HIGHLIGHTS
INCLUDED IN YOUR TOUR:
Meeting/assistance at the airport
Return transfer
to/from airport
6 nights at
selected hotels with continental breakfast and 3 dinners
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
Today you arrive in Athens and are taken to your hotel. Overnight
Athens.
Day 2 Monday: Corinth Mycaene
Epidaurus
Leave Athens and cross the Corinth Canal which joins the Aegean and
Ionion seas. After a brief stop, proceed to the ruins of Mycenae. In Epidaurus,
visit the 14,000 seat theatre. Dinner and overnight in the port of Nauplion.
(B, D)
Day 3 Tuesday: Olympia
Drive through the scenic Peloponnese by way of Tripolis to Olympia. Go
through Arcadia, the home of the lute-playing Pan, Megalopolis, arrive to
Olympia at midday. _ is is the cradle of the Panhellenic Games held in honour
of Zeus. Modern Olympics are descended from Olympia. Visit the stadium that
still houses the sacred eternal Olympic fl ame and continue to the Museum with
is statue of Hermes by Praxiteles. Dinner and overnight in Olympia. (B, D)
Day 4 Wednesday: Delphi
Visit the picturesque villages and plains of the Western Peloponnese. At
Patras you board a ferry and cross the Gulf of Corinth. Proceed via Nafpaktos
and Galaxida to Delphi, the sanctuary of the god Apollo and site of the famous
Delphic Oracle and the Nine Muses. _ e highlight is the majestic Doric Temple.
Walk along the Sacred Way with its Treasuries and monuments and the Castalia
Fountain. Dinner and overnight in Delphi. (B,D)
Day 5 Th ursday: Delphi Athens
In the morning, visit the Museum of Delphi for a viewing of the 5th
century bronze statue. Return to Athens via Levadia and _ ebes. Overnight in
Athens. (B)
Day 6 Friday: Cruise to Mykonos
After breakfast embark for the Cruise. Todays 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, flower decked
alleyways to the church of Paraportiani or along the waterfront to the famous
windmills. Overnight on cruise. (B, D)
Day 7 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 8 Sunday: Kusadasi (Ephesus)
Patmos
This morning your cruise ships 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 9 Monday: Piraeus 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 10 Tuesday: Departure
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your return
flight. (B)
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