Travel to Athens, Mykonos and Santorini Package
Greece and Greek islands tour, with 8-Day Travel to Athens, Delphi, Meteora, and Santorini. See the ancient Greek cities, but also enjoy swimming and relax on the islands.
Highlights
- Acropolis of Athens
- Santorini Island
- Mykonos Island
Travel to Athens, Mykonos and Santorini Package
Greece and Greek islands tour, with 8-Day Travel to Athens, Delphi, Meteora, and Santorini. See the ancient Greek cities, but also enjoy swimming and relax on the islands.
Itinerary
8 days Greece travel package tour covers Athens, Mykonos and Santorini holiday plan, includes half day Athens old city tour, and leisure days in Santorini and Mykonos islands.
- Starting Points: Greece/Athens
- Day 1 Athens
Welcome to Athens! Upon arrival, meet and transfer to hotel for check in. Free at own leisure.
- Day 2 Athens: Acropolis Acropolis
This morning, our expert guide will help you to explore the treasures of Athens during your morning sightour. Pass by the Panathenaic Stadium, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian´s Arch, the Parliament anmemorial of the Unknown Soldier, the Academy, the University the National Library and the ConstSquare (Syntagma). Your tour will be followed by a visit to Acropolis, the eternal symbol of democracy, eduand inspiration. Your tour will end with the visit to the impressive Acropolis Museum (entrance fees incAfternoon at leisure.
- Day 3 Mykonos
Early morning transfer to the port of Piraeus to take the ferry to the island of Mykonos, the most famous island in Greece and, with no doubt the most cosmopolitan in Cyclades islands. Upon arrival in Mykonos you will be transferred at your selected hotel. You may enjoy your afternoon at leisure with a walk through Chora, the old port and Little Venice.
- Day 4 Mykonos
Mykonos constitutes a thrilling destination, marrying jet set venues with nature’s rich heritage and eternal Cycladic beauty. Take the chance to explore every path of the island with the all white
washed cubic houses with blue windows, charming narrow streets with pebble stoned pavements and little white chapels with skyblue cupolas. Enjoy your free day in Mykonos by visiting the Mykonos Windmills, with their distinctive form and white figure that have been a landmark of the island since the 16th century. Do not miss the chance to tale some idyllic photos at Paraportiani Church which is one of the most interesting architectural structures in Greece, located near Mykonos harbor entrance.
- Day 5 Santorini
Morning at leisure. Transfer to the port and departure to Santorini. Arrival in Santorini and transfer to your selected hotel. Rest of the day at leisure to enjoy the gorgeous view of the island which is rumored in legend to be the lost city of Atlantis. Walk in the paths of Fira, the picturesque capital of Santorini; perched high up on the edge of the Caldera and enjoy the views of the volcano, ocean, white washed buildings, and blue domed churches.
- Day 6 Santorini
Day at leisure to enjoy the unique views, the black sandy beaches as well as the most romantic sunset of the world. We suggest you enjoy an optional half day cruise to the small volcanic islands of Nea Kameni and Palea Kameni found in the center of the famous caldera and the hot springs with the orangey water where you will have free time for swimming. Do not miss the opportunity to have a romantic dinner on the rim of the caldera with the most breathtaking view in the planet.
- Day 7 Athens
Morning at leisure. Midday transfer to the port and departure to Piraeus. Upon arrival you will be transferred to your hotel to settle in and relax.
- Day 8 Athens
According to your flight departure time, you will be transferred to Athens airport to get the fly back carrying in your ´´luggage´´ the wonderful memories of Greek Attractions.
- End Points: Greece/Santorini
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Informations
- What's Included
• 3 nights hotel accommodation in Athens; 2 nights hotel accommodation in Mykonos; 2 nights hotel accommodation in Santorini according to your selection as 3 or 4 star.
• Half day Athens sightseeing Tour, English Speaking Guide / SIC Basis
• Ferry tickets Piraeus
• Mykonos (07:30
• 12:45) / Santorini
• Piraeus (15:30
• 23:25) / Economy class (Free seating)
• Fast ferry tickets Mykonos
• Santorini (13:5016:30) / Economy (number seating)
• Entrance fees to the sites, during guided sightseeing Group) tours
• All (Group) transfers as mentioned in the program
• Daily breakfast
- What's Excluded
• *Age 0 to 2 Free / No bed
• ** Age 2 to10 sharing room with 2 full paying adults pays 70% of double room package rate (child will have a bed).
• *** Greece Stayover Tax to be paid directly to hotels per room per night: 3* hotels €1.5 / 4* Hotels €3 / 5* Hotels €4
- Travel Tips
What to bring: Camera, Hat, Comfortable Footwear, Soft Drinks, Sun Cream, Sun Glasses.
