Revised Schedule for 2006

Greece in January   Jan 3-16, 2006
G1  Skopelos, Northern Greece and Athens  April 20-May 3
G2  Athens and the Peloponnese  April 30-May 10
G1&2  All Greece  April 20-May 10
G3  Delfi, Meteora, Islands  May 9-18
G2&3  April 30-May 18
T1  Turkish Coasts and Istanbul  May 17-26
T2  Istanbul and Central Turkey  May 22-June 2
T1&2  Coastal and Central Turkey  May 17-June 2
G4  Skopelos, Northern Greece and Athens  June 2-15
G5  Athens and the Peloponnese  June 12-22
G4&5  All Greece  June 2-22
G6  Delfi, Meteora, Islands  June 21-30
G5&6  June 12-30
T3  Turkish Coasts and Istanbul  June 29-July 8
T4  Istanbul and Central Turkey  July 4-15
T3&4  Coastal and Central Turkey  June 29-July 15
G7  Greek Archaeology and Islands  Sept 15-Oct 2
T5  Coastal and Central Turkey  Oct 1-17


What is the Price?
The price for all tours to Greece and Turkey is $150 per day (including the day you arrive and the day you leave).   The Egypt tour is $200 per day.
What is Included?
Included items are hotels, all breakfasts, half the dinners, transportation (except air and supplements for the First-Class overnight ship between Athens and Crete and the cruise ship in Egypt), all admissions to museums and archaeological sites, and guide services.  All meals are included on the Turkish yacht and the Egyptian cruise ship.
What is Not Included?
Not included are lunches and half the dinners.
Are There Any Supplemental Costs?
Yes, supplemental costs are $30/night for a single room, $110 each for domestic flights in Turkey tours (Athens-Samos, Dalaman-Istanbul, Istanbul-Antalya), $65 per day for travel by private yacht in Turkey and cruise ship in Egypt, and $200 for First-Class overnight ship round-trip between Athens and Crete.  In individual itineraries flights are marked (A), days on the yacht are marked (Y), and the ship to and from Crete is marked (S).


GREECE IN JANUARY 
14 days for $2100   Jan 3-16, 2006

    We'll leave Athens Jan 4 for Delfi (the Oracle of Apollo) and stay overnight.  On Jan 5 we'll visit the Oracle of Zeus on the way to Metsovo, a mountain village (and ski resort) east of Ioannina, high in the Pindos Mountains.  On Jan 7 we'll go to Meteora, a group of monasteries perched on top of cliffs, and then to the port of Volos.  On Jan 8 we'll spend the day exploring the villages of Mount  Pelion above Volos.  We'll go to Athens for the 9th and 10th to see the Akropolis, Agora, and National Museum. On the 11th we'll drive to Nafplion and visit Eleusis, Corinth, Mycenae, and Argos.  On the 13th we'll see the nearby island Spetses. After visits to Vasses and Olympia on the 14th we'll return to Athens on the 15th.

 1.3 arrive in Athens
1.4 Delfi
1.5 Dodoni; Metsovo
1.6 Metsovo
1.7 Meteora; Volos
1.8  Pelion; Volos
1.9  Athens 
1.10 Athens
1.11-12 Nafplion
1.13 Spetses
1.14 Vasses, Olympia
1.15  Athens
1.16  Departure
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G1  Skopelos, Northern Greece and Athens
14 days for $2100   4.20-5.3

    Greek Easter is April 23 and we'll spend the three days of the Easter holiday on Skopelos, most beautiful of all Greek islands.  We'll then spend 5 days in Thessaly, Macedonia, and Epiros, visiting spectacular alpine scenery and mountain villages.  During the time we'll see the incredible new museum at Vergina housing the tomb of Philip II, the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, and the Vikos Gorge, Greece's Grand Canyon.  The tour ends with Delfi and Athens, and additional archaeological sites include the oracle of Zeus at Dodoni.

