Housing
Participants stay in quality hotels, double occupancy, with private bath. Hotels are air conditioned and centrally located. Single occupancy, where available, is at an additional charge. Breakfast is provided at the hotel. Most dining is included in program cost. Beverages are not included with the noon and evening meals. Where possible, a non-smoking environment is maintained.
Itinerary
In the first half of the program, we visit the most important classical and Mycenean sites of mainland Greece - Athens and its world famous monuments (the Parthenon, etc.), Cape Sunion, Eleusis, Delphi, Olympia, Mystras, Mycenae, Epidauros and many more. Next we sail to Crete, rich in still Minoan palaces, rugged landscape and distinctive culture. In Santorini we visit ash covered Akrotiri, thought to be the source of the myth of Atlantis. Mykonos is our base to visit the sacred island of Delos. Travel and transfer are by private air-conditioned bus.