The 'throne' room at Knossós and right, the Byzantine city of Mistra |
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To see what is special about us Itinerary for Bronze Age Crete 2010 (This tour is now fully booked) We are now booking for We vary the tours each year Other Itineraries we have done: click on place names which are underlined for more information to check availability or for
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Relive the legends of Homer and the tragedies of Sophokles; walk in the footsteps of Pausanias and wonder at the glory of the works of Praxiteles and Phidias; enjoy the breathtaking scenery as we travel through olive clad mountains and fertile plains where you half expect to glimpse Herakles on one of his labours. Our unique tours offer a chance to see all the major archaeological sites of ancient & classical Greece as well as taking you off the beaten track to less visited but fascinating places. In just a week we journey through over 3,000 years of Greek history, from Mycenaean to Byzantine, as well as enjoying the vibrancy of modern Greece. We will make our first Damaris visit to Bronze Age Crete from 20th to 27th April 2010 (now fully booked) We are now booking for Mani & More 2010 Wednesday 13th to Thursday 23rd September 2010 We will spend one night at Loutraki a spa town on the Gulf of Corinth, 4 nights at Ythio, known as the gateway to the Mani and 3 nights at Pylos on the west coast. We will visit the medieval towns of Mistra, Yeraki and Monemvasia; the Byzantine churches and tower houses of the Mani and go to the southernmost tip of the Greek mainland, Cape Matapan where Persephone entered Hades. For details see the full itinerary. Prices: £925 per person, based on two sharing; £885 per person in a triple room, single room, £1085. Tour prices include scheduled day flights, all coach travel in Greece, comprehensive information on the sites, museums and history, and all hotel accommodation (B & B, en-suite). It does not include entrance to sites and museums or lunch and dinner for which you should allow about £250. For a price without flight please contact Mary Kehoe. The tours are organised & led by
sisters Jane Maw Cornish and Mary Kehoe.
The next tours to the North and the Peloponnese will be in 2011.
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Further reading:- web sites of interest
Society for the Revival of the Nemean Games
| Temple of Apollo at Delphi | http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/delphi-temple-of-apollo.html |
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| Delphi museum | http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/delphi-temple-of-apollo.html |
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| Slide show of Delphi pictures | http://www.ancient-greece.org/architecture/delphi-temple-of-apollo.html |
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| Museum of the Stoa of Attalos at Athens | http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21101m/e211am02.html |
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| the Museum at Olympia | http://www.culture.gr/2/21/211/21107m/e211gm04.html |
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| slide show of the temple at Sounion, Thassos and other places | http://www.duncanjdsmith.com/Galleryall/Greece/pages/SounionTemplePoseidon.htm |
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| more info and photos about Brauron | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/siteindex?lookup=Brauron |
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