Best of Greece
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GTN Greece Tour #3 BEST OF GREECE ( 9 days/8 nights )
Accommodation: 2*plus or 3* hotels DBL HB 1st Tour day: Athens. Arrival in Athens. Transfer to the hotel in
Athens. Optionally you can have a Greek
2nd Tour day:
Athens sightseeing, Acropolis with its Parthenon and museum - a place any civilized person has to visit, the Memorial to
the Unknown Soldier, the Hadrian’s Arch, visit the Temple of Olympian Zeus
and many others are the places to see today. Then driving through the picturesque
country of Central Greece 3rd Tour day: This morning we'll visit Meteora and enjoy
the unique and most impressive scenery with its historic Byzantine
Monasteries –containing historical and religious treasures – standing
between earth and the sky atop huge rocks. Afterwards drive to Vergina, 4th Tour day: This morning we have the sightseeing of
Thessaloniki
We visit the Roman and Byzantine monuments, the archeological museum and St Demetrius Byzantine church one of the many of the city.
In the afternoon, with a stop for coffee at the picturesque Tempi we
arrive at Delphi, where we have our dinner and 5th Tour day: We'll see Delphi, known in the ancient times as the naval "omfalos" of the world, the archeological site and the museum. At Delphi you might get Pythia’s
chrism for your future and the future of the world, as it had happen to many
Kings and
6th Tour day:
In the morning we see Kalavrita area highlights, the historical Monastery of Agia Lavra
where the Greek revolution Banner against
Turks in 1821is kept, the monument of Heroes of the war for Greece Indepen 7th Tour day: Morning in Olympia. We visit the museum and the archeological site with the Olympic
stadium of 45,000 seating capacity. Here the first Olympic games took place in 776 B.C. Then driving along west Peloponnesus coast we
8th Tour day: In the morning we visit Diros caves. One of the
most
spectacular natural sights of Greece. The guided boat trip (1hr) in the river of the cave which is
full of stalagmites and stalactites is an unforgettable experien
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night at Plaka (Athens old
town), in a Greek tavern with folklore program.
we arrive at Kalambaka. Dinner and overnight
to see the famous Vergina
Gold Treasure and the Machedonian King Philip tomb, Great Alexander’s
father. In the afternoon we arrive to Thessaloniki where we have our dinner and overnight.
overnight.
Emperors in the past. Even Alexander the Great got her advice
before conquering the word. Then by ferry we cross Corinthian gulf to Egio and after a short drive we
arrive at Kalavrita where we have our dinner and overnight.
dence and the
oldest (326 AD) Greek orthodox monastery of Mega Spileo. Then by
the rack railway (optional) -where the incline in some places is about 10%-
we cross Voraikos gorge we arrive to Diakofto where the bus is waiting to transfer us
to Olympia where we have our dinner and overnight. 
arrive at Aeropolis where we have our dinner and overnight.
ce. Then
we drive to Sparta and visit of Medieval state of Mystras with its Byzantine
churches. Home place of last Byzantine Empire Constantine Palaiologos. Once upon a time for a short period became the capital of Byzantium. After driving
through the mountains of central Peloponnesus we arrive at the small beautiful
seaside town of Tolo where we have our dinner and overnight.
9th Tour
day: In the morning, after a short stop for a walk in the beautiful Nafplion,
the first capital of modern Greece, we'll visit the Homeric city of Mycenae (1300 B.C.) to see the Lions Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, the
Royal Tombs and later we visit Epidavros, with the famous for its acoustics ancient theater (4th century B.C.)
We continue with the bus and after a short stop at Corinth canal with its breathtaking view we arrive back to Athens in
the afternoon for the connections or an extra overnight in Athens.