Aegean Experience & 3 Day Cruise

7 Days / 6 Nights

Highlights included in your tour:

• Meeting and assistance at the airport.

• Arrival and departure assisted transfers

• 3 nights first class or deluxe accommodation in Athens.

• Continental breakfast served daily at your hotel in Athens.

• Air-conditioned transportation for transfers and tours.

• Half day organized tour of Athens.

• Three days Cruise by Louis Cruises, all meals included.

• All hotel taxes, service charges and port taxes.

• Services of our representative office in Athens.

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

After breakfast pick-up from the hotel at 9:00 a.m. and departure for a half day organized tour of Athens. Passing in front of the Temple to Olympeious Zeus and Hadrian Arch, we make a short stop for photos at the Panathenaic Stadium, the place where the first Olympic game of the modern era in 1896 were held. We continue to see the Greek House of Parliament in the Constitution Square and the famous Envones wearing their traditional costume. After that we make a short stop at the Royal Palace and we continue to see from outside the National Library, the Academy and end our tour by visiting the Acropolis, the masterpiece of architecture. Return to the hotel at approximately 1:30 p.m. Rest of the day at leisure. Overnight in Athens. (B)

Day 3 - Friday: Cruise to Mykonos

After breakfast at your hotel you will be escorted to Athens Port of Piraeus where you will embark for the Cruise. For the next three days, laze in luxurious comfort, take a swim in the pool, participate in a wide range of daily and nightly activities and enjoy gourmet meals and entertainment by a myriad of performers. 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, flower decked alleyways to the church of Paraportiani or along the waterfront to the famous windmills. (B,D)

Day 4 - Saturday: Rhodes

Morning arrival to Rhodes, a beautiful Philistine and Crusader stronghold. Take a walk through this magnificent island, enjoy the cosmopolitan atmosphere offered at one of the elegant cafes on the yacht harbour, or take our optional excursion visiting the Temple of Athena on the majestic, rocky Acropolis of Lindos, with the blue Aegean beneath it and the sophisticated, whitewashed artists’ colony at its feet. (B,L,D)

Day 5 - Sunday: Kusadasi / Patmos

This 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. Excavations still continue today in this once great city, founded in the 10th century BC. Remarkable public buildings here include the Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsius and the Temple of Artemis, considered as one of the seventh wonders of the world. 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. (B,L,D)

Day 6 - Monday: Disembark

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

Day 7 - Tuesday: Departure

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