Join us as we sail over the wine-dark sea to beautiful sun-drenched islands for a unique tour designed to give you the best of ancient and modern Greece at a relaxing pace. (The order of the itinerary may vary due to the sailing date of the cruise.) 

Day 1 - Board our flight to Athens. 

Day 2 - Welcome to the city of Perikles and Athena. This afternoon, we will take a short walk from our first class hotel to visit the Akropolis with its magnificent Parthenon and Erechtheion. 
 

Day 3 through 6 - For the next 4 nights and five days we will enjoy a relaxing, luxurious cruise to the most famous spots in the Aegean: Mykonos, the island of golden sands and white windmills; Santorini, one of the most spectacular islands in the world, and a center of the great ancient Cycladic civilization; Crete, land of Minoans, the Palace of Knossos, and Zorba; Rhodes, an island paradise; Kusadasi on the coast of Turkey, stopping off place to visit Ephesos, a vast archaeological site; and finally, small, beautiful Patmos, the island in the eastern Aegean where John wrote The Book of Revelation. 

Day 7 - After disembarking from our cruise, our adventure continues with an archaeological tour of the most notable sites on the mainland. We travel to ancient Corinth, then to Epidauros, sanctuary of the god of medicine; and then to Mycenae, home of Agamemnon, commander of the Greeks at Troy. 

Day 8 - Off to Olympia and the sanctuary of Zeus and the museum. From 776 B.C., civilized nations from the whole ancient world gathered here to participate in the Olympic Games. 

Day 9 - Our destination this morning is Delphi Delphi on Mt. Parnassos, seat of the Oracle of Apollo, god of prophesy. This is truly one of the most majestic sites of antiquity, and the museum is world famous. This afternoon we drive south from Delphi to Piraeus, where our hydrofoil will be waiting to take us to the island of Hydra. 

Day 10 & 11 - Hydra, with no automobiles or motorbikes, is one of the most beautiful and peaceful of the Greek islands. Famous in the 18th and 19th century for its wealthy ship captains, today Hydra is noted for its beauty, its artists, and for the beautiful blue water below its precipitous cliffs. A great place to enjoy the easy pace of island life. 

Day 12 - Today we will return from Hydra to Athens where we will have the remainder of the day free for last minute sightseeing. 

Day 13 - Our hosts will drive us to the airport and assist us with check-in for our flight home from the land of Gods and heroes. 

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Meals:  Many meals are included in the itinerary, but not all. This is because part of the fun and the cultural experience is to enjoy the excellent and inexpensive food in authentic Greek restaurants. Our tour leader will suggest to you the establishments we have discovered through the years. 

Included as part of the tour:

• Roundtrip scheduled air
•  Transfers
•  4 night, 5 day cruise, upper outside cabins
•  All meals on the cruise
•  Breakfasts and dinners on the archaeological tour
•  Port taxes
•  Admissions to Akropolis and on archaeological tour
•  Expert guiding

Not included with the tour:

•  Shore excursions
•  Gratuities
•  Items of a personal nature