Central - Northern Greece

8 Days / 7 Nights From: 1.035 € p.p. in twin

Effectuated at 13/05/13, 14/05/13, 24/06/13, 25/06/13, 09/09/13, 10/09/13, 23/09/13, 24/09/13, 07/10/13, 08/10/13

 

Itinerary

1. Day : Our friendly staff will welcome you at the airport and will transfer you to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure.Optional Athen’s by night tour with dinner and folklore dances.

2. Day : Athens Morning city tour of Athens, combining many of the city's principal modern and classical sights. You drive by the Parliament building where is the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier on Constitution square , by the neoclassical buildings of the Academy, University and National Library, by Hadrian’s Arch and by the Temple of Olympian Zeus which was the largest of all Greek Temples.Visit of the Acropolis with its magnificent monuments: the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens. Visit also of the New Acropolis Museum, where you will see the original statues which decorated the Acropolis of the 5th century B.C. Visit of the Panathenian Stadium which was rebuilt in 1896 for the first modern Olympics on the ruins of the ancient one.(Note: On Mondays as the New Acropolis Museum is closed, you visit instead the Temple of Olympian Zeus).

Rest of the day at leisure or choose to make the optional half day tour at Sounion.

3. Day : Delphi Drive to Delphi through Levadia and Arachova. Upon arrival visit the museum and the archaeological site. Rest of the day at leisure. Dinner and overnight in Delphi.

4. Day : Delphi – Kalambaka Drive by the central Greece towns of Amphissa, Lamia and Trikala to Kalambaka. Then visit the breathtaking Meteora.Dinner and Overnight in Kalambaka.

5. Day : Kalambaka – Dion – Thessaloniki Drive by Trikala and Larissa to the famous, sacred Macedonian town of Dion(visit). Then continue to Thessaloniki, the largest town in Northern Greece.Visit the most interesting museum of Thessaloniki and sightseeing of the city. Dinner and Overnight in Thessaloniki.

6. Day : Pella – Vergina  Veria Morning drive to Pella, Alexander the Great’s capital (visit). Continue to Vergina to visit the tomb of the King Phillip and the famous ‘’Vergina Treasures’’. Then on to Lefkadia where you visit the excavations. Return to Thessaloniki via Veria. Dinner and Overnight in Thessaloniki.

7. Day : Thessaloniki  Athens Start the return drive to Athens through the Tempi Valley, Larissa, Lamia, Thermopylae famous for the ancient battle that took place there (visit), Kamena Vourla, Athens. Overnight in Athens.

8. Day : Our friendly staff will transfer you to the Athen’s airport.

Package Includes

  • 3 overnights on bed and breakfast basis at good 3* hotel in Athens.
  • 4 overnights on half board basis (4 dinners) at 4* hotels in Delphi, Kalambaka and Thessaloniki.
  • Transfers from / to Athen’s airport.
  • Athens City tour with luxury air-conditioned bus and professional guide (English speaking).
  • Five days tour to Delphi, Kalambaka, Dion, Thessaloniki, Vergina, Veria with luxury air-conditioned bus and professional guide (English speaking).
  • Entrance fees to the archaeological sites as specified in itinerary.

Prices

  • Per person in twin in 3* hotel in Athens, 4* hotel during tour : 1.035 €
  • Single in 3* hotel in Athens, 4* hotel during tour : 1.340 €
  • Per person in twin in 4* hotel in Athens and during tour : 1.095 €
  • Single in 4* hotel in Athens and during tour : 1.415 €
  • Supplement for HB (dinner) at 3* hotel in Athens : 17 € per person per dinner
  • Supplement for HB (dinner) at 4* hotel in Athens : 22 € per person per dinner