Greece: Tracing the Magnificent Peloponnese
Tracing the magnificent Peloponnese includes visiting Athens, Santorini and Peloponnese which are three wonderful destinations you would not want to miss in Greece!
Tracing the magnificent Peloponnese includes visiting Athens, Santorini and Peloponnese which are three wonderful destinations you would not want to miss in Greece!
Upon your arrival in Athens be welcomed by your English-Speaking driver and depart to your hotel for check in.
Choose your tour in Athens- proposed tour: Private tour to Acropolis & the New Acropolis Museum. Your guide will meet you at the hotel and together you will start your city tour in Athens. In Athens you will visit the Acropolis and the New Museum of Acropolis. At the Acropolis you will visit the architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens: The Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion and finally “the harmony between material and spirit”.
After an early breakfast, meet with your English-Speaking driver and depart for the Airport for your flight to Santorini Island. Upon arrival meet with your English-Speaking assistant and driver and transfer to your hotel for check in. Free day in Santorini. Enjoy a complimentary glass of Santorini wine in a café/ bar /restaurant, while admiring the view of the Caldera and the world known Santorini sunset.
Optional tour in Santorini: Morning or Afternoon sailing tour
Optional tour in Santorini: Private Island tour, Venetian Castles & Sunset. After your tour, you will be picked up with your English-speaking driver and transferred to Santorini Airport for your flight to Athens Airport.
Check out and transfer to Santorini Airport where you will take your flight back to Athens Airport. Upon your arrival in Athens, you will check in at the hotel and spend the rest of your time at leisure
Optional tour. Proposed tour: The Peloponnese is the south-westerly part of Greece’s mainland. During ancient times, it was the home of some of the Mediterranean’s most powerful city-states -such as Corinth and Sparta – and in modern times, its main city Nafplion became Greece’s first capital. After about 1 hour of driving, your tour will begin with a stop-over at the Corinth Canal before moving on to the site of Ancient Corinth. After your visit we propose to enjoy a traditional Greek lunch by the sea
Proposed tour: Tour of Monemvasia castle. Distance from Nafplion: ~ 3hrs driving. It is a narrow promontory on the southeast coast of Lakonia, Peloponnese, today a small island that used to be a peninsula in the distant past, according to ancient Greek traveller Pausanias’ “Guide to Greece”.
After Breakfast, check out and Visit Mani.
Spend the day at leisure
Proposed tour: Visit Mystical Mystras. Dominating the foreground is the fortified town of Mystras, fought over by Franks, Venetians, Byzantines and Ottomans, and now a UNESCO World Heritage site whose Byzantine splendour of impressive churches, palaces, fortresses and cobbled paths continues to transmit its mystical energy as strongly as ever.
Free day at Leisure!
After Breakfast, continue your trip to Pylos Visit Pylos and enjoy a boat tour in Navarino Bay!
Check out and start your return trip to Athens and Athens Airport for your flight back home.