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ISLAND HOPPING AND ORTHODOX EASTER IN CRETE
ATHENS – MYKONOS - PAROS - SANTORINI – CRETE – ATHENS
Travelers by arrival Athens airport take a connected flight to Mykonos. Accommodation Mykonos. Spend 2 nights at MYKONOS and by high speed boat to PAROS. 2 nights at PAROS and by high speed boat to SANTORINI. 2 nights SANTORINI and by high speed boat to CRETE / HERAKLION. 4 nights / 5 days CRETE (spend the EASTER days on Crete )1night on board ( night ferry trip) 1 night Athens before departure.
14 Days / 13 Nights
PRICE PER PERSON:
2.164 Euro
Planed for individual travelers based on minimum 2 persons:
PRICE INCLUDES:
13 nights’ accommodation A Class 4****/ double occupancy/ Bed & Breakfast + half board basis in some of them
Flight tickets ATHENS / RHODES (day 1)
Ferry tickets: RHODES / PATMOS – PATMOS / KOS – KOS / RHODES. Economy class
Flight tickets: RHODES / HERAKLION – CRETE
Ferry tickets: HERAKLION / CRETE – PIRAEUS-ATHENS (AB2 cabin double inside cabin with shower & WC)
ALL transportation airport or port / hotel and vice versa RHODES – PATMOS – KOS – CRETE – ATHENS
CRETE: Chartered exclusive vehicle with English speaking driver (PRIVATE TOURS) for the transportation – excursions – visits – tours around Crete
Full board when on Crete: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner (including a celebration Easter dinner)
ATHENS: Athens city tour including Acropolis
Daily service 8am – 10 pm Saturdays / Sundays included
ITINERARY
Day 1. Thursday MYKONOS
Arrival Athens airport. Connected flight to Mykonos. Arrival. Reception at the airport. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation Mykonos
Day 2. Friday MYKONOS / TINOS
Morning DAY TOUR to the holly island of TINOS. Worship the church of PANAGIA (virgin Mary). Back to Mykonos late in the afternoon Accommodation MYKONOS. (Breakfast)
Day 3. Saturday MYKONOS - DELOS
Morning the island of DELOS. Early afternoon back to Mykonos. Join the night life of Mykonos.Accommodation MYKONOS.(Breakfast)
Day 4. Sunday MYKONOS / PAROS
Ferry trip MYKONOS / PAROS. Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel.Accommodation PAROS (Breakfast)
Day 5. Monday PAROS
Island at your disposal. Accommodation PAROS (Breakfast)
Day 6. Tuesday PAROS / SANTORINI
Ferry trip PAROS./ SANTORINI. Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation SANTORINI. (Breakfast)
Day 7. Wednesday SANTORINI
ISLAND AT YOUR DISPOSAL. Accommodation SANTORINI (Breakfast)
Day 8. Good Thursday SANTORINI / CRETE
Morning island at your disposal Afternoon transportation to the port and BOAT TRIP to Heraklion – Crete. Reception at the airport. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation Crete. Presentation of the Crete part schedule. Dinner at the hotel. (Breakfast - Dinner)
Day 9. Good Friday CRETE
The palace of Knossos.. Lunch at local restaurant with local specialties. In the evening. Good Friday evening service and candlelight procession around the church is neighborhood with the Epitaphios. Dinner at local OUZERI with Easter feast specialties. Accommodation Crete. (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 10. Holly Saturday CRETE
This day will be a combination of tourism and religion. A visit to the country side. We will enjoy the preparations of the Holly Saturday in the small villages, at a monastery, at the churches. It’s a family celebration, all the members of the family are coming together to celebrate the Easter. There is a sacred feeling around. Lunch at a local tavern with traditional dishes of the day. Free the rest of the day in order to rest for the midnight Resurrection Service at the church with candles and the noisy celebration. Traditional meal of Mayeritsa ( special Easter soup) after the service. ( AFTER MIDNIGHT) (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 11. EASTER Sunday CRETE
The hotel prepares a very special Easter program which will join. Lots of Specialties as well as lamb on spit / Cretan traditional music and dances and much more. Afternoon a tour the country side. Evening Dinner at the hotel (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 12. EASTER Monday CRETE
Saint Georges name day. At Assi Gonia village we will attend the blessing of the herds. The shepherds bring their herds from the mountains to the church where the priest will bless them while young women milk the animals offering fresh milk to everyone. Afterwards lunch at the nearby picturesque village of Argiroupolis . On the way back break at the city of Rethymnon and back to Heraklion. Transportation to the port of Hheraklion. Embarkation and night ferry trip to Piraeus. Accommodation on board. (Breakfast - Lunch)
Day 13. Tuesday ATHENS
Arrival. Reception at the port and transportation to the hotel. Pick up from the hotel and escorted city tour of Athens including Acropolis. Accommodation Athens (Breakfast)
Day 14. Wednesday FLIGHT BACK HOME
Transportation hotel / Airport. END (Breakfast)
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