Overview:

This concise tour covers a multitude of noteworthy ancient sites, majestic monuments and mystical monasteries.

Countries Visited

Greece

An expert Insight Tour Director, at the pinnacles of their careers, will smooth your way throughout your journey. They are your ‘travelling concierges', expert guides, consummate organisers and friends in a foreign land.

Enjoy the unique comfort of Insight's luxury air-conditioned 40 seat coach with extended leg room and on-board restroom. It's business class comfort.

Personal radio headsets, gives you the freedom to wander during visits to famous highlights without missing any of your local expert's fascinating insights and commentaries.

Baggage handling everywhere, with seamless and prompt delivery to your door at every hotel. Hotel and restaurant tips included - you'll never have to worry about how much to give, nor search for foreign currency. Plus we include all taxes and porterage charges at hotels.

Stay connected with friends and family with our complimentary coach and hotel WiFi.

Insight Flourishes - from time to time, your Tour Director will enchant you with local tidbits, each representing authentic food or beverages unique to the destination.

Airport transfers at scheduled times on the first and last day of your escorted journey.

Services of Insight’s resident manager in Athens.

Athens: See Hadrian's Arch and the Temple of Zeus.
Corinth Canal: Cross the amazing rock-cut channel dividing the Peloponnese from mainland Greece.
Patras: Cross world's longest multi-span cable-stayed bridge.
Thermopylae: See the memorial to Leonidas and his heroic Spartans.
Olympia: Join a local chef and get to grips with the local flavours in an introduction to Greek cooking.
Athens: Toast the culmination of your tour in true Greek tradition at a lively Celebration Dinner with wine.
6 Breakfasts (BB), 2 three-course table d'hôte Dinners or Buffet, plus tea or coffee (D); plus 1 Welcome Dinner (WD), 1 Signature Evening (SE), and 1 Celebration Dinner (CD) all with wine plus tea and coffee. Departures on tour for New Year's Eve enjoy a festive Highlight Dinner.
Athens: Ascend the ‘Sacred Rock', the Acropolis, to admire the Parthenon built in 5th century BC as well as the smaller Temple of Athena Nike and ‘Porch of the Maidens'.
Mycenae: Walk through the Lion Gate past the royal ‘beehive' tombs where Schliemann uncovered golden treasure, hearing tales of Agamemnon (hacked to death in his bath by his wife Klytemnestra!).
Argolis: View beautiful works of art during your visit to a family-run pottery studio, which embraces traditional methods.
Epidaurus: Visit the Sanctuary of Asklepios. In the centre of the enclosure stood the temple dedicated to the god of medicine. Visit the museum, as well as the best preserved open-air theatre in the whole of Greece.
Olympia: Olympia was the original location of the Olympic Games, held every four years during a 1,000 year period as a celebration of the Hellenic spirit. Here lie the ruins of temples and treasures dedicated to Zeus, King of the Gods.
Delphi: Ascend the Sacred Way, once lined with offertory temples. See the reconstructed Athenian Treasury and pass the superb Polygonal Wall to reach the Temple of Apollo, where the people would seek divine wisdom from the mysterious Oracle.
Meteora: Visit one of the remarkable, centuries-old monasteries of Meteora, teetering on towers of rock, and arguably the most spectacular place to visit in Greece.
Athens: The Divani Caravel is a luxury hotel situated in the heart of Athens. A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, it epitomises refinement, elegance and exceptional service.
Nafplion: Nafplia Palace is located on the slope of the ancient fortress of Akronafplia. It offers rooms with views of the Argolic Bay and spacious private balconies overlooking Nafplion and Bourtzi island fort
Olympia: At the Antonios Hotel, the emphasis is on a comfortable and cosy stay. Take advantage of the discreet service and tranquil atmosphere. Rooms are functional and offer all the essential comforts.
Delphi: The Amalia hotel is located within walking distance from the famous attractions of Delphi, the Archaeological Museum, the temple of Apollo and the Castalia Fountain.
Kalambaka: The Divani Hotel is surrounded by the majestic, towering rocks known as Meteora, in the charming village of Kalambaka.