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Day 1 Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Welcome to Athens Included Meals - Breakfast, Farewell Dinner Put the 'oh' in opa and embark on an unforgettable exploration of an ancient land Day 8 of gods and goddesses, myths and legends. Your springboard to your spellbinding holiday is the vibrant capital of Athens, an effortless mix of ancient treasures and Athens Your Way modern verve, which you will have an opportunity to explore after being Spend the day at leisure on your own and see the city's ancient sites. transferred to your hotel. This evening, join your Travel Director and travel companions for a Welcome Reception, including a light meal and welcome drink. Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Day 9 Embark on Your 7-Day Cruise Included Meals - Welcome Reception Spend the morning on your own exploring what was once the 'Cradle of Western Day 2 Civilisation'. See the city's ancient sites before boarding your cruise ship this Explore Amazing Athens afternoon for your seven-night cruise through the Aegean.
Join your Local Specialist for a guided morning sightseeing tour to the ancient Hotel - Aegean Cruise complex that was once the 'Cradle of Western Civilisation'. Along our journey into antiquity, we'll have an opportunity to explore the Acropolis with its treasures Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and admire the Parthenon, dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus and the Agora, once the haunt of Socrates and Plato. Dive Into Day 10 Culture and see remarkable displays of an ancient world during an included visit Journey to Istanbul to the Acropolis Museum, and see Hadrian's Arch and the stadium where the first Nothing stands between you and a morning of pure indulgence as you sail across modern Olympics took place in 1896. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy on your the Aegean bound for Istanbul, the meeting place between East and West. own. Stroll through the Plaka, people-watch in Syntagma Square or go in search of Embark on an included Bosphorus cruise then don't resist the urge to stretch the city's tastiest souvlaki – the choice is yours. your legs in its historic Sultanahmet district this evening. Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 3 Day 11 Journey to Corinth, Mycenae and The Grand Bazaar and More in Istanbul Nafplion Today, visit the Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest and largest covered We depart Athens this morning, crossing the mighty Corinth Canal to the wild markets and a wonderland of carpets, lanterns, spices and teas. You'll have the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Arriving in Corinth, we join a Local Specialist to explore rest of the day on your own to explore the city that Napoleon once called the an ancient city that several empires fought over throughout the centuries. We capital of the world. continue to Mycenae, a mighty kingdom of Ancient Greece, where we'll see the Beehive Tombs, (the Treasury of Atreus), the Lion Gate and the remains of Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Agamemnon's Royal Palace, in the company of a Local Specialist. Later, we'll travel Day 12 to Epidaurus to visit the ancient theatre and view the Sanctuary of Asclepius, the God of Medicine, whose snake-entwined staff remains the symbol of medicine to Through the Dardanelles to Çanakkale this day. Arriving in the Venetian town of Nafplion later, we'll dine in our hotel this Cruise through the Dardanelles strait where Asia and Europe meet and brave evening. warriors have fought through the ages. Today's stop is Çanakkale, the gateway to the ancient city of Troy and the ancient Aeolian city of Assos. You could choose to Hotel - Amalia Nafplio join an optional trip to Troy to see its Trojan horse or visit Gallipoli to pay tribute to the brave soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Continue to Ancient Olympia Day 13
We traverse the Mountains of Arcadia to ancient Olympia, the site of the first Thessaloniki Olympic Games held in 776 BC. This evening, we Connect With Locals joining the This morning we sail into the port city of Thessaloniki. Beyond its thick Byzantine Karambellas family for dinner on their olive and wine farm at a Be My Guest walls, Thessaloniki is an appealing mix of the traditional and the glamorous. experience featuring traditional dancing and characteristic Greek philoxenia. Wander along winding cobbled streets and palm-tree lined avenues, popping in to browse chic boutiques and feast on traditional delights in local ouzerias. Explore Hotel - Amalia Olympia age-old churches, rub shoulders with the locals browsing the markets and enjoy Included Meals - Breakfast, Be My Guest homemade ice cream in Aristotelous Square.
