Arrive in Athens, meet and greet at the airport and transfer to your hotel. Two overnights at a 5* Hotel with breakfast
Enjoy a private six hours walking tour of Athens with Antelope's very knowledge guide. Commence your tour by visiting the brand new Acropolis museum and continue with a must-visit tour of the Acropolis, the heart of both the ancient and modern city of Athens, where you will have the chance to admire worldwide famous ancient Greek monuments such as the Parthenon and the Erectheion. Enjoy a walking through the busy and noisy streets of Monastiraki, the modern flee market of the city, where the locals enjoy their souvlaki (or gyros) sandwich after shopping. Reach the archaeological site of Olympieion, where the temple of Olympian Zeus is located (the same ticket is valid, approx.: 20 min.) At the termination of your visit walk through the National gardens, stop to take a picture in front of the beautiful neoclassical Zapeion building and after a 10 minute walk reach the Panathenaikon stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held. Walk across the Herode Atticus street, full of elegant apartment buildings, and stop for a minute in front of the neoclassical and elegant Greek President's mansion, guarded by the Evzones (presidential guards).
Our driver will transfer you in air conditioned comfort to the airport for your one hour flight to Thessaloniki. Once you arrive in Thessaloniki you will be met by our representative and taken to your hotel where you will be staying for the next three nights. A city walking tour through Thessaloniki with an English speaking tour leader is a good way to really get to know the city. The tour leader takes you through small alleys, via old stairs to hidden neighborhoods. On the way the tour leader will tell you lots of different stories about Thessaloniki back in the days and now.
During the culinary tour you will be using all your senses to get to know the Greek kitchen. Your enthusiastic foodie expert cannot wait to let you taste all the good stuff and tell you everything about the local habits. We walk through the city center and visit local shops, either immemorial or modern and a bit more luxurious. We introduce you to the proud owners of the family businesses and of course we will be visiting the central market! Small bites and dishes included.
Departure after breakfast and take the road to the west part of Greece heading to Pella Arrival to Pella at 10:00 Pella was the first capital of the Macedonian state from the late 5th and early 4th century BC as well as the birthplace of Alexander the Great. We will visit some of the most interesting places of Greece ancient history. In Pella, the ancient capital of the Macedonian Empire and native town of Alexander the Great, we will see the archaeological site with the extensive Macedonian excavations containing an excellent collection of marbles, mosaics and terracotta statuettes unearthed here. Departure for Vergina at 13:00 Leaving Pella and after a 1 hour trip we arrive to Vegina. At Vergina, you will visit the most important remains of the monumental palace of the Kingdom of Macedonia, lavishly decorated with mosaics and painted stuccoes, and the burial ground with more than 300 tumuli, some of which date from the 11th century B.C. One of the royal tombs is identified as that of Philip II, who conquered all the Greek cities, paving the way for his son Alexander the Great and the expansion of the Hellenistic world There will be free time for coffee and lunch. At the end of the lunch, in the afternoon, we return to our hotel filled with experiences and knowledge of the fabulous ancient Greek history.
Your driver will pick you up and transfer you to the airport to catch the flight to Santorini. On your arrival in Santorini, our representative will take you to what is sure to be some of the most memorable accommodation of your life. The views from your hotel -where you will be staying for the next three nights- will be unparalleled as you look of the caldera and onto Nea Kameni, the volcano in the middle of the sea. Have your dinner at a restaurant on the edge of the caldera overlooking the spectacular view.
