3-DAY CLASSICAL GREECE TOUR

DAY  1 : Pick up from your hotel and we will be driving along the mainland coast to Peloponnese, we will have our first stop, 1 hour later, at the Canal of Corinth (6 km length and 80m height). After a while we will reach the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, one of the best Ancient Theatres worldwide with amazing acoustic. We will stop for lunch or a coffee break, at one of the most romantic towns of Greece, the seaside town of Nauplio, first capital city of Modern Greece, and then we will continue to the archaeological site of Mycenae, an ancient town with great power during the ancient years, with the famous "Gate of Lions" and "Atreus King Tomb". We will also visit the nearby town of Nemea and we can taste famous local wines at a winery! Our first overnight will take place at the famous town of Sparta.

DAY 2 : After breakfast, we will be visiting the unique Museum of Olive Oil of Sparta, a great Museum showing the unique history of olive production in Greece. After a short stop at the picturesque small coastal town of Gythio, we will arrive at Areopolis and Diros to visit Diros Caves, the best Eureopean cave with its marvelous subterranean caves as a part of an underground river. About 5,000 meters have been exposed and accessible by small boats and through narrow passageways and one is surrounded by formations of stalagmites and stalactites. Caves have served as places of worship in Paleolithic and Neolithic times and their inhabitant believed that the caves were the entrance to the underworld. We can also visit the local museum and then we continue to some of the most beautiful places of Northern Peloponnese, the coastal villages of Stoupa and Kardamili, for swimming or lunch. We will go through the town of Kalamata and we will  arrive at Ancient Olympia for an overnight.

DAY 3 : In the morning we will be visiting the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, the Museum and the Stadium, where first Olympic Games took place on 776 B.C. We continue and we will cross over the amazing bridge of Rion – Antirion, one of the biggest in Europe and we will stop at the beautiful seaside town of Naupaktos for a coffee break. The second famous sightseeing of the day will be at Delphi, at the ancient stadium, at the oracle and at the museum. Later on we will visit for lunch the most famous winter resort in Greece, Arachova, a traditional and at the same time amazing modern small city in an altitude of 1000 meters. Returning to Athens, we can make a last stop at the beautiful St. Loukas Monastery in Levadia. Late in the afternoon we will arrive back to Athens and at your Hotel.