1st DAY : ATHENS AIRPORT – ATHENS
Arrive at Athens airport, transfer at hotel and overnight.
2nd DAY : ATHENS WALKING CITY TOUR WITH ACROPOLIS.
Breakfast at hotel.
The tour begins in front of the Parliament in Syntagma Square where you will see the Monument of the Unknown Soldier and the change of the famous Guards. A pleasant walk will follow through the National Garden and on to the Zappeion Hall, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Hadrian's Arch. From here you will enter the Plaka area heading to the Acropolis and visit with your guide the Propylaea, the Temple of Nike, and the Parthenon, the monuments that remind us of Glory of Ancient Athens and the Golden Age of Pericles. See also in the surrounding the Athenian Agora, the Observatory, the Hill of Democracy (Pnyx), Mars and Philoppapos Hill, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, and the Theater of Dionysus. At the end of the tour, and since you are so close, do not miss the opportunity to visit on your own the New Acropolis Museum.
N.B : The Entrance Fee (20,00 €) to the Acropolis it is not included in the price
3rd DAY : ONE DAY CRUISE AT 3 SARONIC GOLF ISLANDS (time 08.00 – 19.00)
Breakfast at hotel.
Pick you up from your hotel early in the morning in order to take you by coach to the port for embarkation on the cruise ship. At 08:00 the cruise ship departs and sails for the first stopover on the island of Hydra. You will spend approximately 1 hour, thus you have free time to explore the unique island. Embarkation and sail to the island of Poros, separated from Peloponnese by a narrow strait and offering a most enchanting view of Poros town. Leisure time in Poros will be approximately 60 minutes. After 2 hours trip we shall arrive to the last port, the island of Aegina, where you have time either to make an optional tour visiting the Athena Afea Temple or to swim to the nearest beaches of the island. Total time to be spent 1,5. Lunch is served on board during the voyage. Re-embarkation & sailing back to the port. Arrive late afternoon & transfer by coach back to your hotel.
4th DAY : PIRAEUS – MYKONOS
Breakfast at hotel.
We pick you up from your hotel early in the morning in order to transfer you at the port of Piraeus, embarkation at boat 07.25 sail to island Mykonos. Arrive at 12.45, transfer to hotel, check in, free time & overnight.
5th DAY : MYKONOS
Breakfast, free day to discover the island and overnight at hotel.
6th DAY : MYKONOS
Breakfast, free day to discover the island and overnight at hotel.
OPTIONAL TOUR TO DELOS ( 09:00 - 14:00 )
Breakfast, free day and overnight at hotel.
At 9:00 – 9:30 meet at the Old Port, 10:00 Departure from Mykonos to Delos, 10:30 Arrival at Delos. The guide distributes the entry tickets to the archaeological site, to the group members and after the ticket control, the group is gathered at the Agora of the Competaliasts. 10:45 – 12:15 Exceptional mosaics, well preserved marble columns and amazing wall paintings are just a few of the featured highlights of a rich man’s house. A few meters further away we admire the beautiful statue of Cleopatra, decorating the entrance of her residence. After a short stop at the house with the Trident, we reach the Theatre of Delos and the public cistern of the city. This is the end of the route in the urban part of the city, which then follows the main street to return to the market and the Sanctuary zone. The Stoa of Philip, the donations of ancient celebrities, The Propylaia, the Colossus of the Naxians and The Temples of Apollo are the monuments we admire before our last stop in front of the Sacred Lake and the eternal Naxian Lions. 12:15 – 13:30 Options of either visiting the archaeological museum, the museum shop, the café or further discovering the site through the tracked paths. 13:30 Departure from Delos to Mykonos. 14:00 Arrive in Mykonos.
7th DAY : MYKONOS - PIRAEUS
Breakfast at hotel.
We pick you up from your hotel in order to transfer you at the port of Mykonos, embarkation at boat 14:15 sail back to Piraeus. Arrive at 19:45, transfer to hotel, check in & overnight.
8th DAY : ATHENS - ATHENS AIRPORT
Breakfast at hotel, transfer to Athens airport for fly back home
*** CITY TOUR OF ATHENS CAN BE ALSO BE BY BUS WITH FOLLOWING DETAILS***
ATHENS CITY TOUR (time 09.00 – 13.00)
Breakfast at hotel, then city tour of Athens. This tour 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 1st Olympic Games of modern times were held in 1896 (short stop).
Then we 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. Return to hotel, free time and overnight.
