AIST - TEAM SPORTS TRAVEL Greece Summer Tour Sample Greece Program Sample Itinerary Below is a suggested Itinerary. We will customize the tour as needed to accommodate your needs. All meals included. Times below subject to change. Day 1 – Day 3 – ➢ Departure from your closest International airport ➢ After breakfast, meet your local guide and to Greece. Due to the time differences with enjoy a walking guided visit of this Europe, your arrival will be the following day. fascinating city ➢ On conclusion free time for shopping, relax Day 2 – or extra visits. Lunch will be on your own ➢ Arrival in Athens International airport. Meeting ➢ This afternoon, transfer to a local sport with your bilingual tour manager who will remain complex to play your 1st friendly game with you through all the tour and transfer to against a local club Athens for orientation tour of the main attraction ➢ Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, of the city with your tour manager (no guided depending on the game starting time visit). “The Acropolis of Athens and its ➢ Overnight at your selected hotel monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the (Bus is available 4 hours in the morning for greatest architectural and artistic complex the Athens city tour. Bus will be available bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. The again for the round rip transfer from the most important monuments were built during hotel to the local sport complex for the that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the game) Erechtheon, the Propylaea, the monumental entrance to the Acropolis and the small temple Athena Nike”. ➢ At the end, check in at your selected hotel in Athens, dinner and overnight (7 Nights stay) (Bus is available only for the transfer from the Airport to the Hotel and for orientation tour) 816.256.3828 | www.AIST.us | @aistsports 2 Itinerary Continued Day 4 – Day 5 – ➢ Breakfast at the hotel ➢ After breakfast, transfer to the Acropolis ➢ Departure at 9.00 a.m. to Delphi. and guided visit of it and the local ➢ Full day city tour with a local Museum. professional guide ➢ Following, visit the Old Agora. ➢ “Delphi is both an archaeological site and a ➢ A local professional guide will stay with you modern town in Greece on the south- during the visit western spur of Mount Parnassus in the ➢ Lunch will be on your own valley of Phocis. In myths, the site of Delphi ➢ In afternoon, transfer to a local sport complex was believed to be determined by Zeus to play your 2nd friendly game against a when he sought to find the centre of his local club "Grandmother Earth". He sent two eagles ➢ Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, flying from the eastern and western depending on game starting time extremities, and the path of the eagles ➢ Overnight at your selected hotel crossed over Delphi where the omphalos, or navel of Gaia was found.” (Bus is available 4 hours in the morning. ➢ You will admire: Archeological Site and Bus will be available again for the roundtrip the Museum transfer from the hotel to the local sport ➢ Lunch on your own. complex for the game) ➢ In the afternoon return back to Athens ➢ Training session in a local complex with your own coaches ➢ Dinner at your selected hotel and overnight (Bus is available for the full day excursion to Delphi) 816.256.3828 | www.AIST.us | @aistsports 3 Itinerary Continued Day 6 – ➢ Breakfast and full day city tour with local tour guide in Olympia ➢ “The first major excavation of Olympia began in 1875, funded by the German government. Important finds included sculptures from the Temple of Zeus, the Nike of Paeonius, the Hermes of Praxiteles and many bronzes. In total 14,000 objects Day 8 – were recorded. The finds were displayed in ➢ After breakfast day at leisure for possible a museum on the site.” additional visits or shopping ➢ You will admire: Archeological Site, ➢ Lunch on your own Stadium and Archeological museum ➢ Time at leisure for your final activities in ➢ Lunch on your own Athens ➢ In the afternoon return to Athens ➢ Optional (not included): full day tour in ➢ Dinner at your selected hotel and overnight Argolide (Corinto, Epidaurus, Nauplia, and Micene) (Bus is available for the full day excursion ➢ In the evening, transfer by walk to a typical to Olympia) Greek Taverna for your farewell dinner tasting the typical food and breathing the typical Greek atmosphere. (Dinner with Day 7 – show, Greek music). ➢ Breakfast and half day guided visit of ➢ Overnight at your hotel. Cape Sounio and Temple of Neptune with a local professional guide (Bus 8 hours available. Evening service for ➢ Lunch will be on your own and rest of the farewell dinner) day free for personal exploration of the area. ➢ Later transfer back to a local sport complex of Athens area to play your 3rd friendly Day 9 – game against a local club ➢ Breakfast and hotel check out ➢ Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, ➢ Departure to Athens