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Onwards to Patras and Delphi Day 14 We join a Local Specialist this morning to delve into centuries of history. We'll visit Explore Vibrant Volos the ancient Olympic site, the museum and the ruined remains of the Temples of You'll have the day to visit the vibrant university city of Volos, which sits in the Zeus and Hera. Leaving Olympia, we skirt the coastline north to Patras, crossing shadow of Mt Pelion. Spend the day exploring, perhaps visiting the monasteries the Gulf of Corinth to mainland Greece before continuing to Delphi, our home for of Meteora and stop at one of the tsipouradika tavernas on the seafront the night. Argonauts Avenue to sample the local tsipouro (pomace brandy). Return to your ship in time for an evening departure. Hotel - Amalia Delphi
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Day 15 Day 6 Off to Thermopylae and Kalambaka Onwards to Santorini Admire the dramatic volcanic landscape of Santorini, an inspiring backdrop for an Tread in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, who would descend on the encounter with laid-back island life. Embark on an included excursion to the sanctuary of Delphi to consult with the most important oracle in the classical stunning clifftop village of Oia, passing pretty villages of whitewashed houses and world. Join your Local Specialist and walk the Sacred Way to the 4th-century vineyards set against Santorini's magnificent caldera. Marvel at Oia's iconic blue Temple of Apollo. View the statues immortalising the strength of the athletes who domed church, a true pinch-me moment. once competed in the Pythian Games, held in honour of Apollo and the Arts. A scenic afternoon drive brings us to Thermopylae, famous for the heroic defence Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner by Leonidas and his brave Spartans against the invading Persians. We cross the lush Thessaly region, the ‘breadbasket of Greece', then travel over the Pourmaraki Day 16 Pass towards Kalambaka. Disembark in Athens
Hotel - Amalia Kalambaka This morning, disembark from your cruise ship and transfer to your hotel.
Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast
Admire Meteora and Return to Athens Day 17 The UNESCO World Heritage monasteries of Meteora are our first stop today. Join Journey Home a Local Specialist to visit two of the six Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling impressively to immense, rounded rock towers overlooking the town. A scenic Transfers are provided to the airport for your return flight home. Find out more drive returns us to Athens, where we'll enjoy a rousing Farewell Dinner with our about your free airport transfer at trafalgar.com/freetransfers. travel companions and reminisce over an incredible journey through Greece. Included Meals - Breakfast Best of Greece with 7-Day Eclectic Aegean Cruise Premium Your itinerary
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Day 1 Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Welcome to Athens Included Meals - Breakfast, Farewell Dinner Put the 'oh' in opa and embark on an unforgettable exploration of an ancient land Day 8 of gods and goddesses, myths and legends. Your springboard to your spellbinding holiday is the vibrant capital of Athens, an effortless mix of ancient treasures and Athens Your Way modern verve, which you will have an opportunity to explore after being Spend the day at leisure on your own and see the city's ancient sites. transferred to your hotel. This evening, join your Travel Director and travel companions for a Welcome Reception, including a light meal and welcome drink. Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Day 9 Embark on Your 7-Day Cruise Included Meals - Welcome Reception Spend the morning on your own exploring what was once the 'Cradle of Western Day 2 Civilisation'. See the city's ancient sites before boarding your cruise ship this Explore Amazing Athens afternoon for your seven-night cruise through the Aegean.
