Plan Harmony

Itinerary

Day 1: Corinth Canal - Mycenae - Nafplio town - Epidaurus

Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island.
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Archaeological Site Mycenae, Mycenae 21200 Greece
Mycenae is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of King Agamemnon and the Mycenean civilization with some of Greece’s most famous ancient ruins. Wander around the archaeological site and accompanying museum.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese
One of the most beautiful towns in the area of Argolis (Eastern Peloponnese) as well as one of the most romantic cities all over Greece.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Palamidi Castle, Eikostis Pemptis Martiou, Nafplio 211 00 Greece
Walk through the Venetian castle and down the 999 steps that take you to the old Nafplio town.
Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, Epidavros 210 52 Greece
Epidaurus, another Unesco World Heritage Site, is home to an ancient, beautifully preserved theater. The oldest theater with amazing acoustics.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Argous 105 Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth 200 07 Greece
OPTIONAL: Ancient Corinth was inhabited in the Neolithic period (6500-3250 BC) but the big prosperity begins in the 8th century.
Corinth was a city-state on the Isthmus (canal) of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nafplio Port, PORT, Nafplio 211 00, Greece
OPTIONAL: Enjoy an evening out to explore and dine at Nafplio port and Old Town. This is a free ride to drop you off and pick you up from Nafplio to your hotel.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Nafplio town at our carefully selected hotel subject to availability and how early you have booked the tour.

Day 2: Monemvasia via the Coastline & Mountain range of East Peloponnese

Stop At: Tyros, Tyros, Arkadia Region, Peloponnese
Instead of taking the motorway route to Monemvasia, we'll enjoy the beautiful coastline after leaving Nafplio and then climb the mountain range of Parnon; with Greek coffee by the water and lunch at a mountain village.
Our first break/stop. We'll enjoy a coffee next to the ocean before climbing up the mountain range of Parnon.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Leonidio, Leonidio, Arkadia Region, Peloponnese
Leonidio is as impressive as any town in Greece with its Dafonas Gorge in between the red rock-climbing Parnon mountain. Famous to all Greeks for the sweet eggplant/aubergine.
Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Monastery of Panagia Elona, Eparchiaki Odos Leonidiou - Kosma, Kosmas 23058 Greece
A quick stop at the cliff-hanging monastery of Elona. Amazing views of the red mountain rocks.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Kosmas, Kosmas, Arkadia Region, Peloponnese
Kosmas is a small village in the mountains of Arkadia on Mount Parnon at the east coast of the Peloponessos. Surrounded by forests of chestnut trees and pine, it is high enough for there to be a difference in temperature of ten or more degrees from all other places.
Our authentic lunch place under the huge plain trees of the traditional main square of the town.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Monemvasia Fortress, Monemvasia, Monemvasia Municipality 23070 Greece
The Castle Town of Monemvasia is among the most impressive places in Greece. Located on the south eastern side of Peloponnese, Monemvasia was entirely carved on the back side of a sea rock in the Medieval times.
Duration: 15 hours

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight Monemvasia Castle.

Day 3: Mani peninsula, Diros Caves, Mystras & Sparta

Stop At: Mani Peninsula, Mani Peninsula, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
One of the most wild and beautiful areas of Greece
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Caves of Diros, Diros 230 62 Greece
A vast cave structure which is experienced from an expertly guided boat. The lighting and variety of rock formations and formations of stalagmites and stalactites lit with sympathetic lighting makes you appreciate the passage of time.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Areopoli, Areopoli, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
One of the typical stonebuilt towns where Pirates were a permanent threat.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Archaeological Site of Mystra, Mystras, Sparta Municipality 231 00 Greece
The famous Byzantine Castletown with the fantastic views of Sparta and the Laconic olive groves.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Vathia, Vathia, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
OPTIONAL (alternative to Diros Caves): Vatheia is the most photographed location of the Mani Peninsula. Also, the best known and most beautiful castle town of Mani. It is an abandoned village today but with amazing views. the late '80s were not, unfortunately, followed through.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Leonidas Monument, Sparta, Sparta Municipality Greece
The King Leonidas statue stands belligerently in front of a football stadium. When the Persians attacked at Thermopylae and told the Spartans and their allies to lay down their weapons, Leonidas' response, immortalized beneath his feet, was 'Molon labe' ('Come and get them').
Duration: 15 minutes

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight at Sparta or Mystras at an amazing hotel if you book early enough.

Day 4: Ancient Olympia & (option) Ancient Messene

Stop At: Archaeological Site of Olympia, Archea Olympia, Olympia 27065 Greece
Olympia hosted the original Olympic Games, founded in the 8th century B.C. Its extensive ruins include athletic training areas, a stadium and temples dedicated to the gods Hera and Zeus.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Archaia Olympia, Olympia 27 065 Greece
You will also visit the world-famous Olympia museum and get the chance to see some unbelievable sculptures such as the sculpted decoration of the marble temple of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the famous Hermes carved by the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Arcadia, Greece
After Ancient Olympia we head to the final destination of the day; the Arcadia mountain stone-built villages to overnight and be ready to explore on the last day.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Dimitsana, Dimitsana, Arkadia Region, Peloponnese
EVENING: One of the most beautiful stone-built villages of central Peloponnese. Thanks to its striking beauty Dimitsana is one of the most popular all year round destinations in Greece along with the nearby Stemnitsa village, in the heart of Arcadia.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight in one of the mountain villages. Quality accommodation at each location; determined at the time of booking.

