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Arrival at Athens airport and transfer to hotel. Evening proceed for the City tour called Athens by night.
Athens by night: Drive to Piraeus and its natural harbours, such as lively Zea with its busy yacht marina and tiny Mikrolimano, one of the most picturesque corners of Piraeus. Then, return to Athens for dinner in Plaka, the old city, in a typical Greek tavern with folk music and dancers. Overnight at hotel in Athens |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure. (Optional Athens City tour: Drive through the center of the city. Constitution Square (Syntagma), the House of Parliament, the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier and the National Library. Driving down Herod Atticus Street, you will see the Evzones in their picturesque uniform and the Presidential
Palace. On the way to the acropolis you will see the Hadrian’s Arch, visit the Temple of Olympian Zeus and
you will make a short stop at the Panathenaic Stadium where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were
held in 1896. On the Acropolis visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: the Propylaea,
the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erectheion and finally “the harmony between material and spirit”, the monument that “puts order in the mind”, the Parthenon / Optional tour Cape sounion : Drive along the coastal road, passing the wonderful beaches of Glyfada, Vouliagmeni & Varkiza to the most Southern point of Attica, Cape Sounion, where the white marble pillars of the Temple of Poseidon stand. On the way, you have a splendid view of the Saronic Gulf and the little islands offshore. After visiting the Temple of Poseidon, you have time to walk at leisure on the rocky promontory of Sounion). Overnight at hotel in Athens. (B)
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| Breakfast at hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure. (Optional Full day Argolis with lunch : Leave by the coastal road along the Saronic Gulf to the Corinth Canal, which connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea, (short stop). Drive to Mycenae, the Homeric city of Atreides, the city “rich in gold” of the ancient poets. Visit the Lion’s Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, and the Royal Tombs etc. Depart for Nauplion through the fertile plain of Argolis, the picturesque town nestling at the foot of a cliff crowned by the mighty ramparts of the Palamidi Fortress (short photo stop), leave for Epidauros, to visit the Theatre (4th century B.C.) famous for its astonishing acoustics. Return to Athens by the National road connecting Epidauros with Corinth. Lunch in Mycenae.) Overnight at hotel in Athens. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure. (Optional Full day Cruise: In the morning we take you by bus, from Athens to Piraeus for your embarkation to the cruise boat. At 08.30 a. m depart to Hydra, where we arrive at 11.45 a. m and there you have free time for a walk or a swim. At 01.30 p. m embarkation and sail for Aegina past through Poros and seashore of Peloponnese. The lunch will be served during the voyage. At 03.30 p. m arrive at Aegina where you have time for a swim. Optional excursion, by bus, to the fine preserved Temple of Afea Athena. At 06.00 p. m embarkations for the voyage of return to the port. Arrive to Piraeus, late in the afternoon). Overnight at hotel in Athens. (B) |
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| Breakfast at hotel. Rest of the day free at leisure. (Optional Full day Delphi wih lunch: Drive through the fertile plain of Boeotia, crossing the towns of Thebes connected with the tragedy of King Oedipus - Levadia and Arachova (short stop on the way back). Arrive at Delphi, the center of Ancient World – the “Omphalos “(Navel of Earth) - Whose prestige extended far beyond the boundaries of the Hellenic world. On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, in a landscape of unparalleled beauty and majesty, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios. Visit the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo and the Museum containing such masterpieces of Ancient Greek sculpture as the bronze Charioteer and the famous athlete Aghias. Lunch in the modern village of Delphi, return to Athens by the same route). Overnight at hotel in Athens. (B)
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| Breakfast at hotel. Then departure transfer to Airport. (B) |
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