Religious Tour
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RELIGIOUS TOURS Greece, in its 3000 years history, apart from the Ancient Monuments, has to show Christianity Places of Byzantine Empire with its thousands of churches and the unique Medieval Sites of Mystras and Meteora. During this tour, you can admire wonderful landscapes and combine the pilgrims routes “ On the Apostole Paul Steps “ with visits to most famous Archeological Sites. GTN Greece Tour #6 “ On the Apostole Paul’s Steps “ ( 8 days /7 nights) Price: 650€ HB
2nd Tour day: We will 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. Monks seeking isolation and spiritual
salvation first built those monasteries in the 14th century. Then driving through the
picturesque county of North Greece we arrive to Kavala where we have our
3rd Tour day: This morning we are going to see Philipi, the place which St.Paul visited twice on his missionary journeys and where he stablished a strong church. We will visit the places where St.Paul stepped, where Lydia was baptized and became the first convert, Philippia Agora, Apostole Paul’s and St. Sylas prison, visit of Kavala and then drive to Thessaloniki where we will have our dinner and overnight. Optionally with an extra day at Kavala we can have a day cruise to Athos Mountain. 4th Tour day: Thessaloniki the city to which St, Paul wrote two “epistoles”. Today we have the sightseeing of the city, visit of Byzantine Churches of Aghia Sophia and
St.Dimitrios, and other places
5rth Tour day: Departure for Vergina to see the tomb of King Philip, father of Alexander the Great, and the famous Vergina gold Treasure. Then driving through central Greece we arrive at Delphi. We visit the museum and here we have our dinner and overnight. 6th Tour day:This morning we see the Archeological site of Delphi and the Monastery of Ossios Loucas and in the afternoon we arrive at Athens for our overnight. Optionally in the night we have dinner at Plaka, the old town of Athens in a Greek tavern with classical folklore program.
8th Tour day: This morning we start to explore Peloponnesus. After a short stop at the impressive-so narrow and deep- Corinth canal
we visit the Ancient Corinth, to see the agora, the pillars, steps, and public worship place where St. Paul preached.
St. Paul established a strong church here to which he addressed two letters. Afterwards we drive to Mycenae, 1300 B.C, to
9thTour day: Driving through the picturesque Central Peloponnesus we visit Ancient Olympia where the first Olympic Games started in 776 B.C. Then driving on the west coast of Peloponnesus we arrive to Patras where in the evening you depart by ferry to Italy.
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1st Tour day: Arrival at Igoumenitsa and drive to the beautiful city of Ioannina where we visit
the Cave of Ioannina with its fantastic stalagmites and stalactites (1hrs walk in the cave) or the small island of “kira Frossini”
in the lake, with its tragic history. Then following a routing through the mountains and after a short stop at the Greek traditional
village of Metsovo we arrive at Kalambaka where we have our dinner and overnight.
dinner and overnight.
connected to St.Paul. Visit of Archeological museum and then drive to Veria where St. Paul preached Christianity.
7th Tour day: Athens sightseeing, Acropolis with its Parthenon and Museum, a place any
civilized person has to visit, Constitution Sq. Presidential Place, Olympic Stadium where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896.
Visit the Mars Hill, where St.Paul made his famous speech to the Athenians for the "Unknown God” and the
Archeological Museum of Athens are the places to see today. In the afternoon we drive to Loutraki where we have our dinner
and overnight.
see the Lions Gate, the Cyclopian Walls and the Royal Tombs.
Also we visit Epidavros with the famous for its acoustics ancient theater, 4th century B.C. Dinner and overnight at the nice small town of
Tolo next to the sea.
