• 3 Dinner (D)
• 9 Breakfast (B)

• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays
• Deluxe coach travel, and ferry journey

• Athens: Taste seasonal dishes built around olive oil, grains, legumes and coastal produce, paired with wines from native grape varieties grown across mainland and island vineyards.
• Santorini: What better way to start your island adventure than to sip on a cocktail as you take in one of the world’s most beautiful sunsets.
• Mykonos: Enjoy a light dinner of traditional island appetizers on a tasting tour, with flavors such as olive oil, cheeses, Kopanisti, dolmades, gigantes, rock samphire, fresh bread and pastries while learning how these ingredients shape everyday Mykonian cooking.
• Athens: Toast the culmination of your travels with dinner in true Greek style at a local restaurant.

• Santorini: Meet a local geology expert and learn how the Santorini caldera, one of Earth’s natural wonders, was formed 3,500 years ago.
• Mykonos: Meet a Greek captain who will take you on a traditional caique to cruise the coast of Mykonos and tell you more about life on the island.

Toast your island arrival and toast with a cocktail as the sky glows over Santorini’s rim. From a caldera-side vantage, watch the whitewashed villages blush pink while the sea turns silver—an unhurried prelude to the evening.

Gain a sense of place gazing across the sunset over the caldera and its volcanic cliffs, sculpted by a Bronze Age eruption that shaped Santorini’s dramatic crescent. Conversation flows easily as the last light fades into the Aegean.

Discover Santorini’s origins as you meet a local geology expert for an engaging explanation of the island’s landscape. Take in sweeping views from the rim while tracing the arc of the volcanic caldera across the Aegean.

Hear how a cataclysmic Bronze Age eruption collapsed the island’s core, leaving pumice-layered cliffs and terraced vineyards that capture ocean breezes. Insightful, place-specific storytelling brings myth, science and scenery together in one striking panorama.

Walk the labyrinth of whitewashed lanes and explore Mykonos Town with a Local Specialist, threading past cobalt doors, Matogianni boutiques and the waterside cafés of Little Venice beneath the windmills.

Conclude with a light tasting to sample traditional meze—from kopanisti cheese and dolmades to rock samphire and fresh breads—while learning how Cycladic ingredients, olive oil and island cheeses shape everyday Mykonian cooking.

Set out with a local skipper and cruise with a Greek captain on a traditional kaiki along Mykonos’ coastline. Glide by Little Venice and the iconic windmills, with foam-flecked seas and white facades unfolding at water level.

Listen to island stories of fishermen, weather and feast days while the Aegean breeze wraps the deck. When conditions allow, this relaxed outing showcases Mykonos from its most photogenic angle—by the water.

Gather in the capital to meet your Travel Director and fellow travellers over a hosted dinner celebrating Greek flavors. Taste seasonal dishes centered on olive oil, grains, garden herbs and coastal produce.

Raise a glass to discovery with pours from native grape varieties such as Assyrtiko or Agiorgitiko. Meze plates encourage sharing and conversation, setting a warm tone for your exploration of the mainland and islands.

Conclude your journey with a convivial evening at a local restaurant to toast your journey and the friendships forged along the way. Expect bright salads, rustic baked dishes and market-fresh seafood.

In the spirit of Greek hospitality, savour approachable classics—slow-cooked lamb, grilled octopus, tangy cheeses—paired with regional wines. Reflect on island sunsets and marble temples as Athens hums outside.

Travel along the Athens Riviera to the Temple of Poseidon, poised above sheer headlands. Stroll the marble colonnade as the sunset over the Saronic Gulf ignites sea and stone, capturing the aura of this clifftop sanctuary.

Hear tales of sailors, storms and Lord Byron’s carved signature while admiring 5th-century BCE architecture. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour and subject to availability and weather.

Support marine conservation on a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER Experience at a rehabilitation facility along the Athens coast. Learn how teams care for injured Caretta caretta sea turtles and how your visit helps support local conservation.

See rehabilitation pools, understand threats from fishing gear and plastics, and gain tips for responsible travel on Greek beaches. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour and subject to operational hours.

Embrace Athens after dark with a festive Traditional Greek taverna night featuring live music and dance. Share meze plates, sip local wine and, if you wish, join the circle for a sirtaki as the bouzouki leads the rhythm.

Hosts explain the roots of songs and regional dishes, turning dinner into a lively cultural exchange. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Dine in the lively Psiri district, where street art, neoclassical facades and spirited tavernas create a quintessential Athenian mood. Enjoy a hosted dinner of meze and grilled specialties paired with local wines.

Your host introduces favourite neighbourhood addresses and the stories behind classic recipes, from oregano-scented lamb to honeyed pastries. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Step into the Bronze Age at Akrotiri, the Aegean’s best-preserved prehistoric settlement. Elevated walkways let you walk above excavated streets, viewing multi-storey homes, storage jars and fresco fragments sealed by volcanic ash preservation.

Hear how trade links, artistry and daily life ended abruptly with the Minoan-era eruption, and how archaeologists read the clues left behind. This is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore Athens with a Local Specialist and join a guided panoramic tour past Syntagma Square, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the marble Panathenaic Stadium. Glimpse classical columns beside modern boulevards and the storied arch of Hadrian framing the city’s shifting eras.

Continue upward to ascend the Acropolis, standing beneath the Parthenon while hearing how Pericles reshaped a city. See the Temple of Athena Nike and the Porch of the Maidens on the Erechtheion, masterpieces of balance and grace overlooking the Aegean light.

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