10
Days Greece Tour plus 1 Day Cruise in the Gulf Islands |
Day
1 - Depart USA to Athens
Day
2 - ATHENS
Arrive
at Athens Airport
to be met and assisted by our representative.
Meet your tour guide and bus driver
and transfer
to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3 - ATHENS-CORINTH-CENCHREAE-ATHENS
Drive along the picturesque Corinthian
Gulf via its historic canal to Corinth (Acts
18:1-18) where the apostle Paul lived and worked
and from where he sent his first and second
letters to the Corinthians. Continue to
Cenchreae, the ancient seaport from where the
apostle Paul set sail for Ephesus. Afternoon
visit of Athens (Acts 17:15) with the spectacular
Parthenon and Mars Hill, where the apostle Paul
preached to the philosophers of his day. Dinner
and overnight stay.
Day 4 - ATHENS-DELPHI
Today takes us north to Delphi where the priestess
Pythia pronounced her famous oracles in the
Temple of Apollo. Visit the theater and stadium.
Dinner and overnight stay in Delphi.
Day 5 - DELPHI-METEORA-KALAMBAKA
Continue on to spectacular Meteora with its
thousand-year-old Byzantine monasteries
perched precariously on huge finger-like rocks.
The view from here is breathtakingly beautiful.
Dinner and overinght stay in Kalambaka.
Day
6 - KALAMBAKA-BEREA-THESSALONIKI
Next
stop Berea (Acts 17:10) and then on to Thessaloniki
(Acts 17:6) where Paul also preached and to
where he sent his first and second letters to
the Thessalonians. Here we see the Egnatian
Road, the Galerius Arch, the Citadel and the
Archaelogical Museum. Dinner and overnight stay
in Thessaloniki
Day
7 - THESSALONIKI-PHILIPPI-KAVALA
We drive on our way to Philippi by
the Lion statue of Amphipolis
(Acts 17:1) (short stop for photos). Picturesque
drive to the city of Philippi (Acts 19:19),
where Paul established the first church in Europe.
Here we see the river where Lydia and possibly
the jailer were baptized and the ancient Forum
and jail where Paul and Silas were kept. On
the return journey, we pass by the beautiful
city of Kavala (Neapolis) (Acts 16:11) for dinner
and overnight stay.
Day 8 - KAVALA-ATHENS
Journey back to the capital via Tempi and also
Thermopylae where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans
stopped the powerful Persian army. See the statue
of Leonidas and the hill where the weapons and
remains of the warriors are buried. Dinner and
overnight stay at hotel in Athens.
Day 9 - ONE DAY CRUISE TO THE SARONIC
GULF ISLANDS
Enjoy a cruise to the lovely Greek islands of
Poros, Hydra & Aegina followed by a special
optional farewell dinner in a traditional Greek
folk-dancing restaurant.
Day 10 - DEPARTURE
Transfer to Athens International Airport for
departure flight.