4.20 Arrive Athen.
4.21 Volos
4.22 Skopelos
4.23 Skopelos (Easter)
24. Hania. Mt Pelion
25. Volos
26. Kalambaka. Vergina
27. Metsovo.  Meteora
28 Konitsa. Dodoni. Vikos
29 Erateini. Delfi
30-5.2. Athens
5.3 Depart
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G2  Athens + Peloponnese
11 days for $1650   4.30-5.10

    After Athens we do the entire Peloponnese.  We'll see not only famous places like Mycenae, Corinth, and Olympia but also Eleusis, Nemea, Argos, Mystras, Vassai, Methoni, and Pylos. Plus exquisite Arcadian villages like Laggadia, Dimitsaina, and Andritsaina and the Ionian seaports of Kiparissia and Pylos.

4.30  Arrive Athens
5.1-2 Athens
5.3-4  Nafplion. Eleusis. Corinth. Mycenae
5.5-6 Kiparissia. Argos. Pylos. Methoni
5.7 Olympia. Vasses
5.8 Laggadia
5.9 Athens. Nemea
5.10 Depart
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G1-2  21 days for $3150   4.20-5.10

G3  Delfi, Meteora, Islands (Crete + Skopelos)
10 days for $1500 + $200 for Crete transportation
5.9-5.18

    After visiting the Oracle of Apollo at Delfi and the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, we'll leave from the port of Volos for 2 days in Skopelos, the most beautiful of Greek islands.  Then we'll go through Peiraeus to Crete to see the Minoan Museum, the Minoan palaces at Festos and Knossos, and a rural feast at Drosia in the Mount Ida range.  There'll be a full day in Athens before departure.
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5.9 Arrive Athens
5.10 Delfi
5.11 Volos. Meteora.
5.12-13 Skopelos
5.14 Crete boat (S)
5.15 Iraklion. Knossos
5.16 Crete boat. Festos. Drosia (S)
5.17 Athens
5.18 depart

G2-3  19 days for $2850 + $200 Crete transportation
4.30-5.18

T1  Turkish Coasts + Istanbul
10 days for $1500 + $220 air + $195 yacht

    From Athens we'll fly to the island Samos and take the 90-minute ferry to Kusadasi, near Ephesus.  After a full day at the museum and site of Ephesus, we'll visit Miletus, Didyma, and Euromus on our way to Dalyan on the Mediterranean, where we'll board our private yacht.  For the next 2 days we'll pretend we're millionaires while visiting places like ancient Krya, inaccessible by land.  We'll leave the yacht at Fethiye and fly from Dalaman to Istanbul.  As a group we'll see Aya Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Kariye Museum, the archaeological museums, and take a private cruise of the Bosphorus; there'll be free time for other things like the imperial mosques and the Grand Bazaar.

 5.17-26
5.17 Arrive Athens
5.18 Samos. Kusadasi  (A)
5.19 Ephesus
5.20 Yacht. Miletus. Didyma  (Y)
5.21-22 Yacht. Krya. Fethiye  (Y)
5.23-25 Istanbul  (A)
5.26 Depart
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T2  Istanbul + Central Turkey
12 days for $1800 + $110 air
5.22-6.2  

    Our group activities in Istanbul will include visits to Aya Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Kariye Museum, the archaeological museums, and a a private cruise of the Bosphorus; there'll be free time for other things like the imperial mosques and the Grand Bazaar.  Then we'll fly to Antalya on the Mediterranean to see the spectacular museum and the ancient sites Aspendus (where we'll have lunch with the mayor, Nomad Nuri), Perge, and Termessus.  Then we'll visit Egirdir, a mountain city on Lake Egirdir, and Catalhuyuk (oldest city in the world) on our way to Cappadocia, where we'll stay 2 nights in Urgup.  We'll next visit the Hittite sites Yazalikaya and Hattusas and go to Ankara, capital of Turkey, to see the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.  From Ankara it's a 5-hour drive to Istanbul on the new super-highway.

