Cretan Adventure

Welcome to Heraklion. You will make your way from the arrival hall to the car rental area. Following the completion of your documents, you will drive to your hotel and spend the rest of the day at your leisure. If you have arrived in the morning, consider a trip to the palace of Knossos. Overnight Heraklion select hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will drive to the city of Rethymnon. It is an 80 km drive. Check into your hotel and enjoy a day of leisure in this historic city. The area has beaches to explore. Overnight Rethymnon select hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will take a short drive to the Venetian town of Chania, which you will call home for 3 nights. Overnight Chania select hotel.

After breakfast, if you feel like enjoying a trek in nature, visit the Samaria Gorge, one of the largest gorges in Europe at 18 km. Or visit the vast and gorgeous sandy beaches to the west of Chania. Overnight Chania select hotel.

Breakfast at your hotel followed by another full day of leisure. As it will be your final full day on Crete, enjoy a romantic dinner in the old harbour. Overnight Chania select hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, make your way to the Airport in Chania and leave your vehicle at the rental agency. Make your way to the departure terminal for a short flight to Athens. Upon arrival at Athens Spata International Airport, a driver will greet you in the arrival hall and transport you to your Athens hotel. Overnight Athens select hotel.

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel, then make your way to the meeting point for your guided tour. Following the tour you have an afternoon and evening of leisure. This is your last night Greece, enjoy the sights. Overnight Athens select hotel. Activity: Acropolis, City & Acropolis Museum Walking Tour This sightseeing tour will afford you the luxury of experiencing the two most important attractions of Athens. The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most famous archaeological sites in all of Greece. The new Acropolis Museum is the home to the masterpieces of the Acropolis, where they are displayed in stunning surroundings bathed in natural light. The tour begins inside the Syntagma metro station where you will visit the metro Museum with very interesting archaeological artifacts from the daily life of Ancient Athens that came to light during the construction of the metro. You will then continue on to the House of the Greek Parliament, the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and watch the changing of the guard. Your tour continues towards the National Gardens and on to the beautiful neoclassical Zappeion Hall, in front of which tower the surviving columns of the Temple of Zeus and Hadrian’s Arch, both of which you will have the opportunity to visit. From there you enter the famous Plaka district where you see the statue of Melina Merkouri. You will enter the Acropolis from the south slope so as to avoid the crowds and also to visit the Dionysus sanctuary and Dionysus Theatre built in the 5th century BC. Your guide will take care of the tickets so you can skip the line. As you begin to ascend the sacred hill a breathtaking view of the city below will unfold. Your guide will give you a detailed explanation of the glorious monuments of the Acropolis such as the Parthenon, the Erectheion, the Propylaia, the Nike Temple and the surrounding monuments such as the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Ancient Agora, the Observatory as well as the Philopappos, Mars, and Pnyx Hills. After your tour of the Acropolis site, you will have approximately 45-minutes to descend towards the New Acropolis Museum. You will have ample time to take personal photographs from many vantage points on and around the Acropolis prior to reaching the Acropolis Museum. Its unique design has incorporated the excavations which are visible under stunning glass floors. The Acropolis masterpieces are marked out and given the prominence they deserve through ideal interior atmospheric conditions, natural lighting. Additionally, there is easy visitor access, panoramic views and excellent layout of the exhibition areas. The museum exhibits about 4,000 artifacts. The tour ends at the Acropolis Museum.

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel. A driver will meet you in the hotel lobby to take you to the airport for your flight out of Greece.