Day 5: Cave of Lakes & Odontotos Cog Railway

Stop At: Kastria Cave of the Lakes, Kastria Greece
THE MYTHICAL 'CAVE OF THE LAKES' has something exclusively unique that does not exist in other well known caves. A rare creation of nature with mysterious galleries and strange stalactite formations.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Kalavrita, Kalavrita, Achaea Region, West Greece
Kalavrita and the surrounding area are a resort for all seasons. This is your lunch place! We explore the center of the town on foot before or after lunch.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Diakopto 250 03, Greece
About 120 years ago Odontotos rack railway started from the seaside town of Diakopto parallel to the river and climbed to Kalavrita through bridges and tunnels.

The little train incorporated so well to the natural environment that it seems that it had always been there. The way it was constructed did not put a strain on the ecosystem of the gorge. Using stone and wood from the area the technicians' work is so perfect that someone may think that the nature worked on its own.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Nafpaktos 303 00, Greece
Nafpaktos is a beautiful seaside small town, where we'' stress our legs and enjoy coffee next to the water and the Venetian Castle.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Delphi, Delphi, Phocis Region, Central Greece
Early evening arrival at Delphi village ready to explore the site next morning.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight at a surprise location (in the area of Delphi) but away from the many tourist traps of this touristy area.

Day 6: Delphi (plus Meteora late afternoon visit; time permiting)

Stop At: Delphi Archaeological Museum, Ethniki Odos Amfissas - Livadias, Delphi 330 54 Greece
The Archaeological Museum of Delphi, one of the most important in Greece, exhibits the history of the Delphic sanctuary, the site of the most famous ancient Greek oracle. Its rich collections are comprised primarily of architectural sculptures, statues, and minor objects donated to the sanctuary.
The famous Charioteer belonged to a statuary complex of a chariot run by four horses and included a second male figure.
The Sphinx of the Naxians, dated to 560 BC, comprises one of the earliest representations in art of the demonic creature with a lion's body, bird's wings and a woman's head.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Delphi Greece
The sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred meaning, Delphi in the 6th century B.C. was indeed the religious center and symbol of unity of the ancient Greek world.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Tholos of Athena Pronaia, Delphi 330 54, Greece
The first photo you see when you google "Delphi" but still a place that most tourists miss out on! We don't!
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Amfissa, Amfissa, Phocis Region, Central Greece
A totally of the beaten path location for our lunch with authentic choices, treat of your driver/tour leader
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Meteora, Kastraki, Kalambaka 422 00 Greece
OPTIONAL: If there are no unexpected delays, and although not part of the normal itinerary, we shall make the first visit to the amazing monasteries' area to get a feeling of the amazing landscape with the sun setting down. Time permitting it may be possible to visit St Stephan's monastery.
Totally different lighting than the morning visit to follow the next day!
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: Overnight at Meteora with a great view of the famous rocks.

Day 7: Meteora (2-3 monasteries) & Thermopylae Battlefield

Stop At: The Great Meteoron Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Saviour, Kalabaka 422 00, Greece
We shall be visiting two of the monasteries that are open on a specific day. The gigantic rocks of Meteora dominate imposingly over Kalampaka town. This masterpiece of nature reveals all its glory for centuries as a unique geological phenomenon in beauty and an important monument of Orthodoxy.
The Great Meteoron Monastery, built on an imposing rock, is the oldest, the biggest, and the most important among the monasteries of Meteora which are preserved today.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Varlaam Monastery, Kalambaka Greece
In 1350 a daring ascetic named Varlaam ascended to the rock. The monastery was named after him. He built three churches, a small cell and a water tank. After his death the rock remained abandoned for about 200 years until 1517 when the two priest-monks Theophanes and Nektarios Apsarades started to construct the first buildings from the beginning.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Holy Trinity Monastery (Agia Triada), Kalambaka Greece
Probably the most photographed monastery. According to historical sources Holy Trinity must have been built between 1458 and 1476.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Battlefield of Thermopylae, Thermopylae Greece
We take a break at the Thermopylae battlefield location with King Leonidas statue. The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, in 480 BC.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Syntagma, Syntagma, Athens, Attica
... back to Athens
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
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Accommodation included: We return to Athens with drop off at your hotel.

• Completely private! No strangers in the same vehicle as your group! A great tour for 1-8 people
• Brand new non smoking 2020-22 vehicles: large saloon or luxurious minivan. Non smoking driver.
• Top quality accommodation/breakfast.
• Hotel pickup and drop-off but other locations are possible (ports, airports)
• In car tour information booklet and bottled water
• Optional: Vegetarian lunch can be arranged in most cases. Please let us know in advance.
• In-car INFORMATION BOOKLET for all tour activities and sites.
• Bottled Water
• 6x Breakfast
• 7x Lunch
• Accommodation included: 7 nights

• Pickup and drop-off in areas outside of Athens
• Entrance fees to the sites; (€8 to €12 per site). Half price during off season (1.Nov to 31.Mar)
• Dinner (You are on your own... but your guide will let you know the best places to eat/drink out)
• PROFESSIONAL/LICENSED GUIDE (optional)
• Shopping & touristy stops unless required by your group
• Gratuites (optional)

• Not wheelchair accessible
• Infant seats available
• No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
• Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
• We expect you to be healthy before traveling! We are in favor of "adjustive social distancing" and optionally wearing masks in crowded and enclosed spaces. Our guides are like family to us and care about your & our safety! Our tours have always been only PRIVATE and with spotless vehicles.
• This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 4 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

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If you cancel at least 7 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 2 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.