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THE GRAND TOUR OF GREECE, THE CYCLADES AND CRETE
22 Days / 21 Nights Unique escape from the daily routine
Over 45 cities, 75% of the Greek territory, many of the most popular visited ancient sites, Mainland, Macedonia, Epirus,
Peloponese, 3 islands do I have to say more? You do self driving but we are with you all the time giving you directions, we have a daily contact. Nice hotels always at the best locations with high standard services.
:::::WE ARE NOT BROKERS: WE ARE GREECE DESTINATION TRAVEL PROFESSIONALS OPERATING FOR 35 YEARS IN GREECE AND CRETE:::::
:::PRICE PER PERSON::: $2793 / 1900
INCLUDES:
21 nights accommodation : 20 NIGHTS HOTEL ACCOMMODATION/ double occupancy on Bed & Breakfast bases and ONE NIGHT ON BOARD (night ferry trip PIRAEUS / CRETE)
16 days CAR RENTAL: B group car type Renault Clio or similar - manual swift including unlimited mileage, insurance, taxes NOTICE: Can apply AUTOMATIC SWIFT at extra cost of:
$1.058 / 720
TRANSPORTATION: ATHENS: Airport / hotel day of arrival, Port / hotel day of return from Mykonos, Hotel / airport day of departure. CRETE: Port / hotel day of departure. SANTORINI: port / hotel day of arrival and hotel / port day of departure, MYKONOS: port / hotel day of arrival and hotel / port day of departure.
TOURS: Athens city tour including Acropolis (escorted guided), Mykonos: The sacred island of DELOS (escorted guided)
MEALS: 20 breakfasts
TICKETS: Ferry tickets PIRAEUS / CRETE: AB2 cabin (Double inside cabin with WC and SHOWER), Boat tickets HERAKLION / SANTORINI (Economy class), SANTORINI / MYKONOS (Economy class), MYKONOS / PIRAEUS (Economy class)
MAPS / INFO material
SCHEDULE
DAY 1. ATHENS: Arrival at the airport of Athens. Reception at the airport. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation Athens
DAY 2. ATHENS: Athens city tour including Acropolis (Escorted guided). Rest of the day free. Accommodation Athens (Breakfast)
DAY.3 DELPHI: Pick up the car and drive north direction DELPHI. Arrival early afternoon. Visit the museum and the ruins of the site. Accommodation Delphi.
(Breakfast)
DAY.4 DELPHI / KALAMBAKA (METEORA): Drive north direction KALAMBAKA.. Arrival early afternoon. Visit the BYZANTINE monasteries. Accommodation Kalambaka. (Breakfast)
DAY.5 KALAMBAKA (METEORA) / DION / VERGINA / THESSALONIKI: Longer day today. Drive north east direction DION. Visit the ancient city and continue to the tombs of VERGINA. Then continue north direction THESSALONIKI.. Arrival late afternoon. Accommodation Thessaloniki.
(Breakfast)
DAY.6 THESSALONIKI: Longer day today. Drive north east direction DION. Visit the ancient city and continue to the tombs of VERGINA. Then continue north direction THESSALONIKI.. Arrival late afternoon. Accommodation Thessaloniki. (Breakfast)
DAY.7 THESSALONIKI / KAVALA PHILIPPI : The cities of KAVALA and PHILIPPI. The first cities APOSTLE PAUL visited on his second visit in Greece. Late afternoon back to Thessaloniki.. Accommodation Thessaloniki. (Breakfast)
DAY.8 THESSALONIKI / PELA / IOANNINA: Drive west and visit the capital city of Alexanders Great. Famous of the mosaics. The waterfalls of EDESSA and drive west to the city of IOANNINA. Accommodation Ioannina. (Breakfast)
DAY.9 IOANNINA / NAFPAKTOS: IOANNINA: Well known for the cave of Ioannina and the small island at the lake of Ioannina. Famous for the silver jewellers as well. Drive south direction NAFPAKTOS. Arrival late afternoon. Accommodation Nafpaktos.. (Breakfast)
DAY.10 NAFPAKTOS / OLYMPIA: Take a break this morning and walk the castle and join a snack or lunch at the sea front restaurants. Noon pass the bridge to Peloponese direction OLYMPIA. A two and a half hours drive and you reach Olympia. Accommodation Olympia. (Breakfast)
DAY.11 OLYMPIA / MANI: A visit to the OLYMPIC GAMES place of birth. The site and the museum and drive south direction MANI. Beautiful drive through the country side of Peloponese. Arrival late afternoon. Accommodation Mani. (Breakfast)
DAY.12 MANI / SPARTA: The famous cave of DIROU. The biggest / longer and nicer in Europe. Continue east to the city of Gythion and north to the city of SPARTA. Arrival late afternoon. Accommodation Sparta. (Breakfast)
DAY.13 SPARTA / MYSTRAS / NAFPLION: The empty BYZANTINE CITY OF MYSTRAS with the magnificent churches and frescoes. Drive north direction NAFPLION Arrival early afternoon. Accommodation NAFPLION. (Breakfast)
DAY.14 NAFPLION / MYCENAE / EPIDAVROS / CORINTH / PIRAEUS Night ferry trip to CRETE:
Visit the city of MYCENAE, the theatre of EPIDAVROS. Early afternoon pass the canal of CORINTH and arrival at PIRAEUS port. Drop off the car. Embarkation and night ferry trip to Heraklion CRETE. Accommodation on board(Breakfast)
DAY.15 CRETE: Arrival at HERAKLION / CRETE. Reception at the port and transportation to the hotel. Pick up the rented car and time to explore the island. Day 1st in Crete why not visit the palace of Knossos. Accommodation Crete.
DAY.16 CRETE: South central Crete: The city of Gortys and the palace of PHAESTOS. Lunch at the lake of Rouvas. Back to the hotel. Accommodation Crete. (Breakfast)
DAY.17 CRETE: WEST CRETE: The cities of CHANIA and RETHYMNON. Accommodation CRETE. (Breakfast)
DAY.18 CRETE / SANTORINI: Early morning drive to the port of Heraklion. Drop off the vehicle. Embarkation the boat and boat rip to SANTORINI. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel. Island at your disposal. Accommodation Santorini.. (Breakfast)
DAY.19 SANTORINI / MYKONOS: Morning island at your disposal. Early noon transportation to the port and boat trip to MYKONOS. Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation MYKONOS.(Breakfast)
DAY.20 MYKONOS / DELOS: Morning, escorted tour to the sacred island of DELOS. Join the night life of Mykonos. Accommodation MYKONOS.(Breakfast)
DAY.21 MYKONOS / PIRAEUS/ ATHENS: Morning, island at your disposal. Early noon transportation to the port. Embarkation and ferry trip to PIRAEUS. Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation ATHENS.(Breakfast)
DAY.22 ATHENS / FLIGHT BACK HOME: Breakfast and transportation to the airport. END OF SERVICES (Breakfast)
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