Athens Trip Overview
Book this 2-day private tour package in Delphi and the magnificent Meteora and take this unique opportunity to visit some of the most important monuments of mainland Greece. Visit Meteora, the ageless monasteries standing between heaven and earth that combine both historical and religious treasures!
Visit the Oracle of Delphi and the temple dedicated to Apollo, where it is said that Pythia delivered her oracles. You will also visit two picturesque traditional villages, Arahova and Kalambaka with their traditional Greek taverns, where you can taste the famous traditional Greek food and other local products!
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Additional Info
Duration: 2 days
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Book this 2-day private tour package in Delphi and the magnificent Meteora and take this unique opportunity to visit some of the most important monuments of mainland Greece. Visit Meteora, the ageless monasteries standing between heaven and earth that combine both historical and religious treasures!
Visit the Oracle of Delphi and the temple dedicated to Apollo, where it is said that Pythia delivered her oracles. You will also visit two picturesque traditional villages, Arahova and Kalambaka with their traditional Greek taverns, where you can taste the famous traditional Greek food and other local products!
Itinerary
Day 1: Athens – Delphi – Village of Arachova
Pass By: Athens, Athens, Attica
You will be picked up from your accommodation to start your tour.
Stop At: Delphi Greece
Continuing our trip we will reach Delphi. We will visit Castalia Spring, visit at the archaeological site and view the monument of the Argive Kings, the treasury of the Athenians, the Athenian Stoa, the Polygonal Wall, the monument of Platea and the Temple of Apollo famous for its oracle and Delphi museum, with its spectacular exhibits include the frieze of the Treasury of the Sifnians, the Naxian Sphinx, the Statue of Antinoos the metopes of the Athenian treasury, the famous bronze Charioteer, originally created to commemorate a victory during the 476 B.C. Pythian Games, and many other artifacts. We have lunch in Delphi area or at the traditional Village of Arachova, where you can taste the traditional cheese, Arachova’s formaela, in various forms, before we depart for Meteora. We continue to reach at Meteora for overnight.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Arachova, Arachova, Boeotia Region, Central Greece
We have lunch in Delphi area or at the traditional Village of Arachova, where you can taste the traditional cheese, Arachova’s formaela, in various forms, before we depart for Meteora.
Duration: 1 hour
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Accommodation in a 4* star hotel or a small boutique hotel in Meteora
Day 2: Monasteries of Meteora – Thermopiles & Statue of Leonidas – Athens
Stop At: Meteora, Kastraki, Kalambaka 422 00 Greece
Our driver pick you up from your hotel around 09.00 am and we will visit the BYZANTINE MONASTERIES of Meteora that are included on the UNESCO world heritage monument list. We are having our first stop at The Holy Monastery of Great Meteoro (or similar) which is the biggest and oldest one of all. It was called the monastery that was “suspended in the air” (meteoro), because of the formation of the gigantic rock on top of which it was built. Our second visit is to the great monastery of St. Stephan (or similar). The Monastery of St. Stephan, which is a small church built in the 16th century and decorated in 1545, rests on the plain rather than on a cliff. This wonderful tour will be completed at the picturesque villages of Kalambaka, where you will have a traditional Greek lunch!
Duration: 10 hours
Stop At: Battlefield of Thermopylae, Thermopylae Greece
Afterwards, we will return to Athens with a short stop at Thermopylae to admire the statue of Leonidas as a memorial of the battle of the 300 Spartans against thousands of Persian soldiers of the Persian Empire.
Duration: 20 minutes
Pass By: Athens, Athens, Attica
At the end of your tour, your driver will drop you off at your accommodation.
Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.
Special Offer – Book by March 12 and travel by May 31 to save 15% off our previously offered price! – Book Now!
