5 h. tour (Private tour)

(Transportation + guidance all the way + guided tour of Akrotiri + visit at Red Beach + tour of Oia)

The tour will start with a drive to the archaeological site of Akrotiri where you will board your guided tour and you will explore the ruins of the Minoan Bronze Age settlement, which was destroyed in a volcanic eruption and covered in ash, thus preserving the remains of several objects and artworks. The duration of the tour is approximately 60 minutes, but is at your discretion to make it last as long as you need. The site is covered by a large canopy, so you will be under the shade.

After a short drive to the famous Red Beach for photographs, you will drive to the village of Oia. Walk along its narrow streets which typify the white-painted houses of the Cyclades. In many cases they are built directly into niches which are cave houses used by crew of the ships, on the lip of the volcanic crater, between which are narrow alleys and blue-roofed churches with cupolas and neoclassical mansions that used to be captain’s houses in the 19th century. From there you will admire the magnificent view of the Volcano and Caldera, have coffee and taste traditional Greek pastry and then get back to Fira in time to get on board your ship.

Kindly note that due to rock falling some times the visit at the Red Beach is prohibited by the local authorities. In such a case we will visit the picturesque traditional village of Megalochori.

6 h. tour (Private tour)

(Transportation + guidance all the way + wine tasting experience in three wineries + Perivolos beach getaway + visit of Oia village)

It wouldn't be much of an exaggeration, to say that Santorini is an island famous all over the world. There are so many things that are so unique about this island, which was once cursed to get totally destroyed by the volcanic eruptions, but is today blessed to have so many people from all over the world arriving to visit and photograph its unique landscapes. The volcanic dehydrated soil contributes into its fame for excellect quality of grapes and wines, cherry tomates, fava beans and the white eggplants. The vine groves produce a wine rich in taste, but in limited production, therefore not much of it is being exported and your visit and tasting of it locally will be quite a treat. As you will be driving pass the fields you will notice that the vineyards are nothing like what you see in the rest of the world. They are kept low and just above the soil, so that they absorb every single drop of moisture that come from it. The older plants look like handwoven baskets.

Your tour will begin with a Wine Trail experience in three famous wineries, accompanied by your tour director. You will have a chance to taste a variety of fine wines, visit a wine museum and learn many things about all the stages of the traditional production of these wines.

After that you can visit the Perivolos, one of the island most famous beaches, where you can have lunch by the seaside at one of the tavernas or you can go for a swim, weather and time permitting.

One of the most famous villages in the world is the village of Oia, located at the other side of the island and standing out beautiful and full of impressive traditional houses and domed churches. You will need to spend at least one to one and a half hour there, in order to make the most of it. You will be able to admire the magnificent view of the Volcano and the Caldera, in the tranquil environment of Oia village, have coffee and taste traditional Greek pastry, or enter some of the very exquisite fashion boutiques there are. At the end of the tour you will be get back to Fira and back down to the port in time for the tender boats to your cruise ship.

2.5 h. walking tour (Private tour)

(guidance all the way + walking tour of Mykonos Chora)

Probably the best known of all the Greek islands, Mykonos is famous today for its nightlife, beautiful beaches, charming narrow streets and white houses and churches. You can experience both the lifestyle and history of the island during this walking tour.

For those of you without much time to explore beyond the Mykonos Chora or that don’t want to visit Delos in the heat of the day, this walking tour is ideal. Your local expert guide will walk with you through the maze-like cobbled streets of Chora and show you its churches, like the Church of Panagia Paraportiani. You will also see Little Venice and the famous windmills. At the end of the tour you may want to enjoy a "mezes" (traditional snack) at a local taverna before returning back to the port and your cruise ship.

6 h. tour (Private tour)

(transportation + guidance all the way + visit of Agios Ioannis + visit of Ano Mera + guided tour of Panagia Tourliani + beach getaway + walking tour of Mykonos Chora)

For those of you that don’t want to visit the island of Delos, this private tour will show you most of the highlights the island of Mykonos has to offer to its visitors.

You will be met by your tour director and private vehicle at the port where your ship will dock. You will then drive and visit the village of Agios Ioannis at the southwest of the island where you will enjoy a nice view of the island of Delos. There in the 80s "Shirley Valentine" was filmed. After a short stop for photographs you will continue with a 20 minute ride to the village of Ano Mera that is located at the center of the island.

