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Fly & Drive in Greece: 11 Days And 10 Nights Central Greece, Epirus, Thessalia And Northern Greece
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11 Days And 10 Nights Central Greece, Epirus, Thessalia And Northern Greece
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DAY 1:
Athens
- Arrival at Athens Airport
- Transfer to your hotel in Athens
- Overnight in Athens
DAY 2:
Delphi
- Breakfast
- Your car will be delivered to your hotel
- You start your tour at your own particular pace
- Your desination today is Delphi
- Athens - Delphi: 180km approx.
- Drive along the National Road Athens - Thessaloniki until you reach the Town of Thebes
- Continue through Levadia to reach ARACHOVA, a beautiful town at the foot of Mountain
Parnassos, just 10km from DELPHI arcaheological site
You may visit the archaeological site on your own or we may arrange a guided visit
In the afternoon, you will have the time to walk in Arachova
Arachova is famous for its hand made carpets and quilts and for its taverns.
- Overnight either in Arachova or Delphi
DAY 3:
Meteora
- Breakfast
- Your destination is Meteora and Kalambaka: 225km approx.
- Drive direction north to Lamia-Karditsa-Trikala and finally: Kalambaka, on foot of the amazing
METEORA and its breathtaking monasteries on top.
For this journey choose a departure early morning so not to miss the spot: Meteora, huge
rocks lying between the sky and earth: a unique geological and human phenomenon in
perfect harmony. Visit as many monasteries on your own choice. A guided visit can be
arranged upon your request
- Overnight in Kalambaka
DAY 4:
Ioannina
- Breakfast
- Your destination today is Ioannina
- Kalambaka - Ioannina: 115km approx.
- Leaving Kalambaka you direct to Metsovo. It is wortstoping for a couple of hours and visit
this village famous for its architecture and cheese
Continue to reach Ioannina, a beautiful lake aside town, with rich history. Visit the lake
Pamvotis with its little island, the castle of Ioannina, the perama caves, the mosque and the
town's museums and galleries
- Today you may choose to stay in a hotel of your category choice in Ioannina or in a littke
atmospheric guest house at one of Zagorohoria Villages
- Ioannina - Papiggo: 60km approx.
- Overnight in Ioannina or Zagorohoria
DAY 5:
Zagorohoria
- Breakfast
- Spend your today exploring this splendid area of Zagorohoria (Zagori Villages), a network of 46
villages of amazing natural beauty and unique architecture. On the mountain among impressive
gorges and breathtaking bridges are lying these unparalleled villages, a taste of the hidden
off the beaten track face of Greece.
- Overnight in Ioannina or Zagorohoria
DAY 6:
Kastoria
- Breakfast
- Your destination today is Lake Kastoria
- Papigo - Kastoria: 190km approx.
- Leave Papingo to Aristi, continue till you meet the main road (10km), turn right to Konitsa and
continue to Kastoria: your next stop and overnight. All the journey is a wonderful discovery
of a green charming wild nature, meeting at the end the lake of Kastoria. Kastoria is a charming
rich city built on the shore of a lake.
- Overnight in Kastoria
DAY 7:
Thessaloniki
- Breakfast
- Your destination today is Thessaloniki
- Kastoria - Thessaloniki: 230km approx.
- Leave Kastoria with direction to Edessa - Gianitsa - Thessaloniki. It is worth visiting the falls in
in Edessa. Thessaloniki is the second biggest town in Greece. You will especially enjoy the
modernity bounding the past, its rich & very ancient history, as well the way to be:
occidental and oriental.
- Overnight in Thessaloniki
DAY 8:
Thessaloniki
- Breakfast
- Take your time to discover this beautiful seaside city, famous for its food and the warmth of
its people. A guided tour can be arranged for you upon your request
You may also drive to the nearby Pella and Vergina to visit the archaeological sites
- Overnight in Thessaloniki
DAY 9:
Pelion
- Breakfast
- Your destination today is Pilion
- Thessaloniki - Portaria: 220km approx.
- Leaving Thessaloniki you take the National Road directing south to reach firstly Volos.
Volos at the foot of Mountain Pelion and its famous villages. On the Mountain a
network of villages of breathtaking natural beauty and architecture. A rare, though characterstic
of this area is the possibility to be on top of a mountain and have the feeling you can almost
touch the sea. A variety of little hotels and atmospheric guest houses are available at this area
- Overnight in Pelion
DAY 10:
Athens
- Breakfast
- Spend your day to explore the area
- Later you take your way back to Athens
- Portaria - Athens: 330km
Through Lamia, you take the National Road back to Athens
- Arrive at Athens late in the evening
- Overnight in Athens
DAY 11:
Athens
- Breakfast
- Day free at your leisure until the time of your flight back
- Transfer to the airport
End of tour
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