GREECE -  Aegean Experience & 3 Day Cruise - 2010/2011

 

7 Days / 6 Nights

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR:

• Meeting/assistance at the airport

• Return transfer to/from airport

• 3 nights at selected hotels with continental breakfast

• 3 nights cruise by Louis Cruises, all meals included

• Porterage at airport and hotels

• Deluxe air conditioned transportation

• English speaking driver/guide

• All entrance fees to places of interest

• All hotel taxes and service charges

 

Day 1 – Wednesday: Arrival

Our representative awaits your arrival in Athens airport and will take you to your hotel in Athens.

 

Day 2 – Thursday: Athens

Departure for a half day tour of Athens. Passing in front of the Temple to Olympeious Zeus and Hadrian Arch, short stop for photos at the Panathenaic Stadium, where the first Olympic game of the modern era in 1896 were held. Continue to see the Greek House of Parliament in the Constitution Square and the Envones wearing their traditional costume. Stop at the Royal Palace and continue to see from outside the National Library, the Academy and end the tour by visiting the Acropolis. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight in Athens. (B)

 

Day 3 – Friday: Cruise to Mykonos

After breakfast embark for the Cruise. Today’s port of call is Mykonos, a dazzling white beauty of a typical Cycladic island with a sophisticated jet-set atmosphere. Stroll at leisure through the white-washed, fl ower decked alleyways to the church of Paraportiani or along the waterfront to the famous windmills. Overnight

on cruise. (B, D)

 

Day 4 – Saturday: Rhodes

Morning arrival to Rhodes. Walk through the island or take our optional excursion visiting the Temple of Athena on the majestic, rocky Acropolis of Lindos. Overnight on cruise.

(B, L, D)

 

Day 5 – Sunday: Kusadasi • Patmos

_ is morning your cruise ship’s port of call is the Turkish town of Kusadasi. We recommend an optional excursion to the ancient Greek city of Ephesus. In the afternoon you sail to the Island of Patmos for a visit to this beautiful and rocky island, the source of much of the New Testament, where the Monastery of St. John houses an original manuscript of the Gospel. Overnight on cruise. (B, L, D)

 

Day 6 – Monday: Athens

Your Aegean cruise ends this morning when your ship arrives to the Port of Piraeus. Day at leisure and overnight in Athens. (B)

 

Day 7 – Tuesday: Departure

After breakfast transfer to the airport for your return flight. (B)