1st DAY:Depart from our terminal for three day trip via the coastal National highway for our first (short) stop at the impressive Corinth canal. We continue to Epidaurus with its theater, famous for its acoustics. Our day continues as we will be arriving in the picturesque Nafplion (the first capital of Greece) for a short stop. Our next visit will be Mycenae a UNESCO World Heritage site. «Rich in gold» as Homer mentions, with the Cyclopean Walls, the Lion's Gate, the Royal Tombs, including Agamemnon & Clytemnestra's, and the Treasury of Atreus, a magnificent 14th-century B.C. structure. In the afternoon, we will be crossing the mountains of the Peloponnese to arrive in Olympia for dinner and overnight.
2nd DAY: Built on the banks of the River Alfios, Olympia is beautiful, green, and placid. We will enjoy a tour through
the remains of the Ancient Olympia Complex (home of the
original Olympic Games), including the Temple of Zeus,
the Palaestra, and Phidias’s Workshop. We continue to the local museum, one of the richest in Greece, with the impressive statue of
Hermes of Praxitelis.
In the afternoon, we will start heading north, driving around Patras, over the impressive
Rio-Antirio bridge, through Nafpaktos and Itea, to Delphi for dinner and overnight.
3rd DAY: Delphi used to be the most sacred spot in the world and a pilgrimage center for many centuries in the antiquity. You will pass by CASTALIA SPRING, visit at the archaeological site and view the monument of the Argive Kings, the temple of Pronaia, the treasury of the Athenians, the Athenian Stoa, the Polygonal Wall, the monument of Platea and the Temple of Apollo home of Pythia (oracle). We continue to the local museum with the famous bronze statue of the Charioteer.
In the afternoon we will heading on to Kalabaka (nearby Meteora) for overnight and dinner.
4th DAY: This morning we will be visiting Meteora. Amazing rock formations, like towers of sandstone, stand ageless, and have
provided sacred retreat for monks over the centuries. A number
of monasteries are hidden on top of Meteora. The view
over the plain is breathtaking. Meteora is considered among
the most beautiful areas of mainland Greece and belongs to
Unesco's list of world heritage monuments.
After our visit, we will be take the road back to Athens. On the way, we will make a short stop
at Thermopylae, to admire the statue of Leonidas king of Sparta.
2nd DAY: Built on the banks of the River Alfios, Olympia is beautiful, green, and placid. We will enjoy a tour through the remains of the Ancient Olympia Complex (home of the original Olympic Games), including the Temple of Zeus, the Palaestra, and Phidias’s Workshop. We continue to the local museum, one of the richest in Greece, with the impressive statue of Hermes of Praxitelis. In the afternoon, we will start heading north, driving around Patras, over the impressive Rio-Antirio bridge, through Nafpaktos and Itea, to Delphi for dinner and overnight.
