Classical Greece - Cyclades Islands tour

We will meet you upon your arrival at Athens Airport "Eleftherios Venizelos" and transfer to your hotel in the Center of Athens. A file with travel documents will be delivered to you during your transfer along with maps, travel information booklets e.t.c.
Rest of the day is at your leisure to have a first acquaintance with the city of Athens.
Before dinner join and meet the rest of the goup and the leader on an information gathering.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
We start our meander with a Half Day Tour of Athens. Panoramic tour of the major sights of the Capital will be followed by a guided visit of the Acropolis and the museum and a short walk tour of Plaka (Old Town) area will lead and end to the "kingdom" of Greece's most famous Chefs Mr. Ioannis Baxevanis.
In the classical ambience of a restore old Athenian building, enjoy a most revealing cooking classfor an acquaintance of the Greek Gastronomic Cuisine.
Enjoy the lunch you will prepare to feature simple Greek dishes as well as more complicated ones.
We will take together back to the hotel or you are free to stroll your afternoon off
at the shopping area of Ermou.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Today we will visit the National Archaeological Museum and after a traditional lunch at the best souvlaki tavern of Athens "Bairaktaris". The restaurant stands at the old area of Monastiraki and is popular among the locals and travelers for the best souvlaki in Athens and for the warm ambience created by its owner Spyros Bairaktaris.
After lunch off we go to our bus to commence our one our journey through the seaside are of Athens to reach Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon. After the guided visit, enjoy a sunset Cocktail.
Leaving Sounion and taking our way back towards Athens, we will stop to Zafeiri fish Tavern.
A delicious fish menu glorying the simplicity of the Greek cuisine will reward you.
Return to our hotel back in Athens and overnight.

Breakfast.
Today we will depart Athens for our tour to Peloponnese and mainland Greece, where some of the most important sites of Greece Classical and Byzantine history are to be discovered.
Today we will pass the Corinth Channel, visit Ancient Corinth site to be followed with a visit of Mycenae site and museum.
At Mycenae at the restaurant of the King Menelaus we will taste the famous lamp on the split along with other specialties.
Leaving Mycenae we are heading to Epidaurus to visit the theatre famous worldwide for its acoustics to finally reach the picturesque Nafplion, once first capital of Greece.
Dinner and overnight in Nafplion.

Breakfast.
We will head further south to the town of Sparti, we will visit Mystras archaeological site, this mystery town laying at the foot of Mount. Tygetos was once the center of the Byzantine ages.
Heading south we will reach the southest point of the Peloponnesian peninsula, an area unspoilt and isolated inhabited by a brave nation with strong customs and ethics. This is the area of Mani.
After our meander to this unique area we will end to rest at our hotel. The wonderful Kyrimai.
Our demonstration regarding the olive oil and the preparation of bread will be followed by a delicious dinner prepared with virgin local products.
Overnight at Kyrimai.

Breakfast.
We will start with a 3 hour tour to Mani to see the villages with their unique architecture and visit the caves of Dyros. Afterwards we will depart for Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.
Dinner and Overnight in Olympia.

Breakfast.
Visit of the archaeological site and the museum of Olympia and departure. We shall leave the Peloponnese behind us crossing once again the Corinth Channel through the longest suspended bridge in Europe to find ourselves again in the area of central Greece. Passing Nafpaktos we will have a short stop at the historical and picturesque fish village of Galaxidi. We continue to pass by Delphi in order to
reach Arachova laying in the foot of Mount. Parnassus. Arachova is a town of vivid history, unique architecture. Furthermore, it is famous for its local art crafts and quilts.
We will walk its beautiful paths. Finally we will reach our hotel offering unique views to the Delphian Gorge.
This afternoon we will have a demonstration session regarding the Greek wine, the traditional ways of extracting it by an expert winemaker Mr. Zaharias. A paralleled taste journey to the Greek cheese will take place. This will lead to a dinner with local specialties including the well-known in Greece "paidakia", roast lamp breast.
Overnight.

Breakfast.
Today we will go back to Delphi, once believed to be the naval of earth, to visit the archaeological site and the museum. Soon after the visit, we depart heading north this time towards the well known Meteora monasteries and the adjacent town of Kalambaka.
Dinner and Overnight in Kalambaka.

Breakfast.
Today we will visit this astonishing, almost out of earth place with the Meteora Monasteries heavenly climbed ontop of he rock mountains.
Early in the afternoon, we take our way back to Athens, passing by the famous Thermopylae.
Arrive in Athens.
Transfer to Piraeus main port to embark to the high speed boat link and sail off to the Cyclades.
Our first stop is the central island of Paros. An island known for its beautiful beaches and the numerous little white churches and the most picturesque port in Greece, this one of Naoussa.
Transfer to our hotel, laying just across the island of Antiparos.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Today we will go touring the island of Paros - the main town Parikia where we shall visit one of the most important and old monastery churches of Greece, the Ekatontapyliani. We depart for Lefkes village, settled in the center of island. The village offers splendid views and is known for its unique architecture, while car
circulation is prohibited. We continue to the picturesque fish harbor of Naoussa. You are free to stroll the paths of this unique village and enjoy in your own pace the ambience.
Leaving Naoussa, we cross to the nearby island of Antiparos. Time to fresh up and taste a delicious lunch.
Free time to discover this unspoilt and authentic island.
Actually, you are free to return back to your hotel, just taking the ferry which takes only 10 minutes crossing and 3 minutes walking to its door.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Transfer to the port and departure for the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos, and the archaeological site of Delos island. First we visit Delos and its unique monuments and then we sail to the island of Mykonos with its perfectly maintained architecture. Lunch and free afternoon to visit the only village of the island, Mykonos Town. If you wish to go shopping, you are in the right place!
Around 5pm our boat will sail back to Paros.
Dinner and Overnight

Breakfast.
Morning transfer to the port and departure for the island of Naxos, the biggest in size island of Cyclades.
Discover the Town (Chora), the Venetian Castle and the archaeological museum. Leave for the village of Halki, a small village with well preserved old mansions. Visit the local old traditional citrus distillery. Then to Apiranthos, the marble village (3 museums: archaeological, natural science and geology, folklore). Visit Panagia
Drosiani, preserved church of the early Christian period. Back to the town, lunch and free time to swim and enjoy the town.
Around at 18h00 embark to the boat which will take us back to Paros
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Transfer to the port and departure for the island Santorini.
Arrival in Santorini. Visit the prehistoric museum in Fira. In the afternoon we will depart to visit, the charming village of Oia (Ia) to enjoy a sunset you have never seen before.
At the end of a most joyful day, we shall arrive to our hotel.
Dinner and Overnight at the hotel

Breakfast.
Santorini is famous for its geological wealth. Cruise to Nea Kameni to visit the volcano with its still active crater.
Continue to Old Kameni, the spring waters and free time to swim. Sail back to Santorini and lunch at Fira.
After lunch, free time to discover this interesting, unique village standing in its glory on the top of the Aegean Sea, witness of an unparalleled beauty which survived against the vigorousness of the nature and age.
Late at the afternoon, return to the hotel.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast
Morning at leisure to swim.
In the afternoon departure for the old winery for a presentation of wine yards and the wine extraction. We end our tour with a wine and meze tasting.
Return to the hotel.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Transfer to the port, embarkation to the High Speed and sail for Piraeus.
Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Athens.
Dinner and Overnight.

Breakfast.
Leisure time until your departure transfer to the airport