15 Days from $3224 Including Airfare
3 Nights Athens, 4 Day Classical Tour & 7
Day Cruise
 DAY
1 FRI – USA:
Depart USA for an overnight flight to Athens. Full service on board.
DAY
2, SAT – ATHENS:
Arrival in Athens. A Homeric Tours representative
welcomes you to Greece and transfers you to your
hotel.
DAY 3, SUN – ATHENS:
Morning sightseeing tour of Athens. Visit the
Acropolis and the world famous on-site museum.
Spend the afternoon at leisure. (B)
DAY 4, MON – ATHENS / MYCENAE / OLYMPIA:
Today, begin your Classical Tour of Greece.
Millenniums of history unfold as you visit the
archaeological sites of Mycanae and Epidaurus. Drive
on to Olympia for dinner and overnight. (D)
DAY 5, TUE – OLYMPIA / DELPHI:
Morning visit of the ancient site of Olympia,
site of
the ancient Olympic Games. Drive via Patras and
Rion to Delphi for dinner and overnight. (B,D)
DAY
6, WED – DELPHI / KALAMBAKA:
Morning
visit of the archeological site of Delphi and
its museum. Travel to Kalambaka for dinner and
overnight. (B,D)
DAY
7, THU – KALAMBAKA / METEORA / ATHENS:
This morning visit the breathtaking monasteries of
Meteora. Begin your drive back to Athens in the
afternoon. Evening return to Athens. (B)
DAY
8, FRI – ATHENS / PIRAEUS / CRUISE:
Morning at leisure. This afternoon, you will
picked
up at your hotel and transferred to the port of
Piraeus, where you will board your cruise ship.
DAY 9 SAT – ISTANBUL
Late afternoon arrival in Istanbul. Enjoy the
nightlife
of Istanbul, enjoy a delicious Turkish dinner or
have a
drink at a local café. (B,L,D)
DAY
10, SUN – ISTANBUL
Take an optional excursion to the City of
Istanbul
where you will visit Aghia Sophia, the Topkapi
Museum, the Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar and much
more. (B,L,D)
DAY
11, MON – MYKONOS
Arrive in Mykonos, where you can enjoy a
fun-filled
afternoon and evening. Walk the cobblestone streets,
visit the many shops, enjoy a drink while taking in
the view of the ocean or enjoy dinner at a local
taverna. (B,L,D)
DAY
12, TUE – PATMOS & KUSADASI (TURKEY)
Arrive in Patmos and take an optional excursion to
the Monastery and Cave where John the Divine wrote
the book of revelations. Sail on to Kusadasi where
you may take an optional excursion to the ancient
city of Ephesus. (B,L,D)
DAY 13, WED – RHODES
Arrive in the early morning where you will spend a
full day. Take an optional excursion of Rhodes and
the Acropolis of Lindos to visit the Temple of
Athena.
(B,L,D)
DAY 14, THU – HERAKLION (CRETE) & SANTORINI
Early arrival in Heraklion, the capital of Crete.
Take
an optional excursion to the city of Heraklion and
the
Palace of King Minos at Knossos. Sail on to
Santorini,
where you may take an optional excursion to the
excavation site at Akrotiri where recent Minoan
excavations support the theories that Santorini
might
be the fabled continent of Atlantis. (B,L,D)
DAY 15, FRI – PIRAEUS / ATHENS / USA:
Return to Piraeus. Disembark after breakfast and
transfer to the airport for the return flight home. (B)
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