Join us for this distinctive examine tour of Greece. In addition to visiting a number of necessary archaeological facilities which are typical of most Greece excursions (e.g., Athens, Delphi, Corinth, and Olympia), our itinerary will take us additionally to lesser recognized however vitally vital websites in western Greece and the Ionian Islands.
We will observe within the footsteps of personages akin to Odysseus (on the island of Ithaka, Odysseus’ homeland), Antony, Cleopatra, and Caesar Augustus (at Nikopolis, web site of the well-known battle of Actium), and Lord Byron (at Ioannina and Missolonghi), who got here to Greece and died there, whereas supporting Greece’s warfare for independence towards the Ottoman Empire, which ended efficiently almost 200 years in the past, in 1829. Search far and huge — you’ll not discover one other tour to Greece as diversified and as fascinating as this one.
In addition to our visits to archaeological websites and museums, we’ll take pleasure in a vineyard tour, to not point out loads of time for sampling Greek meals and attempting a number of Greek dances.
You can all the time depend on a Greek journey that’s far totally different from typical excursions to Greece, the nice and cozy hospitality of locals, and of our hosts: Dimitri, Myrto, and Thalia Cocconi of Educational Tours, our steadfast Greek brokers and expensive buddies for almost 50 years.
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