Classical Greece - Departures Monday and Thursday
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Classical Greece - Departures Monday and Thursday

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09 May
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Day 3 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, arrive at Mycenae to 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, arrival in Olympia. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 4 Olympia / Delphos

Breakfast. Visit the facilities of the ancient Olympic State, where the first Olympic Games were held. Afterwards, visit the impressive museum of Olympia, which preserves key works of art history. In the afternoon departure to the magnificent bridge that crosses the bay of Corinthia. Arrival at Delphi. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 5 Delphos / 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, see 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 6 Meteora / Athens

Breakfast. Start with a visit to Meteora, a sort of stone forest, a World Heritage Site, with towering limestone columns on which stand several monasteries founded between the 10th-12th centuries, whose communities of monks are still active and inhabiting these inaccessible retreats. Afterwards, departure to Athens, arriving in the afternoon. Accommodation.