, to put in the middle of the table For more information visit the hotel website: for all to share. It’s a very sociable way to eat and http://www.grandserai.com/ a great way of tasting lots of different dishes! Don’t be shy in the amount you order, or if you only find yourselves ordering starters – any combination is acceptable. Hotel Kastaki, Meteora The 3-star Hotel Kastraki is located at the foot of When ordering fish in Greece you will find the the enchanting Meteora rocks in the beautiful price on the menu relates to a cost per kilo. Don’t village of Kastraki and only 2 km from the city of be put off by this. You are expected to go into the Kalambaka. It enjoys unique views of the imposing kitchen, choose the fish you want and then it will rocks of Meteora. Each of the comfortable and be weighed in front of you so you know what you stylish rooms have private balconies, a bath or will pay. shower, complimentary toiletries, air-conditioning, TV, radio, fridge, safe and hairdryer. Nearly all tavernas sell their own ‘open’ wine, known as village wine. It is something of an For more information visit the hotel website; acquired taste but it goes well with the local food. http://www.hotelkastraki.gr/ If you are unsure you can always ask if you can try the wine before you agree to it. Prices of local ‘village’ wine are usually around 5 euros per half City Hotel, Thessaloniki litre. This modern 4* hotel is situated in the heart of Local drinks are ouzo, tsipoura, metaxa and, of Thessaloniki, close to the many lively cafes and course, Greek wine. Tsipoura is the local firewater! bars of Tsimiski Street and Aristotelous square. This is distilled from the residue of the grapes after Hotel facilities include a restaurant and bar, gym making wine. You will probably find you come and Wellness centre. Each of the comfortable and across this whether you want to or not, as it is very spacious rooms feature air-conditioning, TV, tea often served, complimentary, at the end of a meal. and coffee facilities, safe, hairdryer and free wifi. For more information visit the hotel website; https://www.cityhotel.gr/ Meals included in your holiday Breakfast - Daily Dinner – one dinner in Ioannina Destination Ioannina Ioannina, the capital of Epirus, spreads out around Dodona beautiful Lake Pamvotida. The natural Dodona in Epirus in north western Greece was the environment, the climate and character of the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the town are defined by this stretch of water – the second millennium BCE according to Herodotus. area’s trademark. The lake, with its still waters and The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona small island, is a natural monument, around which as an oracle of Zeus. It is an important ancient the entire area lives and breathes. The strong Greek oracle, second in fame only to Delphi, and is cultural traditions of the town, home to a number located in a strategic pass at the eastern slopes of of great novelists and poets, and the artistic and the imposing Mt. Tomaros, close to the modern intellectual events which are organized city of Ioannina in western Epirus. It was dedicated throughout the year, give visitors the opportunity to Zeus and Dione, and the Greeks believed it to to get to know the roots of the intellectual life of be the most ancient of oracles. Epirus. A walk through the city has the feel of a bygone era, full of secret places and legends still For more information about Dodona, visit: living. Ioannina has always been multicultural, https://www.ancient-greece.org/history/dodona.html dominated mainly by Christian, Islamic and Jewish influences. This coexistence of cultural influences Nicopolis is clear in the historic city centre. The Stoa Louli Nikopolis or Nicopolis (it means, the victory city) is arcade is one of the locations where the three probably the largest in size ancient city in Greece, communities worked together and prospered. The but still few have heard about it! It is located arcade was originally an inn and then became a about eight kilometres away from Preveza, in mercantile exchange of great importance Epirus and it was built by the Roman emperor throughout the whole of Epirus. Octavian after his victory at Aktion against Antony and Cleopatra of Egypt. Within the archaeological Places of interest included in the tour: site are many interesting monuments. The impressive Roman Odeon, which is located on the Ali Pasha’s Island west side of the old Christian Wall includes the One of the very few inhabited lake islands in auditorium, the orchestra and the stage. It was Europe is in Greece. The island of Ioannina’s lake built in the 1st C. AD and remained in use until the holds a unique record as it is the only inhabited second half of the 3rd C. AD. The impressive island of its size in the world without a name. The theatre differs from other ancient Greek theatres, verdant island of 200 square kilometres is home to it constructively follows the logic of the Roman more than 300 people. It is known for its theatres of the period it was built and was created traditional Epirus stone-built settlement and once from three consecutive galleries and not in a was the base of Ali Pasha of Janina in the early natural sloping position, as it used to be in ancient 19th century, hence the ‘nickname for the island, Greek theatres. Ali Pasha’s Island. In its tiny heartland, there are seven Byzantine and post-Byzantine monasteries For more information about Nicopolis, visit: built next to each other, which made it an https://www.secret-greece.com/nikopolis-ancient-city- important place for monasticism in the past.
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