IMPERIAL CAPITALS OF EUROPE
October 17-25, 2011
See below for prices and discounts.
With a maximum of only 8 participants and PRIVATE VAN and DRIVER.
Your host and guide is MIKE ROSS. Your local guide to the world since 1982.
A first class tour including flights from Detroit, breakfast and dinner daily, accommodations with private bath, featuring Athens, the Parthenon and the Acropolis, the Temple at Delphi, Olympia where the Games began in 776 BC, Mycenae where Western Civilization began, and flights to SANTORINI, possible site of ATLANTIS. Entrances/services as noted.
Itinerary
Day 1. Board our transatlantic flight.
Day 2. Arrival in Athens. Across the Corinth Strait to MYCENAE, birthplace of Western Civilization, site of the palace of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Later, to the beautiful Aegean town of Nafplion.
Day 3. West across the Peloponneses, stopping in some picturesque mountain villages, before arriving at OLYMPIA to visit the fascinating museum and the actual site of the games and stadium from 776 BD! Overnight in Olympia.
Day 4. Northeast to DELPHI to visit one of the most important sites of the ancient world, the Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle sat and told the great and mighty what the future would bring. Situated on a mountainside, the site still vibrates with energy even today. Overnight in Delphi.
Day 5. Southeast to the Athens Airport for our flight to SANTORINI. Arriving in the main city of Fira, we begin our adventure on this Mediterranean paradise, high on the lip of an ancient caldera.
Day 6. We explore Santorini today. According to legend, and perhaps Plato himself, Santorini´s highly advanced civilization was destroyed by an enormous volcanic eruption. Relax this afternoon, savor the sun and sea and a fine ouzo.
Day 7. Return to Athens this morning via HIGH SPEED FERRY. This afternoon we will visit the newly opened and world famous ACROPOLIS MUSEUM.
Day 8. Today we visit the iconic ACROPOLIS and the incomparable PARTHENON. Later we will explore the Monastiraki, the old Turkish bazaar area.
Day 9. Transfer to the airport to board our transatlantic flight back to the USA.
PRICE from Detroit from $4487 per person in a double room. Other departure cities available. ONLY $4037 with early deposit. RETURNING MIKE ROSS TRAVELERS only $3887. Single supplement $490. Price may vary with airfare at time of booking. Security charges and airport taxes assessed before departure.
PAYMENTS. $1500 deposit with RESERVATION FORM. Balance due 98 days prior to departure; see TERMS & CONDITIONS.