Ano Mera is the second biggest village of the island and one of its highlights is the Monastery of Panagia Tourliani, dating back to the 16th century, that you will get the chance to visit. After the visit of the monastery you will be able to rest for a while and enjoy a snack and Greek coffee at a local taverna.

Afterwards you will visit the famous Kalafatis beach that is nearby. On the way there you will see villas and farms. Alternatively you may have a short stop for snacks and coffee there at a traditional coffeehouse.

Finally you will return to Mykonos Chora where you will enjoy an approximately one hour walking tour so that you will be presented the most important sights of Chora, like the windmills, Little Venice and the old port. At the end of the tour you can either be returned to your cruise ship or spend some time on your own in Chora. Your tour director will provide you with useful information so that you can dine, shop or explore more of Chora on your own before returning back to the ship on your own.

4.5 h. tour (Private tour)

(private guided tour of Delos + free time)

This is a half-day trip to the sacred island of Apollo and Artemis, a famous political and religious center in Antiquity, an island which still remains uninhabited and is absolutely fascinating to explore walking up and down the ancient marble paths that still remain.

Your local expert will be waiting for you outside your cruise ship. Depending on where your ship docks, you will either have a transfer or walk to Diliana port (old port), from where the boats to Delos depart. After a 30 minute boat trip you will reach the island of Delos.

The whole territory of the deserted Delos is one of the most important archaeological sites of the eastern Mediterranean protected by UNESCO as one of the UNESCO heritage sites of the world. You may visit, amongst others, the remains of the temples of Apollo, the sanctuary of Artemis, the old city and the theatre and then, walk down the celebrated Lion Street.

At the end of your guided tour, you will have the opportunity to visit the museum of Delos, where you can admire Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman sculptures, a collection of vessels from all periods as well as small items of everyday use.

Once your free time is over and it is time to get back to Mykonos, you will walk back to the Delos port and board the boat for your return trip back to the island of Mykonos. Once there, if you have time at your disposal, you can walk around the alleys of Mykonos Chora and return back to your cruise ship either on foot or taking a taxi.

5 h. tour (Private tour)

(transportation + local guidance in Ancient Nemea + visit a local winery + wine tasting experience + free time)

You will be met by your driver at the port, where you will get off the tender boats. With your private vehicle you will depart from the beautiful city of Nafplion and you will be driven for about one hour to the famous Corinth Canal, passing through the lush valley of Argolis with its many olive groves, lemon and orange trees, before you get on the main highway. On your way you will drive pass the Mycenaean citadel of Tiryns and you will be impressed by its remaining cyclopean walls. Once upon a time there used to be a two story high palace of great importance on top of that hill. Continuing your drive you will also pass from the outside of one of the most ancient cities of Greece, dating back to 6000 BC, the city of Argos. Unfortunately almost nothing remains of it since the modern city was built on top, except for the ancient theater that was carved out of the rock of the Larissa hill. On the height of 300 meters(900 feet) lies the castle of Larissa or Argos, very well preserved and standing out from the distance.

Ancient Nemea was one of the most important sanctuaries dedicated to Zeus in ancient Greece. One of the four panhellenic games were held in its stadium, the Nemean Games, after which the winners would be crowned with wreaths made of celery leaves. The simple yet impressive stadium still remains with its starting and finishing blocks in place, as well as with the crypte totally intact. That was the ancient tunnel through which the athletes were entering in the nude the stadium, symbolizing their purification and their rebirth process. A few meters away from the stadium remains a small part of Ancient Nemea that has been excavated, from which the reconstructed doric columns of the temple of Zeus really stand out. You will hear lot of explanations about the history of the place from your tour guide and you will also be able to explore the small museum that there is.

At the end of your guided tour you will be given some free time to walk around, to photograph the ruins and to take in as much as you can of the history of this place.

As soon as you meet your driver back at the parking area, you will be driven to a famous local winery. Nemea has a long tradition in the production of the Corinthian currants and in wine making since the very ancient times. Excellent qualities of white but mainly red wine, with the most famous being "Agiorgitiko", produced by a local variety of black grapes, can be found there. Once at the winery you will be offered a tour of their settlements and at the end you will enjoy a wine tasting experience.

After the wine tasting experience your driver and private vehicle will be waiting for you, to drive you back to Nafplion and either you can get back to your ship, or if time allows it you can enjoy walking around the old city.

