10 Days The Best of Greece
Duration:
9 Nights
From €2,089pp
24 April 2027
On this Best of Greece tour, discover the highlights of historic and mythical—as well as modern—Greece. As the birthplace of Western civilization, Greece has some of the world’s most fascinating archaeological sites, and now is your chance to explore them. Your affordable tour of Greece starts and ends in Athens with overnights along the way in Nauplia, Sparta, Olympia, Delphi, and Kalambaka and covers the Greek mainland and the Peloponnese peninsula. Step back in time as you visit some of Greece's ancient sites where the Mycenaean civilization thrived between 1600 and 1200 BC. Enjoy the included guided sightseeing tour of the Mycenae archaeological site and learn about its history and legends. In Athens, visit the Acropolis, still standing after 2,500 years. Your Local Guide will give you many insights into this ancient masterpiece. Dedicated to the goddess Athena, the Acropolis sits high on a rocky hill and is a symbol of Athen’s wealth and power at its apex. In Epidaurus, climb the limestone steps of the amazingly well-preserved, 2,300-year-old open-air theatre and marvel at the perfect acoustics. Step back into the Middle Ages when you walk around the medieval Byzantine Citadel of Mystra, a castle founded in 1249. You’ll also love the mystic mountain landscape of Meteora, with its 24 rock-top monasteries set in almost inaccessible sandstone peaks. On this affordable Greece tour, you’ll travel to Olympia, legendary home of the Olympic Games, and Delphi, where people visited in ancient Greece to seek the advice of the Oracle. But that’s not all…you’ll experience modern Greece as well, as you cross over one of the world's longest cable-stayed bridge, the spectacular Rion-Antirion Bridge, linking the Peloponnese peninsula to the Greek mainland. From ancient ruins to contemporary engineering —with beautiful landscapes in between—this affordable Greece tour is perfectly designed for value-minded travel lovers. You’ll agree that your Greece vacation is a once-in-a-lifetime experience!
All This. Included.
The world is within reach with everything you need for perfectly affordable touring. Cosmos includes hand-selected accommodations, guided sightseeing, and seamless transportation between destinations—with value-minded travel lovers in mind. Explore with expert Cosmos Tour Directors and Local Guides, complimentary headsets, private, first-class, air-conditioned motorcoach with free Wi-Fi.
Your Tour Includes:
• Guided sightseeing in Athens, including a visit to the Acropolis, the iconic hilltop citadel overlooking the Greek capital
• Corinth Canal crossing, the remarkable waterway linking the Aegean and Ionian Seas
• Visit to the Epidaurus archaeological theatre, celebrated for its exceptional acoustics
• Guided walking tour of Mycenae, one of Greece's most important ancient archaeological sites
• Orientation tour of Mystras, featuring the Byzantine citadel
• Visit to an olive oil museum en route to Olympia to learn about one of Greece's oldest traditions
• Orientation tour of Delphi, the legendary sanctuary once considered the center of the ancient Greek world
• Orientation tour of Meteora renowned for its dramatic rock formations and cliff-top monasteries
Day 1- Arrive in Athens, Greece
Check into your hotel. The rest of the day is free for you to start exploring the Greek capital. Later, meet your Local Host.
Day 2- Athens
A day to relax and discover Athens at leisure. In the evening, enjoy free time to take in the lively atmosphere of the tavernas and nightclubs in the old Plaka district with its narrow streets and sound of bouzouki music.
- Breakfast
While we include select excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your tour.
Day 3- Athens-Corinth-Nauplia
Join the included guided tour of Athens, featuring the highlights of this ancient capital and a visit to the Acropolis. Cross the Corinth canal, a project conceived in ancient Greece but only completed in 1893, then head for the coast to the picturesque seaside town of Nauplia.
- Breakfast
While we include select excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your tour.
Day 4- Nauplia-Epidaurus-Mycenae-Sparta
This morning, stop in Epidaurus, located in the hilly countryside dotted with pine trees and oleanders. In this magnificent setting, visit the ancient open-air theatre, which can still seat 14,000 spectators. Later, enjoy the included guided excursion to the archaeological site and museum of Mycenae, with the imposing ruins of the great city that dominated the eastern Mediterranean world from the 15th to the 12th century B.C. It played a vital role in the development of classical Greek culture and is linked to the Homeric epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. Travel into the Peloponnese to Sparta, where history hangs between reality and legend.
- Breakfast
- Dinner
Day 5- Sparta-Mystra-Olympia
Enjoy the included orientation of the medieval Byzantine citadel of Mystra, at one time known as the “Florence of the East.” Before arriving in Olympia, stop to visit an olive oil museum.
- Breakfast
- Binner
Day 6- Zermatt Area-Lausanne Area
Explore Olympia, where the athletes of antiquity performed as a tribute to the king of deities, Zeus. Spend free time in this pretty town or score a perfect 10 with an optional guided tour of the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Later, drive north to Patras, the capital of the Peloponnese and the west coast’s largest port. Continue by crossing the spectacular Rion-Antirion bridge, and through the picturesque fishing villages along the south coast of the mainland to legendary Delphi.
- Breakfast
While we include select excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your tour.
Day 7- Delphi-Kalambaka
Enjoy an orientation of the town of Delphi. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred meaning, Delphi, in the 6th century B.C., was indeed the religious hub and symbol of unity of the ancient Greek world. Enjoy free time or join an optional excursion to the archaeological site of Delphi. If you wish, you can take part in a visit to this historic location, where the Oracle of Apollo once spoke at the omphalos, known as the “navel of the world". On to Kalambaka.
-Breakfast
- Dinner
While we include select excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your tour.
Day 8- Kalambaka- Meteora-Athens
Discover Meteora, a cluster of Christian-Orthodox monasteries perched in an unforgettable manner on a set of rising rock formations. They were originally built by hermit monks living in caves carved into the rocks. Your included visit is certainly the day’s highlight. Continue south to Athens.
- Breakfast
Day 9- Athens
Spend a full day at leisure exploring the unseen parts of the city or visiting a museum. Tonight, it’s all Greek with an optional dinner of local specialties, served with the rhythmic dance steps of the Sirtaki keeping time with the sounds of the bouzouki lute.
- Breakfast
While we include select excursions on your trip, you may wish to explore other options to enhance your free time. Below is a selection of excursions that may be available for purchase on your tour.
Day 10-Athens
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
- Breakfast
- Flights
- Deposits from just €150pp (Europe) and €250pp (Long Haul & North America)
- Award-winning escorted touring holidays
- Incredible value with expert Tour Directors
- Perfectly planned itineraries with balance of included sightseeing & free time to explore
* Prices are based on 2 sharing
