Sightseeing Tour Packages To Greece

Greece is a premier travel destination for beach vacations - in summertime the strands located on the magnificent Greek islands fill up with plenty of voyagers eager to lounge for hours in comfortable sun-chairs and relish the fantastic views of the sparking waters of Aegean Sea. Still, Greece is not a rewarding holiday destination just for sandy seashores, but also for sightseeing tours to valuable archaeological and historical vestiges left by ancient civilizations, especially the continental part of the country hosting an impressively large number of museums and extraordinary places with historical significance including the capital city of Athens, as well as places like Thessaloniki, Delphi, Olympia, Meteora, Mycenae, and many others. This kind of tours are particularly great in spring and fall, when the weather is not too warm and most tourist attractions and points of interest can be visited without the crowd that occurs inevitably in the peak season.

Because of the high popularity of the Greek historical sites and landmarks, on the local travel scene are available plenty of day trips and excursions in length of several days, one of the favorite package tours being the "7-Day Greece Grand Tour". This Greek Odyssey starts in Athens by picking up the participants in the morning (roughly at 8.30 AM) at the hotels where they stay, followed by a drive aboard of an air-conditioned coach to the Corinth Canal, the place where is the first stop of the day. Next in the list is the visit at the archaeological site of Epidaurus, particularly famous for the ancient theater with incredible clear acoustics. The trip is continued with a stopover at the archaeological site in Mycenae, the day ending in Olympia, where tourists benefit on comfortable accommodation in the best local hotel.

The second day of the grand tour begins with a visit to the historical area and museum in Olympia, after that starting the long drive via Patras, Rion, and Nafpaktos to Delphi, where tourists will spend the night. In the morning is visited the archaeological site and the museum of Delphi, the afternoon being used for leisure, hanging around, and spending time in the lively local cafès. The day 4 features a travel in the central part of the continental Greece via Amphissa, Lamia, and Trikala to Meteora, worldwide famous for several monasteries built in the top of steep rocks (listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Vacationers can admire in this place the beautiful architecture of the Greek Orthodox churches, along with numerous sacred images and daring engineer solutions. In the evening, travelers benefit on another enjoyable stay in a hotel in Kalambaka, the closest larger town to Meteora.

The second part of the grand tour of Greece includes visits to other valuable historical places and cities like Dion (considered the most sacred town by the ancient Macedonian), Thessaloniki (the second largest city in the country where is included a city tour and visits to several museums), Pella (the capital city of Alexander The Great, one of the most charismatic leaders of the ancient world), Vergina (where is buried King Philip, Alexander's father), and Lefkadia, hosting other important archaeological excavations. The last day is used to return in Athens, but on the way are featured a few fantastic stopover such as at Tempi Valley and Thermopylae (translated as "The Hot Gates"), the site of the ancient battle in which 1,400 men commanded by Leonidas and representing the alliance of the Greek city-states led by Sparta, faced tens of thousands soldiers of the the Persian Empire of Xerxes. The Greek sojourn is ending in Athens and costs about $1,200 per person, a price that can be considered very affordable because the tour package includes 6 nights of hotel accommodation, transport by air-conditioned coach, meals, entrance fees for all museums and archaeological sites, services of an English-speaking professional guide, and local taxes.

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