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To see what is special about us Itinerary of our Northern tour 2008 Itinerary of Southern Greece May 2009 click on place names which are underlined for more information to check availability We vary the tours each year. Other Itineraries we have done: 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 and one to Northern Greece. The Southern Greece 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. 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. An optional 7 nights in Corfu,
travelling by local bus and ferry from Preveza and
staying at the Konstantinoupolis Hotel.
The hotel costs €68 per night for a double room.
Travel costs about £15. Optional week's extension in Nauplion from where you can visit Argos, Epidauros, Lerna & Tyrins by local bus or taxi. Tour costs 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 £200. 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 for a collection of beautiful sketches of Corfu by Theresa Nicholas and books by John Waller see http://www.yiannisbooks.com/ |
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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