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Greece Undiscovered - Small Group - 03 Apr 2027 to 02 Oct 2027
Operated by Trafalgar
Tripcode: 4I952AMM27
Overview
Destination:
Greece,
Duration:12 days
Type:Group tour (max 45)
Travel Period
April 2027 - October 2027
Explore mainland Greece on a Small Group journey built around the country’s defining ancient sites and regional food traditions. Walk the Acropolis in Athens, stand at Thermopylae where Leonidas is honoured and step inside the royal tombs at Vergina. Follow the Sacred Way at Delphi, pass through Mycenae’s Lion Gate and see the theatre of Epidaurus, still recognised for its acoustics. Along the way, taste Agiorgitiko wines in Nemea with local cheeses and cured meats, visit an olive grove to learn the pressing process and meet a beekeeping family focused on pollinator conservation. From fortified harbour towns to mountain sanctuaries, this journey keeps Greece’s history and landscape side by side.
Highlights:
Standard inclusions
- 11 Breakfast (B)
- 5 Dinner (D)
- 2 Lunch (L)
- Air-conditioned, 40-seat coach with double the standard legroom and onboard washroom
- An expert Travel Director and professional Driver
- Audio headsets for flexible sightseeing
- All hotel tips, charges and local taxes
- We carry your bags for you and promptly deliver them to your hotel door
- From time to time, your Travel Director will delight you with a local specialty representing the destination.
- Complimentary coach and hotel Wi-Fi where available
Itinerary
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Arrive in Athens, home to the Acropolis and the Parthenon, monuments that have defined the city’s skyline since the 5th century BC. After settling into your hotel, meet your Travel Director and fellow Small Group travellers. This evening, gather with your group for dinner at a local restaurant featuring Greek dishes shaped by regional produce and long-standing culinary traditions.
The Glorious City of Athens
Explore Athens with your Local Specialist, beginning at the Acropolis Museum to view Parthenon sculptures and Acropolis finds, including frieze panels and architectural fragments. Continue past Hadrian’s Arch and the Temple of Olympian Zeus, marking the scale of Roman Athens. View the Panathenaic Stadium, reconstructed in marble for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. In Syntagma Square, see the Parliament Building and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, then pass the 19th-century neoclassical Trilogy of Athens. This evening, you may choose to join an Optional Experience for dinner in Psiri.
Ancient Dion and on to Thessaloniki
Travel north from Athens to Thermopylae, the narrow coastal pass where King Leonidas and 300 Spartans resisted the Persian army in 480 BC. You’ll stop to see the modern memorial marking the site and learn how the landscape shaped the battle strategy. Continue to Ancient Dion, a sacred city of the Macedonians at the foot of Mount Olympus. With your Local Specialist, explore the archaeological park, including sanctuaries, theatres and Roman-era villas. Later, arrive in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, where you’ll enjoy dinner with your small group.
Thessaloniki, Greece’s Foodie Capital
Explore Thessaloniki, a port city shaped by Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman rule and long recognised as a cultural crossroads of northern Greece. See the city’s sights with your choice. You may join a Local Specialist for a city tour that traces Thessaloniki’s layered history, moving from Roman remains and Byzantine churches towards the Upper Town for views across the Thermaic Gulf. Alternatively, join your Travel Director for a guided food walk, tasting regional specialities that reflect the city’s trading heritage and diverse influences. The afternoon is at leisure to continue exploring at your own pace. Perhaps walk the waterfront promenade to the White Tower, browse the Modiano and Kapani markets for spices, olives and sweets, or head up to Ano Poli for views over the Thermaic Gulf.
Vergina, Metsovo and on to Ioannina
Travel to Vergina with your Local Specialist to the ancient Macedonian capital of Aigai. You’ll explore the Royal Tombs, including the burial chamber traditionally identified with Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. Continue to the Museum of Aigai to view finds from the royal cemetery and palace site, including gold grave goods, weapons, jewellery and painted tomb elements. Later, travel into the Pindus Mountains to Metsovo. Enjoy time at leisure, browsing cheese shops known for Metsovone and other smoked local varieties, visiting the Tositsa Folk Art Museum or stopping at a local winery connected to Metsovo’s modern wine production. Continue to Ioannina for dinner at your hotel.
Picturesque Ioannina
Explore Ioannina, a lakeside city shaped by Ottoman rule and regional trade across Epirus. Walk within the castle walls of the old town, where mosques, Byzantine churches and stone houses reflect centuries of layered authority. From the lakeside promenade, take in views across Lake Pamvotis before boarding a small boat to the Island of Ioannina. Once ashore, you’ll have time to explore independently. You might visit the monastery associated with Ali Pasha, sample traditional syrup pastries such as baklava made to Ottoman-era recipes or see examples of the silverwork that established Ioannina as a centre of metal craft.
Venetian Town of Nafpaktos
Begin in Nafpaktos on the Gulf of Corinth, a fortified harbour town shaped by its position at the narrow entrance to the gulf. You’ll spend time around the Venetian harbour and the defensive walls that rise from the waterfront towards the castle above, a clear outline of how the town was organised for maritime control. Offshore, the Battle of Lepanto was fought in 1571, and your visit places this major naval clash in its geographic setting. Later, arrive in Galaxidi for a two-night stay and join your small group for a seafood dinner.
Delphi with a Local Specialist
Visit Delphi, long regarded as the centre of the ancient Greek world. With your Local Specialist, ascend the Sacred Way, once lined with votive buildings, passing the Parian marble Treasury of the Athenians and the Polygonal Wall, whose interlocking stones remain intact after thousands of years. Approach the Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle of Delphi delivered pronouncements for some 14 centuries. Later, join a local chef in Delphi, making Greek pies, a long-established staple in this mountainous part of Central Greece. Then sit down together for lunch, sharing the pies you created with your small group.
On to Nafplion
Enter the Peloponnese and pause in Nemea, one of Greece’s leading wine regions, known for reds made from the Agiorgitiko grape. You’ll enjoy a light lunch followed by a tasting that compares styles shaped by vineyard site and ageing approach. Later, join a MAKE TRAVEL MATTER® Experience with a local beekeeping family dedicated to pollinator conservation and sustainable honey production, learning how hive care supports both biodiversity and agriculture. Continue to Nafplion, Greece’s first capital after independence, set beneath the Palamidi fortress with the Bourtzi sea tower in the harbour. Walk the old town with your Travel Director before settling in for the evening.
The Beauty of Nafplion
Visit Mycenae with your Local Specialist and explore one of the key centers of Bronze Age Greece, associated with the Mycenaean civilization that dominated the mainland in the late 2nd millennium BC. Enter through the Lion Gate and walk the citadel, examining the Cyclopean walls built from massive limestone blocks and visiting tholos ‘beehive’ tombs used for elite burials. Continue to Epidaurus to see the 4th-century BC theater, designed for clear sightlines and acoustics as part of a sanctuary dedicated to Asclepius. On the return to Nafplion, stop at a local olive grove to follow the steps from harvest to pressing, then taste olive oil and learn how producers assess quality through aroma and flavor. This evening, join your Small Group and Travel Director to celebrate your journey through Greece
Back to the Capital
Cross the Corinth Canal, opened in 1893 to create a direct passage between the Aegean and Ionian seas, before arriving in Athens for your final day in Greece. The rest of the day is at leisure. Revisit a favourite area, spend time at the National Archaeological Museum, wander Plaka and Monastiraki for small shops and street stalls, or head to the Acropolis slopes for wide views across the city.
Farewell Greece
Transfer to the airport, saying goodbye to your small group and Travel Director at the end of your journey through Greece.
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