Greece 2024

 We are traveling to Greece in 2024, so excited for our next adventure!


  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Greece

  • Day 2: Athens

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

  • Day 3: Athens

    Take a guided tour of Athens

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Ancient Olympic Stadium
    • Syntagma Square, the central square of Athens
    • Acropolis

    Visit the Acropolis Museum, home to ancient ruins and prehistoric artifacts

    Take a walking tour of Athens

    With your Tour Director you will see:

    • Plaka District
    • Athenian Trilogy

  • Day 4: Athens • Delphi

    Travel to the Delphi region

    Take a guided tour of Delphi

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Delphi Archaeological Museum
    • Temple of Apollo, where Alexander the Great once asked the oracle if he would conquer the ancient world

    Visit the Delphi Museum

  • Day 5: Delphi • Thermopylae • Meteora region

    Travel via Thermopylae to the Meteora region

    Stretch your legs at the battle site of Thermopylae, and strike your best Spartan pose for a photo

    Visit a Meteora monastery, a town suspended in the "middle of the sky"

    Tour a Meteora monastery with an expert local guide

  • Day 6: Meteora region • Thessaloniki

    Travel via Dion to Thessaloniki

    Stop in the traditional Greek village of Litochoro and enjoy famously awesome views of Mt. Olympus as you travel to Dion

    Take a guided tour of Dion

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Visit the Archaeological Park and Museum of Dion
    • See the remains of an ancient sanctuary dedicated to Zeus

  • Day 7: Thessaloniki

    Take a guided tour of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largest city and hip northern capital

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Roman Agora, the political and public center of ancient Thessaloniki
    • White Tower, a waterfront monument and museum

    Enjoy time to explore on your own

  • Day 8: Thessaloniki

     Take a guided tour of Pella, birthplace of Alexander the Great, and Vergina

     

    With your expert local guide you will visit:

    • Archaeological Museum of Pella
    • Museum of Royal Tombs, including the tomb of Alexander's father, Philip II

  • Day 9: Thessaloniki • Athens

    Travel via Platamonas to Athens

    Enjoy time to explore on your own

  • Day 10: Depart for home

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