DAY 1 – ATHENS
Arrival. Transfer to the hotel and rest of the day at leisure. Accommodation.
DAY 2 – ATHENS
Breakfast. Arrival at the meeting point in the city center for the panoramic tour of Athens. Start the tour with the Neoclassical Athenian center, the parliament, the university, the library and the national academy, the Ilion palace, and the Panathenaeum stadium, all dotted with ancient ruins, such as Hadrian's arch, or the temple of Zeus. After the panoramic tour, visit the Acropolis, the mountain south of Athens crowned by the classical city of the gods. See the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheion and learn about the cradle of Western civilization. Afternoon at leisure. Accommodation.
DAY 3 – ATHENS
Breakfast. Day at leisure to discover and explore the cosmopolitan city and cultural center of Athens. Accommodation.
DAY 4 – ATHENS / CORINTH / EPIDAURUS / MYCENAE / MYCENAE / OLYMPIA
Breakfast. Presentation at the meeting point in the center of the city, for the beginning of the classic circuit. Departure to the Corinth Canal, a magnificent work of engineering. Stop to admire the views. Continue to Epidaurus, and visit its theater of perfect acoustics, with a natural backdrop of incomparable beauty. Part of the sanctuary is dedicated to Aesculapius, god of medicine. Passing to the outskirts of the city of Nafplion, arrival at Mycenae where you will visit the famous Homeric city, and visit the ruins of the capital of the kingdom of Agamemnon, with the Gate of the Lions and the royal tombs. In the afternoon, crossing the central Peloponnese arrive in Olympia. Dinner and overnight.
DAY 5 – OLYMPIA / DELPHI
Breakfast. Visit the facilities of the ancient Olympic Stadium, where the first Olympic Games were held. Then visit the impressive Museum of Olympia, which preserves key works of art history. In the afternoon departure to the magnificent bridge that crosses the Corinthian Bay. Arrival at Delphi. Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 6 – DELPHI / METEORA
Breakfast. Visit of the archaeological site of Delphi, whose sanctuary of Apollo was one of the most important pilgrimage destinations of antiquity, at the foot of Parnassus. In the local museum visit its famous statue “The Bronze Charioteer”. Departure to Kalambaka, in central Greece, passing by Thermopylae, where the statue of the Spartan King Leonidas is located. The landscape will surprise you with its fields dotted with charming villages. Dinner and accommodation.
DAY 7 – METEORA / ATHENS
Breakfast. Start with a visit to Meteora, a sort of stone forest, World Heritage Site, with towering limestone columns on which stand several monasteries founded between the X-XII centuries, whose communities of monks are still active and inhabiting these inaccessible retreats. Afterwards, departure to Athens, where you will arrive in the afternoon. Accommodation.
DAY 8 – ATHENS / SANTORINI
Breakfast. Transfer to the port to board the ferry to Santorini. Arrival and transfer to the hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. Accommodation.
DAY 9 AND 10 – SANTORINI
Days at leisure. Accommodation.
DAY 11 – SANTORINI
Transfer to the airport.