- Note
• Children Policy
• *Age 0 to 2 Free / No bed
• ** Age 2 to10 sharing room with 2 full paying adults pays 70% of double room package rate (child will have a bed).
• ***NO SIC TOURS AVAILABLE 8th April and 1st May
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FAQs
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How to meet my tour guide?
Your tour guide/staff will be waiting at pick up points such as your hotels’ lobby/main gate, a specific point etc. according to timing which you were given before tour date.
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Can I state the departure time for my tour?
Of course! We also operate tours on private basis, so you can customize the departure time, if it is a private service.
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Can I choose the sights to visit on my own?
On private tours. You can choose the sights and museums along with all sort of criteria you like by your agent according to content of service.
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How to buy museum tickets?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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Am I traveling with a group on the tour?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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How about the transportation?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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How do I pay?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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What is the language of group tours?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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What type of restaurants do you use?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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How to pay for my services?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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Am I traveling with a group?
If the museum tickets are included in your tour, you do not need to buy it as extra. But if the museum ticket/s is/are not included in your tour, still no need to buy tickets in advance, during the tour your tour guide will help you to purchase them. Official tour guides have priority at museum ticket offices.
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Are any Vaccinations Required For tourist entering Turkey?
There are no vaccination requirements for any international traveller. The World Health Organization web site, www.who.org, provides vaccination certificate requirements by country, geographic distributions of potential health hazards to travellers.
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Can We Choose our Hotels?
Yes, you can. All you have to do is just letting us know what hotels you would like to stay in while your agent creates your itinerary.
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Do I Have to Pay Full Amount To Book A Package Tours?
No. You will need to pay %50 of the total amount of your package tour in order to complete your booking. You will be required to pay the rest of the amount 30 days before your arrival day in Turkey.
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Do I need a Visa To Turkey?
Citizens of most of countries must have a visa to enter Turkey. U.S. citizens may obtain a visa upon entry into Turkey or in prior to departure from one of the five Turkish Consulates in the United States. Please find your state in the Turkish Consulates Jurisdiction (https://www.evisa.gov.tr/en).
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How Can I Travel in Turkey?
By Plane Virtually every major city in Turkey has air service and Turkish Airlines offers nationwide services. Most flights connect through Istanbul or Ankara, both of which have domestic and international terminals. You can check Turkish Airlines.
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How Should Visitors Dress in Turkey?
Casual wear is appropriate for most tour excursions. Women wear pants or skirts, but when visiting mosques it is recommended that they cover their heads with a scarf and both sexes should not wear shorts out of respects for religious customs.
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Is it Safe to Travel in Turkey?
Turkey is one of the safest countries in the world in which to travel, and its crime rate is low in comparison to many Western European countries. Interpol ranked Turkey as the safest holiday destination in Europe for travelers. Naturally, we recommend.
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Should I exchange money before I go to Turkey?
The highly favourable exchange rate makes travel to Turkey extremely affordable. Most banks in the U.S. do not have Turkish Lira. However, Turkish currency is easily obtainable upon arrival in Turkey at any exchange office or bank.
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What are the departure dates of your tours?
There is no specific date! You can just pick-up your own dates to depart your package tour! In another word, our tours depart every day all year-round.
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What is a Turkish bath (Hamam)?
Communal baths were used in Roman and Byzantine times, but as the name Turkish Bath suggests, they played a significant role in Ottoman culture. At a time when the concept of cleanliness was not yet accepted in Europe.
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Where can I find information on Festivals, Fairs and other Events in Turkey?
There are more than 100 festivals in Turkey every year. In addition to the local festivals organized in almost every city of the country, international culture and art festivals are held in major cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya.
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Good to Know
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Currency
Euro
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Language
Greek
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Money
ATMS widely available all round of Greece and Greek Islands. Credit cards accepted in larger establishments and destinations.Cash necessary in Greek villages and on smaller islands.
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Visas for Greece
Greece is not required Greek Visa for EU countries. Generally not required for stays of up to 90 days, however travellers from some nations may require a visa; double-check with the Greek embassy.
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Mobile Phones (Cell Phones) for Greece
Local SIM cards can be used in European and Australian phones.US and Canadian cells must use dual or tri-band system.
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Driving in Greece
Drive in Greece on the right steering wheel is on the left side of the car. Greece Country Side and Greece Highways before rental car,If you buy Greece Road Map, With Greek Islands Map will be much better.
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Greece Weather and When To Go
Greece Weather has got Mediterranean Climate by coast lines. North of Greece has continental climate. Greece Weather has dry climate and warm weather in summer, mild winter. Northern Greece Country Side Mild summer, very cold winter.
