Familiarization Tours
10-Day Once in a Lifetime Greece Familiarization Tour
 
DAY 01 - DEPART USA / ATHENS
Today we depart aboard a jumbo jet
for Athens, capital of Greece. After take-off a delicious dinner
will be served.
DAY 02 - ATHENS
Early afternoon arrival at Athens International
Airport where we are met and assisted through customs and baggage
claim formalities,
then transferred to our hotel. Remainder of day is at leisure for
browsing and shopping in the 'Plaka Area'. Dinner and overnight
in Athens.
DAY 03 - ATHENS CITY TOUR
This morning we visit the House of Parliament,
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Theatre of Dyoneseus and the Odeon
of Herodes Atticus,
then to the famous Acropolis. Entering past the graceful Propylea
visit the marble Temple of Wingless Victory, the incredible Parthenon
- considered the world's most perfectly proportioned edifice. Also
Mars Hill where Paul preached to the populace of Athens. Dinner
and overnight in Athens.
DAY 04 - ATHENS / THESSALONIKI
We depart Athens for Thessalonki, driving
through the beautiful countryside of northern Greece, including
Thermopylae, Lamia, and the Valley
of Tempi, Larissa, and arrive in Thessaloniki for a city tour,
then transfer to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
DAY 05 - THESSALONIKI,
PHILIPPI, THESSALONIKI
We visit the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki,
and then continue to Philippi. There we visit the Baptistry of
Lydia,
the marketplace,
the cistern where St. Paul was imprisoned, the Basilica and the
theater. We return to Thessaloniki. Dinner and overnight at our
hotel.
DAY 06 - VERIA, METEORA, KALAMBAKA
We depart Thessaloniki and
drive to Veria (ancient Beria), viewing the memorial commemorating
Paul's preaching to the local Jews in
54 AD, and the Egnatia Way, once a strategic artery of the Roman
Empire. From there we drive to Kalambaka and the Meteora Monasteries.
Dinner and overnight at our Hotel.
DAY 07 - METEORA, DELPHI
Visit Meteora Monasteries. Among striking
scenery, perched on top of huge rocks, that seem to be suspended
in mid-air, stand ageless
monasteries where you can see exquisite specimens of Byznatine
art. Continue to Delphi. Dinner and overnight at our Hotel
DAY 08
- DELPHI, ATHENS
Delphi, the center of the Ancient World - the "Omphalos" (navel)
of the earth - whose prestige extended far beyond the boundaries
of the Hellenic World. On the slopes of Mount Parnassus, in a landscape
of unparalleled beauty and majesty, lie the ruins of the Sanctuary
of Apollo Pythios. Visit the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple
of Apollo and the museum. We return to Athens for dinner and overnight
at our hotel.
DAY 09 - ATHENS, CORINTH
This morning we depart for Corinth. A
drive along the Saronic Gulf across the Corinth Canal through rolling
vineyards to
ancient Corinth
which was the most beautiful and frivolous city of Roman Greece.
Visit the Doric style Temple of Apollo, the market place, museum,
the Fountain of Pirene, the Agora, and the Bema from which Paul
preached so well. Return to Athens for dinner and overnight in
Athens.
DAY 10 - ATHENS, USA
After breakfast, we will be transferred to
the airport for our return flight to the United States, arriving
the same day.
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