TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 17
Depart From Chicago O’hare for your flight to Greece via Turkish Airlines. Beverages and meals will be served on board.

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 18
Upon arrival to Athens Airport, we will start our daily trip and we will depart for Peloponnese. Our first stop will be at the Isthmus of Corinth, which is a narrow strip of land 6 kilometers in length joining Central Greece with Peloponnese. We will have free time to take photos. Then, we will depart for Ancient Corinth, which was an important city - state in Ancient Greece and dates back from the Neolithic Period (5.000-3.000). We will visit one of the largest museums in Greece, in terms of the wealth and quality of the findings. Corinth is mentioned many times in the New Testament, largely in connection with St. Paul the Apostle's mission there - testifying to the success of Caesar's refunding of the city. Traditionally, the Church of Corinth is believed to have been founded by St. Paul, making it an Apostolic See. Afterwards, we will have free time for lunch in the town center. Before heading back to Athens, we will make a short stop at the Ancient Port of Kechries.

DINNER AND OVERNIGHT: Athens

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19
Today after breakfast, we will start our Athens City Tour from the Panathenaic Stadium known as Kallimarmaro. In Antiquity was used for the celebration of Panathenea in honour of Goddess Athena. You will have free time to take photos. Boarding to the coach and departure to see the Zappeion Hall, the Greek Parliament and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the symbolic monument in the memory of the Soldiers who died for their country. Then, drive along Panepistimiou Street, one of the most central streets of Athens, we will see the triad of neoclassical buildings: The Library, the Academy and the University. We will visit Mars Hill and the Acropolis with magnificent monuments such as the Parthenon, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, the Propylaea, the Ancient Agora, the theatre of Dionysus and the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Acts 17:16-34). We will have the chance to walk around the Parthenon Monument, which was built during the 5th century BC by the architects Ictinus and Kallikrates. Transfer to the port to embark on our Aegean Sea journey.

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19 TO SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES ABOARD THE GETAWAY
Port of Call                                Date               Arrival Time          Departure Time
PIRAEUS ATHENS             09/19/2024                                           5:00 pm
THESSALONIKI                  09/20/2024           9:00 am                 4:00 pm
IZMIR EPHESUS                09/21/2024            7:00 am                4:00 pm
ISTANBUL                          09/22/2024           10:00 am
ISTANBUL                          09/23/2024                                          4:00 pm
MYKONOS                         09/24/2024           11:00 am              8:00 pm
PAROS                               09/25/2024            8:00 am                6:00 pm
RHODES                            09/26/2024            9:00 am                8:00 pm
HERAKLION CRETE          09/27/2024            8:00 am                6:00 pm
SANTORINI ISLAND         09/28/2024            8:00 am                9:30 pm
PIRAEUS ATHENS            09/29/2024            6:00 am

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29
Transfer to the Athens aiport after cruise disembarkation.

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 30
Arrival in the USA!

  
PLEASE NOTE!  We reserve the right to omit any site and/or change the itinerary
Should it be necessary due to local conditions.

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