Join your Local Specialist for a guided morning sightseeing tour to the ancient Hotel - Aegean Cruise complex that was once the 'Cradle of Western Civilisation'. Along our journey into antiquity, we'll have an opportunity to explore the Acropolis with its treasures Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and admire the Parthenon, dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus and the Agora, once the haunt of Socrates and Plato. Dive Into Day 10 Culture and see remarkable displays of an ancient world during an included visit Journey to Istanbul to the Acropolis Museum, and see Hadrian's Arch and the stadium where the first Nothing stands between you and a morning of pure indulgence as you sail across modern Olympics took place in 1896. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy on your the Aegean bound for Istanbul, the meeting place between East and West. own. Stroll through the Plaka, people-watch in Syntagma Square or go in search of Embark on an included Bosphorus cruise then don't resist the urge to stretch the city's tastiest souvlaki – the choice is yours. your legs in its historic Sultanahmet district this evening. Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 3 Day 11 Journey to Corinth, Mycenae and The Grand Bazaar and More in Istanbul Nafplion Today, visit the Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest and largest covered We depart Athens this morning, crossing the mighty Corinth Canal to the wild markets and a wonderland of carpets, lanterns, spices and teas. You'll have the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Arriving in Corinth, we join a Local Specialist to explore rest of the day on your own to explore the city that Napoleon once called the an ancient city that several empires fought over throughout the centuries. We capital of the world. continue to Mycenae, a mighty kingdom of Ancient Greece, where we'll see the Beehive Tombs, (the Treasury of Atreus), the Lion Gate and the remains of Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Agamemnon's Royal Palace, in the company of a Local Specialist. Later, we'll travel Day 12 to Epidaurus to visit the ancient theatre and view the Sanctuary of Asclepius, the God of Medicine, whose snake-entwined staff remains the symbol of medicine to Through the Dardanelles to Çanakkale this day. Arriving in the Venetian town of Nafplion later, we'll dine in our hotel this Cruise through the Dardanelles strait where Asia and Europe meet and brave evening. warriors have fought through the ages. Today's stop is Çanakkale, the gateway to the ancient city of Troy and the ancient Aeolian city of Assos. You could choose to Hotel - Amalia Nafplio join an optional trip to Troy to see its Trojan horse or visit Gallipoli to pay tribute to the brave soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Continue to Ancient Olympia Day 13
We traverse the Mountains of Arcadia to ancient Olympia, the site of the first Thessaloniki Olympic Games held in 776 BC. This evening, we Connect With Locals joining the This morning we sail into the port city of Thessaloniki. Beyond its thick Byzantine Karambellas family for dinner on their olive and wine farm at a Be My Guest walls, Thessaloniki is an appealing mix of the traditional and the glamorous. experience featuring traditional dancing and characteristic Greek philoxenia. Wander along winding cobbled streets and palm-tree lined avenues, popping in to browse chic boutiques and feast on traditional delights in local ouzerias. Explore Hotel - Amalia Olympia age-old churches, rub shoulders with the locals browsing the markets and enjoy Included Meals - Breakfast, Be My Guest homemade ice cream in Aristotelous Square.
Day 5 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Onwards to Patras and Delphi Day 14 We join a Local Specialist this morning to delve into centuries of history. We'll visit Explore Vibrant Volos the ancient Olympic site, the museum and the ruined remains of the Temples of You'll have the day to visit the vibrant university city of Volos, which sits in the Zeus and Hera. Leaving Olympia, we skirt the coastline north to Patras, crossing shadow of Mt Pelion. Spend the day exploring, perhaps visiting the monasteries the Gulf of Corinth to mainland Greece before continuing to Delphi, our home for of Meteora and stop at one of the tsipouradika tavernas on the seafront the night. Argonauts Avenue to sample the local tsipouro (pomace brandy). Return to your ship in time for an evening departure. Hotel - Amalia Delphi
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Day 6 Day 15 Off to Thermopylae and Kalambaka Onwards to Santorini Admire the dramatic volcanic landscape of Santorini, an inspiring backdrop for an Tread in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, who would descend on the encounter with laid-back island life. Embark on an included excursion to the sanctuary of Delphi to consult with the most important oracle in the classical stunning clifftop village of Oia, passing pretty villages of whitewashed houses and world. Join your Local Specialist and walk the Sacred Way to the 4th-century vineyards set against Santorini's magnificent caldera. Marvel at Oia's iconic blue Temple of Apollo. View the statues immortalising the strength of the athletes who domed church, a true pinch-me moment. once competed in the Pythian Games, held in honour of Apollo and the Arts. A scenic afternoon drive brings us to Thermopylae, famous for the heroic defence Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner by Leonidas and his brave Spartans against the invading Persians. We cross the lush Thessaly region, the ‘breadbasket of Greece', then travel over the Pourmaraki Day 16 Pass towards Kalambaka. Disembark in Athens
Hotel - Amalia Kalambaka This morning, disembark from your cruise ship and transfer to your hotel.
Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast
Admire Meteora and Return to Athens Day 17 The UNESCO World Heritage monasteries of Meteora are our first stop today. Join Journey Home a Local Specialist to visit two of the six Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling impressively to immense, rounded rock towers overlooking the town. A scenic Transfers are provided to the airport for your return flight home. Find out more drive returns us to Athens, where we'll enjoy a rousing Farewell Dinner with our about your free airport transfer at trafalgar.com/freetransfers. travel companions and reminisce over an incredible journey through Greece. Included Meals - Breakfast Best of Greece with 7-Day Eclectic Aegean Cruise Premium Your itinerary
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Day 1 Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Welcome to Athens Included Meals - Breakfast, Farewell Dinner Put the 'oh' in opa and embark on an unforgettable exploration of an ancient land Day 8 of gods and goddesses, myths and legends. Your springboard to your spellbinding holiday is the vibrant capital of Athens, an effortless mix of ancient treasures and Athens Your Way modern verve, which you will have an opportunity to explore after being Spend the day at leisure on your own and see the city's ancient sites. transferred to your hotel. This evening, join your Travel Director and travel companions for a Welcome Reception, including a light meal and welcome drink. Included Meals - Breakfast
Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis Day 9 Embark on Your 7-Day Cruise Included Meals - Welcome Reception Spend the morning on your own exploring what was once the 'Cradle of Western Day 2 Civilisation'. See the city's ancient sites before boarding your cruise ship this Explore Amazing Athens afternoon for your seven-night cruise through the Aegean.
Join your Local Specialist for a guided morning sightseeing tour to the ancient Hotel - Aegean Cruise complex that was once the 'Cradle of Western Civilisation'. Along our journey into antiquity, we'll have an opportunity to explore the Acropolis with its treasures Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner and admire the Parthenon, dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Royal Palace, Temple of Zeus and the Agora, once the haunt of Socrates and Plato. Dive Into Day 10 Culture and see remarkable displays of an ancient world during an included visit Journey to Istanbul to the Acropolis Museum, and see Hadrian's Arch and the stadium where the first Nothing stands between you and a morning of pure indulgence as you sail across modern Olympics took place in 1896. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy on your the Aegean bound for Istanbul, the meeting place between East and West. own. Stroll through the Plaka, people-watch in Syntagma Square or go in search of Embark on an included Bosphorus cruise then don't resist the urge to stretch the city's tastiest souvlaki – the choice is yours. your legs in its historic Sultanahmet district this evening. Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Day 3 Day 11 Journey to Corinth, Mycenae and The Grand Bazaar and More in Istanbul Nafplion Today, visit the Grand Bazaar, one of the world's oldest and largest covered We depart Athens this morning, crossing the mighty Corinth Canal to the wild markets and a wonderland of carpets, lanterns, spices and teas. You'll have the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Arriving in Corinth, we join a Local Specialist to explore rest of the day on your own to explore the city that Napoleon once called the an ancient city that several empires fought over throughout the centuries. We capital of the world. continue to Mycenae, a mighty kingdom of Ancient Greece, where we'll see the Beehive Tombs, (the Treasury of Atreus), the Lion Gate and the remains of Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Agamemnon's Royal Palace, in the company of a Local Specialist. Later, we'll travel Day 12 to Epidaurus to visit the ancient theatre and view the Sanctuary of Asclepius, the God of Medicine, whose snake-entwined staff remains the symbol of medicine to Through the Dardanelles to Çanakkale this day. Arriving in the Venetian town of Nafplion later, we'll dine in our hotel this Cruise through the Dardanelles strait where Asia and Europe meet and brave evening. warriors have fought through the ages. Today's stop is Çanakkale, the gateway to the ancient city of Troy and the ancient Aeolian city of Assos. You could choose to Hotel - Amalia Nafplio join an optional trip to Troy to see its Trojan horse or visit Gallipoli to pay tribute to the brave soldiers who lost their lives in the conflict. Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner
Day 4 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Continue to Ancient Olympia Day 13
We traverse the Mountains of Arcadia to ancient Olympia, the site of the first Thessaloniki Olympic Games held in 776 BC. This evening, we Connect With Locals joining the This morning we sail into the port city of Thessaloniki. Beyond its thick Byzantine Karambellas family for dinner on their olive and wine farm at a Be My Guest walls, Thessaloniki is an appealing mix of the traditional and the glamorous. experience featuring traditional dancing and characteristic Greek philoxenia. Wander along winding cobbled streets and palm-tree lined avenues, popping in to browse chic boutiques and feast on traditional delights in local ouzerias. Explore Hotel - Amalia Olympia age-old churches, rub shoulders with the locals browsing the markets and enjoy Included Meals - Breakfast, Be My Guest homemade ice cream in Aristotelous Square.
Day 5 Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Onwards to Patras and Delphi Day 14 We join a Local Specialist this morning to delve into centuries of history. We'll visit Explore Vibrant Volos the ancient Olympic site, the museum and the ruined remains of the Temples of You'll have the day to visit the vibrant university city of Volos, which sits in the Zeus and Hera. Leaving Olympia, we skirt the coastline north to Patras, crossing shadow of Mt Pelion. Spend the day exploring, perhaps visiting the monasteries the Gulf of Corinth to mainland Greece before continuing to Delphi, our home for of Meteora and stop at one of the tsipouradika tavernas on the seafront the night. Argonauts Avenue to sample the local tsipouro (pomace brandy). Return to your ship in time for an evening departure. Hotel - Amalia Delphi
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included Meals - Breakfast Included Meals - Day 15 Day 6 Off to Thermopylae and Kalambaka Onwards to Santorini Admire the dramatic volcanic landscape of Santorini, an inspiring backdrop for an Tread in the footsteps of the ancient Greeks, who would descend on the encounter with laid-back island life. Embark on an included excursion to the sanctuary of Delphi to consult with the most important oracle in the classical stunning clifftop village of Oia, passing pretty villages of whitewashed houses and world. Join your Local Specialist and walk the Sacred Way to the 4th-century vineyards set against Santorini's magnificent caldera. Marvel at Oia's iconic blue Temple of Apollo. View the statues immortalising the strength of the athletes who domed church, a true pinch-me moment. once competed in the Pythian Games, held in honour of Apollo and the Arts. A scenic afternoon drive brings us to Thermopylae, famous for the heroic defence Included Meals - Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner by Leonidas and his brave Spartans against the invading Persians. We cross the lush Thessaly region, the ‘breadbasket of Greece', then travel over the Pourmaraki Day 16 Pass towards Kalambaka. Disembark in Athens
Hotel - Amalia Kalambaka This morning, disembark from your cruise ship and transfer to your hotel.
Included Meals - Breakfast, Dinner Hotel - Divani Palace Acropolis
Day 7 Included Meals - Breakfast
Admire Meteora and Return to Athens Day 17 The UNESCO World Heritage monasteries of Meteora are our first stop today. Join Journey Home a Local Specialist to visit two of the six Eastern Orthodox monasteries that cling impressively to immense, rounded rock towers overlooking the town. A scenic Transfers are provided to the airport for your return flight home. Find out more drive returns us to Athens, where we'll enjoy a rousing Farewell Dinner with our about your free airport transfer at trafalgar.com/freetransfers. travel companions and reminisce over an incredible journey through Greece. Included Meals - Breakfast