5 h. tour (Private tour)

(transportation + local guidance in Ancient Corinth + photo stop at Corinth Canal + free time)

You will be met by your driver at the port, where you will get off the tender boats. With your private vehicle you will depart from the beautiful city of Nafplion and you will be driven for about one hour to the famous Corinth Canal, passing through the lush valley of Argolis with its many olive groves, lemon and orange trees, before you get on the main highway. On your way you will drive pass the Mycenean citadel of Tiryns and you will be impressed by its remaining cyclopean walls. Once upon a time there used to be a two story high palace of great importance on top of that hill. Continuing your drive you will also pass from the outside of one of the most ancient cities of Greece, dating back to 6000 BC, the city of Argos. Unfortunately almost nothing remains of it since the modern city was built on top, except for the ancient theater that was carved out of the rock of the Larissa hill. On the height of 300 meters(900 feet) lies the castle of Larissa or Argos, very well preserved and standing out from the distance.

The man made Corinth Canal, which is where the mainland splits from the Peloponnese and where the Ionian sea meets with the Aegean, was dreamed to be built since the ancient times. Emperor Nero of Rome was the first to attempt to build it, bringing 16,000 prisoners and inaugurating its constructions with a golden shovel. Three months later Nero dies along with the dream of its construction until finally after Greek's liberation the actual construction takes place in 1881 and lasted for 12 years. You will have a short stop there, where there are also cafeterias you can visit and the bridge you can walk over, from where you will see the breathtaking canal and photograph it.

It's a very short drive from there to the ancient site of Corinth, where your licensed tour guide will be waiting for you to greet you and to take you on a detailed exploration of ancient Corinth's site and museum. The impressive Acrocorinth fort was built right on top of where the ancient city used to be and still stands out from a distance. Most of the remaining ruins are from the Roman era, except for the still standing monolithic columns of the temple of Apollo. You will see the Roman Odeon, the Ancient Springs, the Agora, the Bema from where St. Paul preached, the archaeological museum with some extraordinary samples of the Corinthian pottery, as well as the amazing view to the sea and the valley, proving why that city was so important and world famous back then. Among other things it was famous for some of the most corrupted business men that were living in it. The legend of Sisyphus, who cheated even Hades himself, emphasizes and exemplifies their way of thinking. That was also one of the reasons why St. Paul decided not only to visit, but to spend 18 months of his life there, preaching about ways of virtuous life.

The impressive Acrocorinth fort, with its walls remaining in most parts in a very good condition, will help you understand even more why in antiquity they used to say that it was one of the "eyes" of the Peloponnese and that whoever would manage to conquer it, would easily be able to conquer the rest of Greece.

At the end of your guided tour you will be given some free time to walk around, to photograph the different impressive views and to take in as much as you can of the history of this place.

As soon as you meet your driver back at the parking area, you will be offered the drive back to Nafplion and either you can get back to your ship, or if time allows it you can enjoy walking around the old city.

4 h. tour (Private tour)

(transportation + local guidance in Mycenae citadel and the treasury of Atreus + free time)

You will be met by your driver at the port, where you will get off the tender boats. With your private vehicle you will depart from the beautiful city of Nafplion and you will be driven for about 30 minutes to the archaeological site of Mycenae passing through the lush valley of Argolis with its many olive groves, lemon and orange trees. On your way you will drive pass the Mycenean citadel of Tiryns and you will be impressed by its remaining cyclopean walls. Once upon a time there used to be a two story high palace of great importance on top of that hill. Continuing your drive you will also pass from the outside of one of the most ancient cities of Greece, dating back to 6000 BC, the city of Argos. Unfortunately almost nothing remains of it since the modern city was built on top, except for the ancient theater that was carved out of the rock of the Larissa hill. On the height of 300 meters(900 feet) lies the castle of Larissa or Argos, very well preserved and standing out from the distance.

Once in Mycenae you will be met by your officially licensed tour guide and you will board an approximately two hour private guided tour through the treasury house of Atreus and the ancient citadel.

The Mycenaeans were very strategic and were always choosing the places to build their citadels having always in mind the defensive advantage over the attacks by their enemies. Therefore Mycenae was built at the one side of the lush valley, where most of the inhabitants of it would be occupied with farming, with the very steep and rocky mountains on the other side. There was only one way to reach the citadel and that was extremely well fortified, even more than what they really needed. The cyclopean walls, consisted by huge conglomerate blocks of local stone, still make us wonder how they managed to move them all the way up there. Cannons, guns and similar weapons did not exist at the time, which makes us think that these walls were mostly there to scare off the enemy and to show off how wealthy and powerful they were.

