| DAY 1: | NEW YORK / ATHENS
Depart JFK for an overnight flight to Athens. |
| DAY 2: | ATHENS
Arrival in Athens. You are met and transfer to your hotel. Rest of the day at leisure. |
|  THE PARTHENON, ACROPOLIS, ATHENS |
| DAY 3: | ATHENS
After a buffet breakfast at your hotel, board the motor coach for your Athens city tour. Visits include the Acropolis and the on-site museum, the Panathenaikon Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896, and the most important sights of the city. Afternoon at leisure. You might take a tour of Athen's Archeological Museum. It is one of the best in the world. Roam gallery after gallery and marvel at the magnificent artifacts. (B) |
| DAY 4: | ATHENS / OLYMPIA
Today, begin your Classical Tour of Greece. Millenniums of history unfold as you visit the archeological sites of Mycenae and Epidaurus. Drive on to Olympia for dinner and overnight. (D) |
|  THESIUS, FOUNDER OF ATHENS |  POSIDION, ATHEN'S MUSEUM |
| DAY 5: | OLYMPIA / DELPHI
Morning visit of the ancient site of Olympia, site of the ancient Olympic Games. Drive via Patras and Rion to Delphi for dinner and overnight. (B,D) |
| DAY 6: | DELPHI / ATHENS
Morning visit of the archeological site of Delphi, including the Temple of Apollo, and its museum. Evening return to Athens for overnight. (B) |
|  TEMPLE OF ATHENA, DELPHI |
|  TEMPLE OF APOLLO, DELPHI |  OLYMPIA STADIUM |
| DAY 7: | ATHENS / PIRAEUS / CRUISE
Morning at leisure. This afternoon, you will be transferred to the port of Piraeus, where you will board your cruise ship. (B, D) |
| DAY 8: | ISTANBUL
Arrival in Istanbul, Enjoy the nightlife of Istanbul or have a drink at a local cafe. (B, L) |
|  TOPKAPI PALACE |  SAINT SOPHIA |
| DAY 9: | ISTANBUL
Take an optional excursion to the City of Istanbul where you will visit Aghia Sophia, and the Topkapi Palace. (B, L, D) |
| DAY 10: | MYKONOS
Arrive in Mykonos, where you can enjoy a fun-filled afternoon and evening. You might take an excursion to the Island of Delos where there are spectacular ruins of ancient Greece. Walk the cobblestone streets, visit the many shops, enjoy a drink while taking in the view of the ocean or enjoy dinner at a local tavern. (B, L, D) |
|  AVENUE OF LIONS, DELOS |  PALACE, DELOS |
| DAY 11: | PATMOS / KUSADASI
Arrive in Patmos and take an optional excursion to the Monastery and Cave where John the Divine wrote the book of Revelations. Sail on to Kusadasi where you may take an optional excursion to the ancient city of Ephesus. (B, L, D) |
| DAY 12: | RHODES
Arrive in the early morning where you will spend a full day. Take an optional excursion of Rhodes and the Arcopolis of Lindos to visit the Temple of Athena. (B. L, D) |
|  EPHESUS LIBRARY, TURKEY |  EPHESUS MAIN STREET, TURKEY |
| DAY 13: | HERAKLION / SANTORINI
Early arrival in Heraklion, the capital of Crete. Take an optional excursion to the city of Heraklion and the Palace of King Minos at Knossos,. Sail on to Santorini, where you may take an optional excursion to the excavation site at Akrotiri where recent Minoan excavations support the theories the Santorini might be the fabled continent of Atlantis. (B, L, D) |
| DAY 14: | PIRAEUS / ATHENS / NEW YORK
Return to Piraeus. Disembark after breakfast and transfer to the airport for the return flight to New York. |