5.22 Arrive Istanbul
5.23-25 Istanbul
5.26-27 Antalya. Aspendus. Termessus. Perge  (A)
5.28 Egirdir
5.29-30 Urgup. Catalhuyuk. Cappadocia
5.31 Ankara. Hattusas
6.1 Istanbul
6.2 Depart
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T1-2  5.17-6.2
17 days for $2550 + $330 air + $195 yacht

G4  Skopelos, North Greece, Athens
 14 days for $2100  6.2-15

    The tour begins with Skopelos, most beautiful of all Greek islands.  We'll then spend 5 days in Thessaly, Macedonia, and Epiros, visiting spectacular alpine scenery and mountain villages.  During the time we'll see the incredible new museum at Vergina housing the tomb of Philip II, the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, and the Vikos Gorge, Greece's Grand Canyon.  The tour ends with Delfi and Athens, and additional archaeological sites include the oracle of Zeus at Dodoni.

6.2 Arrive Athens
6.3 Volos
6.4 Skopelos
6.5 Skopelos
6.6 Hania. Mt Pelion
6.7 Volos
6.8 Kalambaka. Vergina
6.9 Metsovo. Meteora
6.10 Konitsa. Dodoni. Vikos
6.11 Erateini. Delfi
6.12-14 Athens
6.15 Depart
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G5  Athens + Peloponnese
11 days for $1650   6.12-22

    After Athens we do the entire Peloponnese.  We'll see not only famous places like Mycenae, Corinth, and Olympia but also Eleusis, Nemea, Argos, Mystras, Vassai, Methoni, and Pylos. Plus exquisite Arcadian villages like Laggadia, Dimitsaina, and Andritsaina and the Ionian seaports of Kiparissia and Pylos.

6.12 Arrive Athens
6.13-14 Athens
6.15-16  Nafplion. Eleusis. Corinth. Mycenae
6.17-18 Kiparissia. Argos. Pylos.
Methoni
6.19 Olympia. Vasses
6.20 Laggadia
6.21 Athens. Nemea
6.22 Depart
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G4-5  21 days for $3150  6.2-22

G6  Delfi, Meteora, Islands (Crete + Skopelos)
10 days for $1500 + $200 Crete transportation
6.21-30
    
    After visiting the Oracle of Apollo at Delfi and the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, we'll leave from the port of Volos for 2 days in Skopelos, the most beautiful of Greek islands.  Then we'll go through Peiraeus to Crete to see the Minoan Museum, the Minoan palaces at Festos and Knossos, and a rural feast at Drosia in the Mount Ida range.  There'll be a full day in Athens before departure.

6.21 Arrive Athens
6.22 Delfi
6.23 Volos. Meteora.
6.24-25 Skopelos
6.26 Crete boat  (S)
6.27 Iraklion. Knossos
6.28 Crete boat. Festos. Drosia  (S)
6.29 Athens
6.30 depart
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G5-6  19 days for $2850 + $200 Crete transportation
6.12-30

T3  Turkish Coasts + Istanbul
10 days for $1500 + $220 air + $195 yacht
6.29-7.8 

    From Athens we'll fly to the island Samos and take the 90-minute ferry to Kusadasi, near Ephesus.  After a full day at the museum and site of Ephesus, we'll visit Miletus, Didyma, and Euromus on our way to Dalyan on the Mediterranean, where we'll board our private yacht.  For the next 2 days we'll pretend we're millionaires while visiting places like ancient Krya, inaccessible by land.  We'll leave the yacht at Fethiye and fly from Dalaman to Istanbul.  As a group we'll see Aya Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Kariye Museum, the archaeological museums, and take a private cruise of the Bosphorus; there'll be free time for other things like the imperial mosques and the Grand Bazaar.

6.29 Athens
6.30 Samos. Kusadasi  (A)
7.1 Ephesus
7.2 Yacht. Miletus. Didyma  (Y)
7.3-4 Yacht. Krya (Y)
7.5-7 Istanbul  (A)
7.8 Depart
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T4  Istanbul + Central Turkey
12 days for $1800 + $110 air
7.4-15 

    Our group activities in Istanbul will include visits to Aya Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Kariye Museum, the archaeological museums, and a a private cruise of the Bosphorus; there'll be free time for other things like the imperial mosques and the Grand Bazaar.  Then we'll fly to Antalya on the Mediterranean to see the spectacular museum and the ancient sites Aspendus (where we'll have lunch with the mayor, Nomad Nuri), Perge, and Termessus.  Then we'll visit Egirdir, a mountain city on Lake Egirdir, and Catalhuyuk (oldest city in the world) on our way to Cappadocia, where we'll stay 2 nights in Urgup.  We'll next visit the Hittite sites Yazalikaya and Hattusas and go to Ankara, capital of Turkey, to see the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.  From Ankara it's a 5-hour drive to Istanbul on the new super-highway.