Pick up from your hotel and enjoy a 5 hours semi private Catamaran cruise. The morning tour starts from the Ammoudi port of Oia at 10:20-10:30am and the catamaran sails very close to the caldera cliffs so that you could explore the "Caldera" and shoot some great photos. The crew members will offer you refreshments on board as the catamaran sails very close to the Volcano, heading to the first stop at the Hot Springs. There you can have a mud bath and you will feel the activity of the volcano of Santorini and its thermal characteristics. After half an hour the catamaran will sail to the south part of the Island. Sailing close to the Akrotiri, Light House and Indian Rock the catamaran will stop at the White Beach. At this unique beach we will stop for an hour for swimming and snorkeling. The crew after offering you snorkeling equipment and towels, they will prepare the delicious barbeque meal with Greek Traditional products, Santorinian wine, fruits and soft drinks. The Red beach is the last stop before ending the tour. The Red Beach has been formed from the Hot Lava of the volcano and its red color is vivid and unparalleled. The catamaran will stop there for about half an hour for swimming and snorkelling.
A 5-hour tour to the archaeological excavations at Akrotiri, and then enjoy wine-tasting while the sun goes down. After we pick you up, we will begin with a panoramic view from Profitis Ilias (10min. stop just for photo shooting); then the tour will reach the excavations of the famous Akrotiri in the south side of the island, settlement that witnesses the presence of the ancient civilization set on the island before the explosion of the 1500 BC (1h30min stop.). Next to the Archaeological site and then the Red Beach, where we will stop again for photoshooting (15min.). The tour will end at the winery of "Santo Wine" where you will have the chance to taste wine indigenous during sunset time.
After breakfast, depending on the time of your flight, you may be able to do some more shopping and exploring. After you have checked out of the hotel our driver will transfer you to the airport in plenty of time for your flight back home.
We had a wonderful family trip to Athens and Santorini. We could not have done it without the expertise of our travel agent Anthony Alagiah and the fantastic tour guides and drivers arranged through Anthony. He spoke to us months before our trip to find out exactly what we wanted. He sent us spot on suggesstions for tours and hotels. In Athens we were met by a great driver, Yianis, who was our driver for our time in Athens. He was extremely friendly and welcoming and we felt confortable travelling through Athens with him behind the wheel! The tours we did included the Walking Food Tour in Athens (highly recommend), 3 island cruise, private tours of Delphi, Cape Sounion and the Acroplis. Our hotel in Athens, the Athens Lodge, was centrally located, very clean, had a great breakfast and very friendly staff! In Santorini we were met by a welcoming tour guide and driver and our hotel (Hotel Santorini) was stunning! We did two tours in Santorini, the catamaran sunset cruise and the 5 hour hike through Santorini. The catamaran sunset cruise had delicious food, great saling and a brethtaking sunset! The hike was probably the best tour we took as we saw so much of Santorini, with lots of breaks for water and snacks. We couldn't have had a more remarkable, perfect family vacation! We highly recommend Anthony and Antelope Travel because their service made our vacation the trip of a lifetime!
Written July 30, 2023
Anastasia at Antelope Travel organized an amazing trip that for us - we postponed it over 20 years and the trip planned with Anastasia lived up to the expectations.
We knew we were going to fly from the UK to Skiathos as we wanted to spend time on Skopelos. While I usually do all of our travel planning personally, we decided to give a travel agency a try at the recommendation of a friend. Everything was so simple and went so smoothly, with transportation arranged from plane and ferry to hotels, a car arranged while on Skopelos brought to the hotel, transportation from the ferry at Agios Konstantinos to Athens by Iannis, who was both a very friendly driver, and very knowledgeable, with recommendations and history information as he drove.
While in Athens we took the 5 hour walking tour of the Acropolis and museum led by Maria. She knew a few days in advance we needed to leave an hour earlier than planned and made sure we were in line just as the Acropolis opened, saving us hours of wait time. Without her knowledge both the site and the museum could have been overwhelming, but instead we felt like we understood both the ancient nature of the site, and the current archeological situation. She was outstanding.
The entire trip went without a hitch, and was simple so all we had to do was relax on the island and enjoy the sites in Athens. The hotels were lovely with great breakfasts. I would book with Antelope again the next time we go to Greece, they made it all so easy.
Written July 3, 2023
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