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Itinerary and Overviews:

Day 1 - 2 (ATHENS)

> Private transfer to Hotel of your choice for 2 nights. (View Hotel Options)

> Private 1 Day Tour with English Speaking Driver (View Tour Descriptions)

Athens The city of the Olympic Idea and the majestic Acropolis is the crossroads where east meets west and home to many cultural and fashion events. From her proud temples to the music players in the streets, this city displays her extensive history at every turn. Weave your way from Constitution Square to the beautiful national monuments through lush parks surrounded by preserved Corinthian columns. The new transportation system and pedestrian promenades efficiently interlace the antiquities, parks and many areas rich in nightlife like Plaka, Psirri and Thissio. Tradition, history, and modernity fuse harmoniously. Athens has become a modern city model that other European cities wish to emulate, especially after the 2004 Olympics. The streets have become public art museums where one can find a sculpture exhibition along side the ancient outdoor theater of Herodion, where festivals take place every summer, or a contemporary photo exhibit in the metro station. The beauty, music, art and culture and lively nightlife of Athens make Athenians proud and delighted visitors wish they could stay longer to experience more. While the visitor is sure to visit Plaka, there are many other charming areas of Athens. For example: Psirri, with its boutiques, enchanting tavernas, cafes and bars; where tiny alleys hold centuries of stories like the rembetika-filled nights where the women who inspired the likes of Lord Byron were coaxed from their balconies. Visit Kolonaki to shop the designer boutiques at the Acropolis foothills or have a coffee on the square. Places like the pine clad Lycabettus hill with its chapel of St. George offer a panoramic view of the city, are a visitor's must. The nearby Athens suburbs by the waterfront are also easy to get to and a delight to visit. Athens is filled with wondrous sights and surprises.

> Private transfer to airport to meet your flight to Mykonos

Day 3 - 6 (Mykonos)

> Upon arrival, transfer to hotel of your choice for 3 nights. (View Hotel Options)

Mykonos, Although one of the smallest islands of the Cyclades is definitely the most famous, thanks to its treasure of natural beauty, rich history, cosmopolitan character combined with a vibrant nightlife, as well as plenty of local color.  Mykonos is famous world-wide for its chalk-white beauty and its vibrant night life. Celebrities and dignitaries from all over the world make this island a world famous destination. Enjoy the beaches, take advantage of world-class shopping, and enjoy the rich nightlife. 

> Transfer to Port to meet Hydrofoil to Santorini

Day 6  - 9 (Santorini)

> Upon arrival, transfer to hotel of your choice for 3 nights. (View Hotel & Villa Options)

Santorini. The enchanting island of the Southern Aegean Sea is a miracle. A blessed site of incredible beauty, created by the most terrifying and violent disaster in nature. Its wild beauty, unique architecture, black and red beaches, its 3,500 years old archaeological site at Akrotiri, its famous wineries and its dramatically aesthetic sunsets attract visitors to this tiny island from all over the world. Santorini is perhaps the most stunning landscape the world has to offer.

> Transfer to airport for flight to Athens to meet your flight to Rome
 

DAY 9 - 11: (rome)

> Upon arrival, transfer to hotel of your choice for 2 nights (View Hotel Options)

No other city in the world equals the history of the Eternal City. Founded more than 2700 years ago, the city of Rome reigned as the Caput Mundi, or Capital of the World.   

With a heady blend of artistic and architectural masterpieces, classical ruins, and extravagant baroque churches and piazzas ,  Rome is Italy's treasure trove, packed with two millennia of artistic achievement. It's here that a metropolis once bustled around the carved marble monuments of the Roman Forum, where centuries later Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) painted Christian history in the Sistine Chapel, where Gian Lorenzo Bernini's nymphs and naiads dance in their fountains, and where an empire of gold was worked into the crowns of rulers for centuries. For culture-seekers and historians this city simply oozes with possibilities for discovery, a chance to step back in time yet have one foot firmly in the present. It’s one city where you can have an espresso in a square designed by Bernini, then take modern metro (train) back to your hotel room in a renovated Renaissance palace.

ROME,  HALF DAY PRIVATE TOUR

The tour includes visit of  Imperial Rome with the Coliseum, the Roman Forum and the Circus Maximus and Capitol Hill.

 Visit the “Must See” Sites of Rome on the half day private tour.  Places visited  include the Colosseum completed in 80 AD.  This ancient monument was commissioned by Emperor Vespasian whose aim was to gain popularity by staging deadly combats of gladiators and wild animal fights for public viewing.  Another landmark that you will see and visit in the city is the Roman Forum around which ancient Rome was developed and where commerce, business, prostitution cult and the administration of justice took place. Circus Maximus an enormous structure which was used for entertainment events such as the gripping chariot races that were a huge favourite of the Roman people also features on our itinerary. A tour of Rome is not complete without a  a visit to Capitol Hill. With its panoramic view, it was Rome's symbolic center and held the Temple of Jupiter.  Nowadays, it hosts the Municipality of Rome.

Price includes half-day guided tour with English speaking tour guide, private minivan and entrance fee for the Coliseum.

> Transfer to Rail Station to meet Train to Amalfi Coast

DAY 11 - 16: (Amalfi coast)

> Upon arrival, transfer to hotel of your choice for 5 nights (View Hotel Options)

The Amalfi Coast  is a beautiful and renowned stretch of mountainous coastline south of Naples, in Campania. The southern end of the Bay of Naples stretches out in a steep and rocky peninsula that reaches towards the Isle of Capri. Sorrento, another major tourist destination, looks back towards Naples from the north coast of the peninsula. The southern side of the peninsula is dotted with picturesque villages and towns clinging giddily to cliffs; this is what is known as the Amalfi Coast. Surrounded by steep rugged mountain cliffs 700 meters high that drop dramatically into the deep blue Mediterranean, it has been a magnet for the rich and famous for 50 years. The Amalfi coast is unique in the world for its natural beauty, breath-taking views, colors and characteristics. Small picturesque fishing villages are scattered in clusters, upon the front face of the mountain. Villas, churches and corner shops are built cut out of the rock, on top of each other climbing up the mountain from the water's edge. All buildings are surrounded by beautifully kept gardens and terraces, narrow pebbled streets and endless steps, lemon trees, grape and olive vines and the perfume of nature. It is a presence rich in history and culture, which is still alive today, among so many artistic memories of the past. Amalfi introduced instruments, such as the compass, and ideas such as the fundamentals of navigation, to the West. From these roots, originated the friendly hospitality and generosity of the people from the Coast thoughtful towards visitors and travelers, today as yesterday.

AMALFI COAST,  HALF DAY PRIVATE TOUR: POMPEII

With its excavated area, extending for approximately 44 ha, and the preservation state of its buildings, due to the particular burial (under a blanket of 6 meter of ash and rock) caused by the eruption of the Vesuvius in 79 AD, Pompeii can be considered the only archaeological site which gives the real image of roman city. And the image is similar to cities, not preserved, of the same period. Despite wars waged on its soils, despite assaults by earthquakes and a volcano nineteen centuries ago, Pompeii is still vibrant and accessible. Wander from mosaic to monument, temple to theatre, envision life in this legendary city.

This in-depth private tour is hosted by an English-speaking guide. Entrance fees are not included

> Private Transfer to Naples airport to meet international flight. 

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