Day 1: Depart US for Athens (Thursday)
Your overnight flight transports you to Athens.
Day 2: Athens (Friday)
Our staff will greet you upon arrival in Athens and privately escort you to your hotel. Balance of day at leisure. Enjoy lunch at an ouzerie for some good old fashioned Greek food.
Rhodes Port
Day 3: Athens (Saturday)
A morning tour of Athens. Visit the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch, the Theatre of Dionysos, and the Acropolis and its museum. Afternoon at leisure. Stroll through Plaka, the historic area of Athens.
Day 4: Athens (Sunday)
A free day in Athens. Optional tours are available.
Day 5: Athens / Piraeus / Mykonos (Monday)
Transfer to the port of Piraeus. Sail at 11:00 am. Arrive in Mykonos. Stroll through its narrow streets lined with white washed houses. Find a table on the waterfront and enjoy the sunset over the harbor. Experience the excitement of its nightlife. Sail at 11:00 p.m.
Day 6: Kusadasi / Ephesus / Patmos (Tuesday)
Arrival in Kusadasi, Turkey at 7:00 a.m. Optional tour to Ephesus. Walk down a marble road rutted by the wheels of countless chariots towards the ancient harbor. Pass the Library of Celsus and the Great Amphitheater where St. Paul was arrested and exiled. Sail at noon for Patmos, the site of the apocalyptic Revelations of St. John, the Divine. Arrive at 4:00 p.m. Optional tour to the Monastery of St. John and the nearby cave where the Apocalypse was written. Sail at 9:00 p.m.
Day 7: Rhodes (Wednesday)
The beauty of Rhodes beckons you as the ship enters its port at 7:00 a.m. Stroll through the Medieval Castle of the Knights of the Order of St. John. Optional tour to Lindos to see the ancient Acropolis. Sail at 6:00 p.m.
Day 8: Heraklion / Santorini (Thursday)
Arrival in Heraklion, Crete at 7:00 a.m. Optional tour to Knossos Palace, believed to be the mythical Labyrinth of King Minos and the Minotaur monster and the Heraklion Museum, housing many of the treasures found at Knossos. Sail at 11:30 a.m. for Santorini with arrival at 4:30 p.m. Santorini is the diamond of all the islands. White washed homes, narrow streets and open air cafes cling to the cliffside. The sunset will leave a lasting memory. Sail at 9:00 p.m.
Day 9: Piraeus / Athens / Home (Friday)
Return to Piraeus is at 6:00 a.m. Private transfer to the Athens airport fo your flight home.