SUNDAY - AUGUST 31
Depart From Chicago O’Hare for your flight to Athens, Greece via Turkish Airlines. Beverages and meals will be served on board.
MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 1
Upon arrival to Athens Airport, meet our guide and transfer to our hotel.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT: Athens
TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 2
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 aboard the Norwegian Viva.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
AEGEAN SEA CRUISE ABOARD THE NORWEGIAN VIVA
Ports of Call
PIRAEUS (ATHENS) 09/02/2025 Departure 5:00 pm
KUSADASI, TURKEY 09/03/2025 Arrival 6:30 am Departure 1:30 pm
ISTANBUL, TURKEY 09/04/2025 Arrival 9:30 am
ISTANBUL, TURKEY 09/05/2025 Departure 4:00 pm
VOLOS, GREECE 09/06/2025 Arrival 11:30 am Departure 7:30 pm
MYKONOS, GREECE 09/07/2025 Arrival 7:00 am Departure 7:00 pm
SANTORINI ISLAND, GREECE 09/08/2025 Arrival 8:00 am Departure 10:00 pm
RHODES, GREECE 09/09/2025 Arrival 9:00 am Departure 7:00 pm
HERAKLION, CRETE 09/10/2025 Arrival 8:00 am Departure 6:00 pm
PIRAEUS (ATHENS) 09/11/2025 Arrival 7:00 am
THURSDAY - SEPTEMBER 11
Upon dismbarkation from the ship, meet our guide and 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
FRIDAY - SEPTEMBER 12
Morning transfer to the Athens airport. 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.
DAY BY DAY ITINERARY
