Athens City Break
Short on Time and Money? No Problem! Keep it short and simple, buy snacks as you walk and add a day trip or two if your flights come in under price or you gain more pupils than expected!
< Mount Lycabettus
Flight to Athens and transfer to Athens Hotel H/B or B&B as you wish.
Small groups would do well to consider using the Metro or Shuttle Bus – we can provide a Courier if you are nervous.
Climb Lykabettos for spectacular night time views
< Temple of Olympian Zeus
Free Athens for Sites of Choice – Akropolis, Theatre of Dionysus, Perikles’ Odeion, Agora and Areopagus, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch and New Akropolis Museum
< Agora of Athens
< Syntagma Metro Station Archaeology
Evening Exploring the archaeological strata and mini museums of Athens Metro System
Hotel H/B or B&B
< Temple of Apollo, Delphi
Full Day Coach Delphi for Sites and Museum
Hotel H/B or B&B
< Pronaia Delphi
< Delphic Charioteer
Day 4
< Bronze Poseidon-Zeus
Free Athens for Sites of Choice – National Archaeological Museum, Benaki Museum, Epigraphic Museum, Kerameikos, Pnyx & Koile, Olympic Stadium and Nos. 1 Cemetery – final resting place of Schliemann and Merkouri.
Depart for Airport
< Kerameikos Tombs
< Pnyx
Feel free to contact us to tailor your own tour. 01342 324727
Optional Extras:
< Ancient Theatre Thorikos
Thorikos rectangular Theatre and Ergasterion
Temple of Poseidon, Depart Cape Sounion
Full Day Excursion into Attica for choice of Marathon Athenian Toumba, Museum, Plataean Tounba (with entry inside to view skeletons), Trophe and Temple to Egyptian gods at Nea Makri, Rhamnous, Brauron
Full Day Excursion for choice of Epidavros, Mycenae, Corinth, Nemea
Also, Aegina, Thebes, Gla, Orchomenos…the choice is yours!
< Temple of Poseidon, Sounion
< Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods
< Rhamnous
Blogs:
Athens: Philopappos and the elusive Eptathronon…
A Week in Attica without Athens
Why Aegina? Far more than just ‘The Invisible”…
Athens – The times may be a changing… Pathos!
Extreme Weather, Coffee with Agamemnon and Schliemann’s Bed – not all at the same time!