Athens Trip Overview
This tour covers some of the most famous sites of Greece. The unique Byzantine Hosios Loukas Monastery, the world well known Delphi Sanctuary with the famous Oracle, the impressive Meteora Monasteries and the historical area of Thermopylae.
This tour has a personalize character. The car will be only for you. The driver will try to face all your needs during the tour. You may easily customize the suggested itinerary in accordance to your wish.
JG Athens Tours gives specific attention to the quality than to the quantity.
Our clients’ safety is of our outmost priorities.
Due to recent pandemia of Covid 19, increased precautionary measures of personal hygiene have been taken.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Multi-day & Extended Tours >> Multi-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
This tour covers some of the most famous sites of Greece. The unique Byzantine Hosios Loukas Monastery, the world well known Delphi Sanctuary with the famous Oracle, the impressive Meteora Monasteries and the historical area of Thermopylae.
This tour has a personalize character. The car will be only for you. The driver will try to face all your needs during the tour. You may easily customize the suggested itinerary in accordance to your wish.
JG Athens Tours gives specific attention to the quality than to the quantity.
Our clients’ safety is of our outmost priorities.
Due to recent pandemia of Covid 19, increased precautionary measures of personal hygiene have been taken.
Itinerary
Day 1: Delphi & Hosios Loukas Monastery
Stop At: Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Distomo 32005 Greece
Driving towards Viotia Prefecture and passing via Levadia we arrive to the Hosios Loukas Monastery, one of the most important monuments of Byzantine architecture & art which has been listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. The church of Hosios Loukas, “Katholikon”, was built in the first half of 11th century. Its architectural type is that of domed octagon with the main feature a huge dome & the main area unified & unbroken.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Delphi Greece
Our next stop is at Delphi. You will visit the famous Sanctuary of Delphi with the worldwide known Oracle. You will wander through the archaeological area admiring the Temple of Apollo, the Treasury of the Athenians, the Polygonal wall, the Treasury of the Siphnians, the Stoa of the Athenians, the ancient theater, the Sacred Way, the ancient Gymnasium, the Castalian Spring, the ancient Stadium & the Tholos of Athena Pronaia. Your knowledge will be complemented with the visit to the archaeological museum. We continue with driving to Kalampaka / Meteora where you will spend the night.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: NOT included in the price. In Kalampaka/Meteora we suggest the Iridanos Hotel or Meteoritis Hotel or Tsikeli Hotel.
Day 2: Meteora Monasteries & Thermopylae
Stop At: Meteora, Kastraki, Kalambaka 422 00 Greece
In the morning we shall “climp” to the imposing rock towers of Meteora with the unique phenomenon to have on their top Orthodox monasteries built since middle ages. The whole complex of the rocks with the monasteries has been listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. You shall have the opportunity to visit and admire some of the most important monasteries (at least three), such as the Monastery of Great Meteoron, the Monastery of Rousanou, the Monastery of Agia Triada (Holy Triniti) , the Varlaam Monastery, the Monastery of Saint Nikolaos Anapafsa and the Monastery of Saint Stephanos.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Battlefield of Thermopylae, Thermopylae Greece
In our way back to Athens we shall stop at Thermopylae where the famous battle between the Greeks & the Persians took place in 480 B.C. You will admire the marvelous statue of King of Sparta, Leonidas who with 300 Spartans & 700 Thespians faced numerous Persian forces under the command of King Xerxes A’. It was there that Leonidas told to Xerxes the world famous phrase “Μολών Λαβέ (Molon Labe)” which means “Come & Get It”.
Duration: 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
