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Greek Island Hopping #3
Greek Islands Hopping 3: 3 Islands, 16 Days / 15 Nights Rhodes - Karpathos -
Crete
Price: Low Season BB 535 € High season ( Jul., Aug. ) BB 620 €
Note: In bold are recommended places to visit
Day 1 – Arrive in Athens and continue(18:30hrs) by ferry-boat
(overnight on board) to Rhodes island for a stay of 3 nights to a
hotel at
Rhodes town. ( Rhodes island – the island of sun, an
ideal place for vacations. It is the third largest Greek island and officially,
the sunniest place in the Europe with 300 sunny days yearly. It is recommended
to walk in the old city, to visit the mainstay of St John of Jerusalem”, a remnant from the crusade period which is under "Unesco”
protection and the Rhodes museum located in the knights hospital. You should also visit
Lindos this picturesque village
which is stepped in history 7 - 6 century BC with its white washed houses and on
the top it's crowning glory the Acropolis which rules
over the village, Ialysos with prehistoric, Minoan and Mycenaean remains, and
Kameiros(8th c. B.C) the three level city, as well as the beautiful butterflies valley..
See also our Rhodes island travel guide for
Rhodes island details
Rhodes Weather The average temperature in December to March is 12.0 - 13.5
Celsius. In April and November is around: 16.5, in May and October is around 20.5
and in June to September is around 28 Celsius
Day 4 - Depart (10:30 a.m) by ferry to Karpathos (3.0
hrs) for a stay of 3 nights in a hotel or studio at Karpathos town
or Kyra Panagia.
(Karpathos island - this out of the mash tourism destinations island is a beauty of nature and tradition. Here you'll find the most
traditional villages in Aegean sea, breathtaking views and small sandy beaches for relax.
It is recommended to visit some of its mountain villages
but don't miss the traditional village of Olymbos and the fantastic beach of
Appela).
Karpathos island, second in size at Dodecanese, being
further south of Rhodes has the same weather and the same sunny periods as
Rhodes. Being there, try to attend one of the many summer traditional festivals,
especially the ones in the August and beginning of September, and you get the filling of
bitterness. You'll see people dancing but not laughing. It is the 'good buy'
fiesta of the thousands of Karpathian immigrants to their relatives and
friends left behind in the island, as the return back to their second country.
See also our Karpathos island travel guide
for Karpathos island details
Day 7 - Depart (13:30 p.m) by ferry to Crete (3.0 hrs) for a stay of
7 nights
in
a hotel or studio Two (2) nights
at Ag. Nikolaos ( Visit of Sitia - Vai swimming - Omalos), one(1) night Hersonissos
(Visit Heraklion - Knossos - Phestos), two(2) nights at Plakias (Visit
Paralia
Preveli - Monastiri Preveli - valey kroutaliotis), two(2) nights at Chania
(visit Chania - faragi Samarias - Chora Sfakion), next day at Chania and
with night ferry boat (departure at 22:00
hrs overnight on board) arrival at Piraeus 06:00a.m and transfer by tube
to the Athens hotel for one(1) night stay.
Day 14 – One(1) night stay in a 3*or
2* plus
hotel in
Athens city center. Visit by your own to Acropolis and its museum,
Parhtenon , Athens archeological Museum, walk in the city center and at
Plaka, the old Athens town,
or take half a day sightseeing tour. See our short tour catalog. Some shopping in Athens and departure.

REMARKS
all rates are in euro per person in double room and include:
- stay in 3* or 2 * superior hotels (most of them with swimming pool) with breakfast and /or apartments.
- domestic air ticket
- ferry deck tickets
- transfers to/from the ports (distance longer than 7 km by public
transportation)
- Athens airport transfers
Not included but can be arranged upon request
-international air, bus and/or ferry tickets, local transportation
OTHER GREEK ISLAND TRAVEL OR GREEK ISLANDS HOPPING COMBINATIONS UPON REQUEST

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