7.4  Arrive in Istanbul
7.5-7 Istanbul
7.8-9 Antalya. Aspendus. Termessus. Perge  (A)
7.10 Egirdir
7.11-12 Urgup. Catalhuyuk. Cappadocia
7.13 Ankara. Hattusas
7.14 Istanbul
7.15 Depart
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T3-4  17 days for $2550 + $330 air + $195 yacht
 6.29-7.15

G7  Greek Archaeology and Islands
18 days  for $2700 + $200 Crete transportation
9.15-10.2

    After 2 days in Athens to see the Akropolis, Agora, National Museum, etc., we'll go to Crete to see the Minoan Museum, the Minoan palaces at Festos and Knossos, and a rural feast at Drosia in the Mount Ida range.  Then we'll spend 3 days in the Peloponnese visiting not only famous places like Mycenae, Corinth, and Olympia but also Eleusis, Nemea, Argos, Mystras, and Vassai.  Then we'll go to northern Greece, to the Oracle of Apollo at Delfi, the cliff-top monasteries of Meteora, the Oracle of Zeus at Dodoni, the spectacular tomb of Philip II at Vergina, and incredible mountain villages and alpine scenery.  We'll end with 2 days in Skopelos, most beautiful of all Greek islands.

 9.15 Arrive Athens
9.16 Athens
9.17  Crete boat  (S)
9.18  Crete. Iraklion. Knossos
9.19  Crete boat. Festos. Drosia  (S)
9.20  Nafplion. Eleusis. Corinth. Mycenae
9.21 Laggadia. Argos
9.22 Vasses. Olympia
9.23  Erateini
9.24 Delfi
9.25  Kalambaka. Meteora
9.26-27  Metsovo. Dodoni
9.28 Vergina. Volos
9.29-30  Skopelos
10.1  Athens
10.2  Depart
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T5  17 days for $2550 + $110 air + $195 yacht
10.1-17

    From Athens we'll fly to the island Samos and take the 90-minute ferry to Kusadasi, near Ephesus.  After a full day at the museum and site of Ephesus, we'll visit Miletus, Didyma, and Euromus on our way to Dalyan on the Mediterranean, where we'll board our private yacht.  For the next 2 days we'll pretend we're millionaires while visiting places like ancient Krya, inaccessible by land.  We'll leave the yacht at Fethiye and drive through Lykia to Antalya, where we'll see the spectacular museum and the ancient sites Aspendus (where we'll have lunch with the mayor, Nomad Nuri), Perge, and Termessus.  Then we'll visit Egirdir, a mountain city on Lake Egirdir, and Catalhuyuk (oldest city in the world) on our way to Cappadocia, where we'll stay 2 nights in Urgup.  We'll next visit the Hittite sites Yazalikaya and Hattusas and go to Ankara, capital of Turkey, to see the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.  From Ankara it's a 5-hour drive to Istanbul on the new super-highway. As a group we'll see Aya Sofia, Topkapi Palace, Kariye Museum, the archaeological museums, and take a private cruise of the Bosphorus; there'll be free time for other things like the imperial mosques and the Grand Bazaar.

 10.1 Arrive Athens
10.2  Samos. Kusadasi  (A)
10.3  Ephesus
10.4  Yacht. Miletus. Didyma  (Y)
10.5-6 Yacht. Krya. Fethiye  (Y)
10.7-8 Antalya. Aspendus. Termessus. Perge
10.9  Egirdir
10.10-11 Urgup. Catalhuyuk. Cappadocia
10.12 Ankara. Hattusas
10.13-16 Istanbul
10.17 Depart
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