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Greece Tourism - Greece Tour Packages - Greece Holiday Packages
Few places manage to capture the world's imagination quite like Greece, a land of sun-kissed coastlines, tranquil whitewashed Greek villages, lively seaside towns, and well-preserved ancient Greek sites. Greece Tourism is One of the world's top tourist destinations since ancient times, the Greece Tourism draws nearly 20 million visitors each year. Athens, the birthplace of Western civilization, continues to attract the biggest crowds and serves as a base for exploring the country and its 227 inhabited Greek islands. Away from its cities, Greece features a picturesque countryside of olive groves, vineyards, picturesque Santorini, Crete and Rhodes and tiny settlements nestled against rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges. Explore the old Greek History, Greek Mythology and The Ancient Greek Sites in mainland on foot and discover the Greek islands as Crete, Rhodes, Santorini on a guided boat or Greek ferry tour. Greece is in Europe. Take the guesswork out of planning a Greece Holiday Packages or Greece Tour Packages vacation by using our Greece Tour Packages maker team.
Greek Hotels High Season (May-Aug)
Accommodation in Greece Hotels sometimes twice as much
Crowds and temperatures soar
Also applies to Easter
Shoulder (Apr-Sep)
Accommodation in Greece Hotels prices may drop by 20%
Temperatures milder
Internal flight and Greek ferries have reduced Schedule
Few crowds
Low Season (Oct-Mar)
Many place shut, especially on the smaller Greek islands
Accommodation in Greece Hotels up to 50% less than during high season
Greek Ferry times skeletal
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Safety in Greece
Greece is generally a very safe place to visit and the majority of risks are similar to other destinations, with pickpockets in the major cities (Athens) and taxi drivers willing to charge you extortionate rates from the airports to the city center. Other less common dangers include dodgy drinking water on many of the Greek islands, the possibility of spiked drinks at international party resorts, and heatstroke on unshaded, sun-drenched Greek beaches. If you board a private boat, always ensure there are adequate life jacket and be vigilant about your belonging when lounging on busy, popular Greek beaches, leaving passport behind in hotel safes. Potentially risky activities aren’t limited to diving and mountain climbing; getting behind the wheel of car in Greece also requires extra defensiveness and caution.
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First Time
Everyone needs a helping hand when they visit a country for the first time. There are phrases to learn, customs to get used to and etiquette to understand.
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Greek Language
Greece Tourism is big business in Greece and being good business people, many Greek have learned the tools of the trade-English. In cities and popular towns, you can get by with less than a smattering of Greek; in smaller villages or out-of-the-way island and Greece destinations, a few phrases in Greek will go a long way. Wherever you are, Greeks will hugely appreciate your efforts to speak their Greek language.
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Booking Ahead to Greece Tour Packages or Greek Hotels
Reserving your accommodation in Greece Hotels, especially for the first night or two, can make your arrival in Greece that much easier. Out of season it’s important, as in some locations hotels close for months on end. In high season hotels can be fully booked well advance.
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Greek Art
Greece and art are good friends. For the oldest artistic expressions, visit the countless archaeological museums to see ancient sculptures and bronze statues, often dredged up from deep below the Aegean in Athens. Local cultural museums often contain crafts and textiles while the Athens’s top museums rival galleries anywhere in Europe.
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Athens National Art Gallery
The obvious contender for artistic bliss is this rich collection spanning Greece’s creative history; the offering is so plentiful, it has spilled out into the National Sculpture Gallery.
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Athens Byzantine Iconography
You don’t have to head to church this art is alive and thriving in galleries around the country where artists create exquisite, gold-hued creations; check out galleries on Patmos and in Rhodes Old Town.
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Athens Modern Art
The National Museum of Contemporary Art is good starting point,but witness the capital’s flourishing modern-art scene at events and galleries throughout the city.
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Walking
Whether it’s a stroll along the ancient promenade in Athens, a trek along a windswept donkey trail or a wander along an ancient footpath beneath olive and cypress trees, Greece is an outdoor lover’s dream. Trails crisscross the majority of the islands and offer great view and, at the right times of year, wildflowers and wildlife too. Festival of Agios Georgios (st George). The feast day of St George, the country’s patron Saint of shepherds, falls on 23 April or the first Tuesday following Easter. It’s celebrated with dancing, feasting and a general party atmosphere.
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Best time for a Greece vacation
If you’re planning to Book Greece vacation Packages, May is great time to visit by hiking. Temperatures are still relatively mild and wildflowers create a huge splash of color. Local greens, vegies and produce fill Greek kitchens. The first of May is marked by a mass exodus from towns for picnics in the country. Wildflowers are gathered and made into wreaths to decorate houses.
