• 11 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Dinner (D)

• Athens: Climb to the Acropolis with a Local Specialist and stand before the iconic Parthenon
• Archaeological Site of Mycenae: Sightseeing tour with your Local Specialist through ancient Mycenae, exploring royal tombs and Bronze Age ruins
• Enjoy a hands-on experience at the Axion Esti, a family-run organic beekeeping facility
• Sightseeing tour with a Local Specialist, walk the Sacred Way to the Temple of Apollo
• Enjoy a sightseeing tour with a Local Specialist to visit one of its sky-high monasteries
• Orientation of the port and Mykonos town includes a walk along the narrow-cobbled streets with your Travel Director
• Enjoy an orientation of the venetian inspired town of Naxos 
• Enjoy the cliff top town of Fira

• Selected hotel dinners, with optional meals to purchase
• 3-star stays
• Deluxe coach travel, and ferry journey

• Athens: Delve into Athens with a Local Specialist. See the iconic highlights of this ancient city, from the Acropolis to the site of the first modern Olympics.
• Archaeological Site of Mycenae: Walk through the Lion Gate past the royal beehive-tombs where Schliemann uncovered golden treasure, while hearing tales of Agamemnon from your Local Specialist.
• Nafplion: Visit Axion Esti, a family-run organic beekeeping facility in Argos. Meet Sophia and Anthony and learn how their passion for bees has grown into an award-winning operation. Suit up to see the hives up close, explore the museum, and sample local honey while discovering the importance of pollinators to the ecosystem. Your visit directly supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15: Life on Land.
• Delphi: With your Local Specialist, walk to 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 people once sought divine wisdom from the mysterious Oracle.
• Meteora: With a Local Specialist, 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.
• Mykonos: View the Windmills of Kato Mili and wander the beautiful blue and white streets of Chora.
• Mykonos: Your high-speed ferry skims across the Aegean towards the blue-domed churches of Mykonos, deep blue water rippling alongside you.
• Naxos: Get your bearings on an orientation of Naxos town, wandering its narrow whitewashed lanes past Venetian arches and shuttered houses before the harbor opens out ahead.
• Santorini: Enjoy an orientation of stunning Santorini upon arrival. 

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Climb the Acropolis with a Local Specialist and stand before the Parthenon, its marble columns overlooking modern Athens. Explore the capital’s classical landmarks, including the Panathenaic Stadium, the surviving columns of the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s Arch.

At the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, watch the Evzones’ ceremonial changing of the guard, marked by the striking steps of their traditional footwear. A pause at Vryssaki Art Cafe offers a terrace view towards the Acropolis.

Look down into the Corinth Canal, where a narrow strip of water runs between steep, near-vertical rock walls. The viewpoint reveals the scale of this cut through the Isthmus of Corinth, the slender land bridge connecting the Peloponnese with mainland Greece.

Completed in the late 19th century, the canal fulfilled an ambition discussed since antiquity: giving ships a passage between the Gulf of Corinth and the Saronic Gulf without sailing around the Peloponnese.

Explore the archaeological site of Mycenae with a Local Specialist, entering the Bronze Age citadel through its monumental Lion Gate. Walk among massive stone walls and royal burial sites while hearing how this powerful centre became entwined with the legends of Agamemnon.

Mycenaean civilisation flourished more than three thousand years ago. Its fortifications, tombs and archaeological finds offer a tangible glimpse of the world that preceded classical Greece and inspired later Greek storytelling.

Meet your hosts at Axion Esti, a family-run organic beekeeping facility. Put on beekeeper gear for a close look at the hives, explore the museum and taste local honey while learning how it is produced.

Sophia and Anthony share the work behind their award-winning operation and explain why bees matter to the surrounding ecosystem. This hands-on MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® visit connects a distinctive Greek food tradition with the people and pollinators that sustain it.

Walk Delphi’s Sacred Way with a Local Specialist, climbing the mountainside sanctuary towards the Temple of Apollo. See remains of the treasuries and ancient walls as olive groves spread across the valley below.

Pilgrims once travelled here to consult the Oracle of Delphi, whose pronouncements influenced decisions across the ancient Greek world. Your guide also brings to life the Pythian Games, where athletic, musical and poetic contests honoured Apollo.

Pause at Thermopylae beneath the slopes of Mount Kallidromos and look across the ground associated with King Leonidas and the Spartan-led Greek defence against the Persian army in 480 BCE.

The landscape differs from the battlefield of antiquity: land has accumulated where the shoreline once helped form a narrow passage between mountain and sea. Seeing the broad plain today makes the geography of that famous stand, and its changes over time, especially striking.

Visit one of Meteora’s monasteries with a Local Specialist, entering stone-built spaces perched high on a sandstone pillar above Kalambaka. Look out across a landscape of sheer rock towers and hear how monks once raised people and provisions by rope and ladder.

