Splendid Greece

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Days
6

Location
Greece

  • Accommodation
    included
Included

  • Stay in Quality Hotels
  • Daily Breakfast and Dinner
  • All Hotel Taxes

Not Included

  • Air / Rail Tickets
  • Visa

Tour Information

Day 1 : Arrive Athens

On arrival at the Athens International Airport you will be met and transferred to the hotel in Athens. Check into the hotel. Overnight at the hotel in Athens.

Day 2 : Athens – Athens City Tour – Acropolis Museum

Today after breakfast proceed for Athens city tour. It will gives you an opportunity to observe the striking contrasts that make Athens such a fascinating city. Our expert guides will take you to see the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop). Continue and pass by the Prime Minister's residence (ex. Royal Palace) guarded by the Euzones in their colorful uniform, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hadrian's Arch, the Parliament and the memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University, the National Library, the Constitution Square (Syntagma). On the Acropolis visit the Architectural Masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally "the harmony between material and spirit", the monument that "puts order in the mind", the Parthenon. Continue and visit the place where at last the statues found their home and admire the wonders of the classical era: The new Acropolis museum. Overnight at the hotel in Athens. (B)

Day 3 : Athens – Argolis – Olympia

Today after breakfast check out form the hotel leave by the coastal road to the Corinth Canal (short stop). Drive on and visit the Theatre of Epidauros, famous for its remarkable acoustics. Then proceed to the town of Nauplion (short photo stop), drive on to Mycenae and visit the Archaeological Site and the Tomb of Agamemnon. Then depart for Olympia through Central Peloponnese and the towns of Tripolis and Megalopolis. Overnight at the hotel in Olympia. (B/D)

Day 4 : Olympia – Delphi

Today check out form the hotel and will proceed to visit the Archaeological Site with the Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus, the Ancient Stadium and the Archaeological Museum. Then drive on through the plains of Eliad and Achaia until the magnificent bridge which is crossing the Corinthian Bay from Rion to Antirion. Pass by the picturesque towns of Nafpactos (Lepanto) and Itea, arrive in Delphi. Overnight at the hotel in Delphi. (B/D)

Day 5: Delphi – Athens

Today check out form the hotel and will roam around Delphi, a place that was once characterized as the center of the ancient world. You can see the well preserved remains of Temple Apollo, the Castalian Spring and Temple of Athena, the Oracle of Delphi. Then you can explore the on-site museums, visiting the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, which contains masterpieces of ancient Greece, such as Iniochos the bronze Charioteer. In the afternoon you will return back to Athens. Transfer to the hotel and overnight at the hotel in Delphi. (B)

Day 6 : Depart Athens

This morning you will be transferred to Athens International Airport to board your flight back home or to your next destination. (B)