Athens, Santorini and Crete

See the Signature Sights in Style

Athens has for quite some time been a draw – with staggering landmarks tracing all the way back to Antiquity, the city is one of the world’s most established and an entrancing spot to find. Meet your private guide for a half-day direction visit through the city, taking in the destinations and neighborhoods that have formed the special character of Athens for more than a few centuries. Visit the outside of the Greek House of Parliament, a neoclassical construction ignoring the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier where the customary Changing of the Guard happens. Pass by Syntagma Square, the Academy, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the National Library, and Iliou Melathron, the previous home of the praised classicist Heinrich Schliemann, noted as perhaps the most excellent structures in Athens. After your direction visit through the downtown area, drive to the base of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Acropolis and move up a progression of steps to arrive at this famous consecrated stone. At the top, go through the Propylea, the masterful access to the grand designs inside, and appreciate the marvelous all-encompassing perspective on the city and the whole bowl of Attica before you. Investigate the Parthenon, the most popular and most stunning of designs of the Acropolis fortification. Visit the Erechtheion, whose sanctuary is graced with the patio of the Caryatids, closing your visit with a relaxed walk around through the lovely Plaka territory to your lodging.

City Streets and Tasty Treats

Greece has a rich culinary custom tracing all the way back to relic – a solid and tasty Mediterranean eating regimen affected by the locale’s plentiful reap. Meet your private guide for a 4-hour strolling visit through the roads of Athens, including the Varvakios Central market. Test nearby treats that Athenians may get on their approach to work and indulgences appreciated as a component of their day-by-day schedules. Find out about the long culinary custom that has formed the nation, including remarkable cooking strategies and plans. Visit with nearby craftsmen that have culminated exceptional plans and kept up family customs for quite a long time and investigate specific food stores that source the best quality items and fixings from everywhere Greece. A culinary visit would not be finished without a visit to Varvakios Central Market, the city’s dynamic focal food market where nearby merchants show their items from the nation over. Test notable delights from Athens’ food scene and appreciate scrumptious pieces that can incorporate customary cheddar pie, dried products of the soil, Greek espresso, souvlaki, loukoumades, olive oil, and neighborhood cheeses – tidbits can be adjusted to take into account the scope of dietary requirements with timely notification. Become familiar with the preferences that Athenians value and enjoy a plentiful arrangement of tempting sweet and exquisite treats with your food-smart guide. Toward the finish of the visit, get back to your inn by walking with your guide.

A Change of Scenery

Meet your driver for a private air terminal exchange.

Get onto a trip in Athens with direct help to Santorini. The inexact flight length is 50 minutes.

Meet your driver for a private air terminal exchange.

Greece is one of the world’s most seasoned wine-delivering areas, following its wine creation roots to the actual beginning of Greek human advancement. Santorini’s rough, volcanic soil is home to a scope of grape varietals not usually found outside of Greece, and the pleasant grape plantations coating the Aegean are a treat for both the sense of taste and the eyes. Meet your private guide and driver for a half-day investigation of one of the island’s valued wineries. Start with a drive through Pyrgos town and the slope of Profitis Ilias, decorated by a cloister committed to the Prophet Elijah, situated on the most elevated mark of the island. The yard of the religious community offers stunning all-encompassing perspectives on the whole island of Santorini. Proceed to the remarkable setting of a town winery where you’ll appreciate a tasting of 3 privately delivered wines, acquiring another viewpoint of the island’s particular terroir. After, you’ll be blessed to receive a wonderful lunch nearby followed by a private exchange either to Fira, or back to your inn.

Sail the Seas

Santorini is a marvelous incredible sight and a vital involvement with nightfall. Experience the fabulous nightfall this evening from the solace of a little gathering shared voyage. Move by private vehicle to the port and head out around the island, beginning with a visit to the well-known Red Beach, a geographically remarkable territory that was shaped in a volcanic emission. The seashore is known as one the best areas for swimming and swimming in Santorini, and the completely clear waters ensure novel stone developments that are ideal for finding. From here, keep cruising to the staggering White Beach, basically open by boat or by walking from the Red Beach. Volcanic dark sand differentiates the transcending white bluffs above, and the sand is dabbed with white rocks and pumice stones. Appreciate a half-hour at recreation for swimming and swimming free sky blue waters of this bay. Back ready, relish a tasty grill feast on the boat’s deck, joined by fresh Santorinian wine. Keep cruising back to port, halting underneath the town of Oia to watch the nightfall over the Caldera, luxuriating the ocean with splendid shades of imperial purple, red, and orange. Close your otherworldly evening with a private exchange back from the port.

The Journey Continues…

Meet your driver for a private port exchange. For your solace, a private colleague will be close by to assist you with exploring the crowded Santorini port and make your forward association.

Board a high-velocity ship for exchange from Santorini to Heraklion. The inexact exchange time is 1.5 hours.

Meet your driver for a private exchange from Heraklion to Chania. The surmised move time is 2.5 hours.

Innovative Cuisine

Meet your private guide for a mobile visit through Chania, zeroing in on the luscious culinary practice of this Cretan city. Interface with the city’s pith strolling through the old Jewish and Turkish quarters, framing a personality cut out by warm, friendly individuals and scrumptious food. Walk around Chania’s chronicled area, visiting bonafide and bright nearby food shops and restaurants. A brief look into the living history of Chania, taking in the design and laid-back way of life as you wander through the town, investigating Crete’s novel flavors and fragrances. Visit with individuals in the background, and taste the nearby culinary enjoyments, like the sweet most loved ”loukoumades”, a customary ”bougatsa” pie, nectar, rusks, olives, spices, and flavors. Walk around at a comfortable speed – today is reasonable for most wellness levels and palates.

Fortunes and Pleasures

Head into the moving slopes of the beautiful field close to Chania with your private guide and driver, and gain a personal point of view on the island of Crete’s rich cultivating and culinary history. Find the rural enjoyments of the island, and visit a little home that produces olive oil, a neighborhood winery, and a rural family-run café. Start with a visit to Biola, an environmental model ranch developed by fifth-era proprietors, advancing a conventional technique for natural olive oil creation where the oil is stone processed and cold-squeezed. The proprietors will direct you through the premises and go along with you in an olive oil tasting.

Drive through the verdant scene fixed with orange and olive forests while in transit to an interesting nearby winery, the acknowledgment of a long-lasting dream of a Greek-American proprietor, who was brought up in this little town. Accompanied by a wine master, investigate the grape plantation’s grounds and test the delightful terroir of the Cretan wines. End the day with a drive through the lower regions of the White Mountains to a neighborhood family-run bar to appreciate a delectable dinner in a casual setting. Get back to your lodging in the late evening.

Wind Down

This evening, appreciate time at relaxation to investigate at your own speed or unwind at your lodging.

Gather Your Bags

Meet your driver for a private air terminal exchange.

Get onto a trip in Chania with direct assistance to Athens. The inexact span is 50 minutes.