Monastic communities began establishing these retreats in the 14th century, seeking seclusion amid the dramatic formations. The setting gives a powerful sense of both the practical ingenuity and spiritual purpose behind life on the rocks.

Walk through Chora, Mykonos Town, with your Travel Director to get your bearings among whitewashed houses, cobalt-blue shutters and narrow stone-paved lanes. Explore the port area and view the Windmills of Kato Mili, one of the island’s most recognisable sights.

Small chapels and wooden balconies punctuate the Cycladic streetscape. This guided orientation offers a closer look at the island town beyond its waterfront, while helping you navigate its winding lanes with confidence.

Explore Naxos Town on a walking orientation, moving from the harbour into the old quarter’s whitewashed lanes and arched passages. See Venetian-influenced stonework around the Kastro, the hilltop castle district overlooking the waterfront.

The town’s layers reflect centuries of Cycladic island life and Venetian rule. Shuttered houses, sheltered alleys and glimpses of the Aegean give this orientation a character distinct from the smaller, more uniform streetscapes of other islands.

Get your bearings in Santorini and follow the clifftop at Fira, looking down across the caldera’s immense blue basin. White buildings cling to the dark volcanic rim, while cave houses and church domes mark the steep slopes above the sea.

The views reveal the island’s defining geography: Santorini forms part of the rim of an ancient volcanic caldera. This orientation brings its villages, cliffs and open water into focus and offers a clear sense of the landscape that shapes life here.

Choose an evening experience in Nafplio to view Palamidi Castle above the town, Bourtzi Fortress in the harbour and the Sleeping Lion carved into the rock. Share dinner at a family-run local restaurant.

Nafplio’s fortifications and neoclassical streets reflect its layered history, including its years as the first capital of modern Greece. The combination of local landmarks and a shared meal offers a closer look at the town. This Optional Experience costs extra and is bookable on tour.

Gather at an Athens taverna for a Greek evening, sharing traditional dishes and drinks around the table. The lively setting may tempt you onto the dance floor as music and conversation fill the room.

Tavernas are a familiar part of Greek social life, built around food meant to be enjoyed together rather than hurried through. This hosted evening centres on that convivial atmosphere. It is an Optional Experience at additional cost, bookable on tour.

Explore Mykonos Town through its food with a Local Specialist, moving through Chora’s narrow lanes and tasting local favourites at stops along the way. Hear the stories behind what is on your plate while seeing the town from a different perspective.

The food walk pairs Cycladic streets and everyday flavours, offering an alternative to sightseeing focused solely on the island’s waterfront and whitewashed buildings. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and can be booked on tour.

Travel across Mykonos’s pale, dry interior to Ano Mera and step inside the 16th-century Monastery of Panagia Tourliani. Examine its richly carved wooden icon screen before heading towards the coast and some of the island’s Blue Flag beaches.

Stone walls, village life and gilded religious art reveal another side of Mykonos beyond Chora. At the shore, walk onto the sand or swim in the Aegean. This Optional Experience costs extra and is bookable on tour.

Roll up your sleeves for a Naxian cooking lesson, preparing food alongside local hosts rather than simply ordering from a menu. The hands-on format offers the chance to learn directly from the people guiding you through the kitchen.

Naxos is known for its fertile valleys and agricultural traditions, which give island cooking a character of its own. This hosted experience puts that food culture at the centre of the evening. It costs extra and is bookable on tour.

Journey beyond the Naxos seafront into mountain country and traditional villages. Watch the scenery change as the route climbs inland, passing olive trees, vines and fruit groves in the island’s fertile valleys.

This inland tour reveals a side of Naxos shaped by farming and village life, contrasting with its harbour and beaches. The changing landscape is the focus of this Optional Experience, which is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Taste Santorini wines grown in volcanic soil, discovering the crisp, mineral character associated with the island’s vineyards. Explore Oia’s winding passages, where cave houses, old captains’ mansions and blue-domed churches overlook the caldera.

The island’s volcanic terrain shapes both its wines and its dramatic cliffside villages. In Oia, the evening light softens white facades above the Aegean, adding a scenic contrast to the tasting. This Optional Experience costs extra and is bookable on tour.

Walk through Akrotiri’s Bronze Age streets, seeing houses, stairways and large storage jars preserved beneath volcanic ash. Explore Megalochori, where cobbled paths lead between old houses and church towers, with vineyards beyond the village.

Akrotiri offers an unusually vivid view of life on Santorini before the ancient eruption, while Megalochori reflects the island’s lived-in village heritage. Together they reveal more than the caldera’s famous views. This Optional Experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Sail through Santorini’s caldera by catamaran, viewing the island’s volcanic cliffs from the water. Dive in for a swim and snorkel in the Aegean, with sunlight shifting across the surface above you.

Seeing the caldera from sea level gives a different sense of the height and scale of the villages perched on its rim. This water-based Optional Experience costs extra and is bookable on tour.