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To see what is special about us Itinerary of Mainly Peloponnese 2008 Itinerary of our Northern tour 2008 click on place names which are underlined for more information to check availability web site created by
The Parthenon, Athens |
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 do two tours each year, one to Southern Greece (Mainly Peloponnese) and one to Northern Greece. The Mainly Peloponnese tour always includes Athens, Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae, Corinth, plus a selection of other less well known sites, for example Nemea, Epidauros, Mystras, Nestor's Palace, Sounion, Bassae, Brauron etc.! The Northern tour always includes Thessaloniki, Pella, Veryina and Dion. In addition we either go East to Amphipolis, Phillipi, Kavala and Thasos, or West to Meteora, Ioannina, Dodona, Nikopolis and Ephyra. Our next Mainly Peloponnese tour (Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Mycenae, Nemea , etc) will be May 24th to June 1st 2008 with an optional 6 nights in Nauplion. This tour is now fully booked The next Northern Greece tour
Tuesday 16th to Wednesday 24th
September 2008 includes
3 nights in the lively
city of Thessaloníki from
where we will visit Philip of Macedon's capital, Pella; his tomb
and treasures at Veryína;
Aristotle's School where Alexander was tutored
by the great philosopher and the sanctuaries and city set
at the foot of Mount Olymbos at Dion. Then
we will go west to the village of Kastraki
in the heart of the Meteora for
one night and visit 3 of the Monasteries perched on top
of the extraordinary peaks. From here we will go to Ioannina, a
charming town set beside a large lake, from where we
visit Dodona
and the Vikos Gorge, from there we go to
Preveza for 2 nights. The site
of the Battle of Actium is nearby and the ruins
of Roman Nikopolis
built by Caesar Augustus. We will
visit the Nekromanteio of Ephyra where
people were tricked into believing they were seeing their
dead loved ones in Hades. An optional 7 nights in Corfu,
travelling by local bus from Preveza and staying at the
Konstantinoupolis Hotel. The hotel costs €68 per
double room. Travel costs about £15. The tours are organised & led by sisters Jane Maw Cornish and Mary Kehoe. Travel to Greece, with Olympic or British Airways, is booked through Thornton's Travel (ABTA) and travel and accommodation in Greece is arranged by Christos Patakis of Anassa Travel, Athens. |
The Lion's Gate |
Note: These privately organised tours have been running since 1974 to see what is special about us You will find a lovely
description of our tour of the Peloponnese in October
2003 in Greek-o-File Volume 3 |
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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