international airport in depending on the match’s time time to catch your flight back home ➢ Overnight at your selected hotel ➢ End of Services. γεια Ελλάδα!!! (Bus is available 6 hours today. Bus will be (Bus is available only for the transfer from available again for the roundtrip transfer the Hotel to the Airport) from the hotel to the local sport complex for the game) 816.256.3828 | www.AIST.us | @aistsports 4 HIGHLIGHTS Greece Greece is, of course, the land of ancient sites and architectural treasures -- the Acropolis in Athens, the amphitheater of Epidaurus, and the reconstructed palace at Knossos among the best known. But Greece is much more: It offers age-old spectacular natural sights, for instance -- from Santorini's caldera to the gray pinnacles of rock of the Meteora -- and modern diversions ranging from elegant museums to luxury resorts. It can be bewildering to plan your trip with so many options vying for your attention. Take us along and we'll help you figure it out. We've explored the archaeological sites, visited the museums, inspected the hotels, reviewed the tavernas and ouzeries, and scoped out the beaches. Here's what we consider the best of the best. Mykonos What is it about Mykonos that has captured the world's imagination for over 40 years and refuses to let go? Though it is an undeniably beautiful island, it isn't the prettiest Greek island, or even the prettiest in the Cyclades. It used to be the island's cosmopolitan lifestyle, luxury hotels, and nightlife drew crowds, but today many of the more popular islands claim to be able to compete with that. It used to be its title as the party capital of all Mediterranean islands that set it apart, yet today Spain's Ibiza shares that title. So what is it then? It all began with the picture-perfect town of labyrinthine roads leading you in circles around the beautiful cubist Cycladic architecture that attracted the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis in the '60s. With their stamp of approval, Mykonos became the place to be for anybody who was anybody. Soon, in the hedonistic '70s, it became the island version of Studio 54, making world headlines on celebrity pages and magazines. The sheer contrast of a traditional Greek fishing village and the type of tourists it attracted -- gay partiers, international jet-setters, celebrities, and models -- made the island a unique place to visit, and it captured the world's imagination. Santorini No island better epitomizes the Greek vacation experience than Santorini. Upon arriving by boat, there's a view that never palls: sugar-cube houses pasted onto the high clifftops of Fira's caldera (crater), washed by the cobalt Aegean and a light so pure and bright it makes you blink. Watched over by its famous smoldering volcano and steeped in lost-city-of-Atlantis myth, this is the Greece of photogenic sunsets and Hollywood backdrops, of blue-domed churches and donkey rides. Beaches - Santorini's perpendicular coastline is pure drama. Pebbly Red Beach, White Beach and Black Beach named for the color of the cliffs above them, lie in the southwest. The lively southeast trio of Perissa, Agios Georgios and Perivolos are best for nightlife and watersports like windsurfing and jet skiing. Rock formations create a striking backdrop in family-friendly Monolithos. For total seclusion, descend the cliffs or hitch a donkey ride to one of Oia's postage-stamp beaches, with deep and startlingly blue water. Delphi 178km (110 miles) NW of Athens - Delphi is the big enchilada of Greek sites. Even more than Olympia, this place has it all: a long and glorious history, spectacular ancient remains, a superb museum, and a beautiful location on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. Look up and you see the cliffs and crags of Parnassus; look down, and Greece's most beautiful plain of olive trees stretches as far as your eyes can see, toward the town of Itea on the Gulf of Corinth. Delphi is especially magical in the spring, when there's often both snow and wildflowers on Parnassus -- and fewer tourists tramping around the site than in summer. But whenever you visit, you'll understand why the ancient Greeks believed that Delphi was the center of the world, the spot Apollo chose as the home of his most famous oracle. TheSanctuary of Apollo is the main attraction here, although the smaller Sanctuary of Athena has Delphi's most photographed attraction, the mysterious round tholos (discussed later). 816.256.3828 | www.AIST.us | @aistsports 5 Cost Per Person – USD Based on minimum paying and room size Estimated Estimates ground packages starting at: Cost $1750.00 per person Airfare Not Included Triple Room: (3 Beds / 3 people): $ 25 – 29 Double Room: (2 Beds / 2 people):$ People Paying Single Room: (1 Bed / 1 person):$ Triple Room: (3 Beds / 3 people): $ 30 - 35 Double Room: (2 Beds / 2 people):$ People Paying Single Room: (1 Bed / 1 person):$ Cancellation fees will be kept to a minimum.