BYZANTINE GREECE – 9 DAYS/ 9 NIGHTS

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*PRE-TOUR DAY/ NIGHT: Transfer (escorted) from ARPT/ PORT to your hotel. Dinner. Overnight in Athens.

Day 1: Meet your guide and start knowing Athens. Visit the Acropolis and the Ancient Agora. Continue with Plaka and its churches. Lunch break in Plaka. Rest of evening free. Overnight in Athens.

Day 2: Today visit the one-of-a-kind Byzantine Museum of Athens and continue with the magnificent Benaki Museum and its wonderful collection. Lunch in a traditional local taverna. Afternoon icon painting workshop and free time to discover more of the beautiful city. Overnight in Athens.

Day 3: Leave Athens to head South, to the Peloponnese. After a short stop at the Corinth Canal, continue to Monemvasia. Stroll its famous “Kastro” and have lunch by the sea. Overnight in Monemvasia.

Day 4: 
Morning departure towards Sparta to visit the Medieval Mystras. Lunch in the little village and then drive to Dimitsana Arcadian traditional village. Overnight in Dimitsana.

Day 5: 
Visit the unique Open Air Water Museum and one of the famous historical monasteries: St. Johns Monastery or M. Philosophou. Great views of Loussios river. (If the weather is good and the time is enough you may walk down the Loussios Gorge to Ancient Gortys. Overnight in Dimitsana.

Day 6: Morning departure to Delphi via Mandra. On the way, visit of Hossios Loukas Monastery. Overnight in Delphi.

Day 7: After breakfast, you visit the site ( Apollo's Oracle) and the Museum including the famous "Charioteer". Lunch in Delphi and afternoon drive to Meteora. Overnight in Kalampaka area.

Day 8:
Morning tour of the  Meteora monasteries ( visit 2). Lunch and departure to Athens. Overnight in Athens.

Day 9: Transfer to the ARPT

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