Classical Greece & Meteora Tour - First Class Hotels

Morning pick up from your hotel to depart for the Corinth Canal (short stop). Drive to Epidaurus and see its acoustically superb Ancient Theatre. Continue to the first capital of modern Greece – Nafplio, then drive through the plain of Argos. Arrive to Mycenae and visit the Palace of Agamemnon. In the afternoon drive to Olympia for overnight. (D)

Visit Olympia where the first Olympic Games were held. View the Sanctuary of Zeus, Olympic Stadium and Museum. Drive through Patras and Rion, cross the Corinth Gulf and continue to Delphi via city of Nafpaktos. In the afternoon visit the picturesque mountain village of Arachova. Dinner and overnight in Delphi. (B, D)

In the morning visit the archaeological site of the Museum of Delphi, featuring the bronze statue of the Charioteer. Drive through the Central Greece towns of Amphissa, Lamia and Trikala to Kalambaka. Overnight stay in Kalambaka, a small town built at the foot of majestic grey rocks and crowned by the Meteora monasteries. (B, D)

Leave in the morning for nearby Meteora, which seems to be suspended in mid-air. Visit the famous monasteries precariously perched on large monolithic rocks. Inside two of them see samples of Byzantine art. Return to Athens passing the monument of the heroic Leonidas at Thermopylae. (B)