You will first stop and visit the beehive tomb of Agamemnon, as most of the locals call it, although the official name of it is the treasure of Atreus. Very much influenced by the Egyptians, with whom they had a great connection and commerce going on, the ancient Mycenaeans gave very big importance to their funerary customs and to where the royal family's last residence would be. The beehive tombs were being built many years before the death of whoever was supposed to be buried in them, impressing the people and giving additional honor to the "owner" of the tomb. There were at least nine monumental beehive tombs around the Acropolis of Mycenae, but this one is the largest and most impressive, which at the same time is also very well preserved. Walk inside the tomb passing the ancient pass that was leading to its one and only entrance and enter the tomb that still stands intact. Once inside you will see another smaller gate leading to an extra room, which must have been the treasury house of it. If the assumptions of the archaeologists are correct and this was the tomb of Agamemnon, try to imagine the amount of gold and jewels that must have been placed there, in order for him to take with to the afterlife.

Afterwards you will get back to your private vehicle for a short drive up the hill. From the parking of the site you will start ascending towards the citadel, seeing parts of the ancient city and two more beehive tombs on one hand and the cyclopean walls on the other. Take a deep breath as you finally reach the legendary Lions' Gate, the one and only official entrance to the citadel that still bears the emblem over the gate that represents a column protected by two lions. See the marks of where the massive wooden gates and locks used to engage with the walls and enter. Walking a bit further uphill, you will have a magnificent view of the whole valley that ends by the port of Nafplion, the outside remainings of the ancient city, as well as the grave circle A which is inside the walls and was excavated by Heinrich Schliemann. Among the several skeletons on fetal position were found jewellery, seal stone rings and golden masks that were weighting 14 kilos in total. One of the masks was so different and impressive, that Schliemann yelled out that he had found Agamemnon's tomb, to be proved wrong when the treasury of Atreus was unearthed. This huge treasure from the grave circle A is now in display in the national archaeological museum of Athens.

At the end of your guided tour you will be given some free time to walk further up the citadel and reach the top, where the palace with two floors used to exist and for the more adventurous of you, you can even walk down the other side where the underground spring exists or to where the secret gate of the citadel was that only a few knew of its existence. Be prepared for a lot of hiking on steep rocks and to being exposed to the weather conditions since there are almost no trees inside the citadel today.

On your way down you can also make a small deviation and go visit the museum of Mycenae, which although it mostly has copies of the treasures that are displayed in Athens, it still is very interesting. Among other things you will see wall paintings(frescoes) from the palace and local houses, armor and weapons, a collection of pottery, jewellery made of seashells and non precious beads, as well as tablets that still bear the inscriptions of Linear B syllabic script.

As soon as you meet your driver back at the parking area, you will be offered the drive back to Nafplion and either you can get back to your ship, or if time allows it you can enjoy walking around the old city.

3 h. tour (Private tour)

(transportation + local guidance at Epidaurus + free time)

You will be met by your driver at the port, where you will get off the tender boats. With your private vehicle you will depart from the beautiful city of Nafplion and you will be driven for about 30 minutes to the spiritual sanctuary of Asclepius, passing through the lush valley of Argolis with its many olive groves, lemon and orange trees. Once there you will be met by your officially licensed tour guide and you will board a one and a half hour private guided tour through the ancient site of Epidaurus and the spectacular ancient theater with the most famous acoustics in the world.

Epidaurus is one of the sites that has been totally knocked down by invasions and earthquakes throughout the years but there is a very big project of restorations going on right now and that will help you a lot imagine and realize what most buildings used to be like.

Among other things you will see the ancient stadium, the remainings of the ancient gymnasium and restaurant, the remainings of the temple of Artemis, as well as the very impressive tholos, a round building with a labyrinth still existing in its basement, where some traditions say that the sacred snakes of Asclepius used to be kept. Since Epidaurus used to be one of the most famous ancient Greek healing centers and health treatment was very much related with the worshipping of the gods, the priests were often at the same time the healers of people. Partly restored and very impressive stands out the Avaton, a long rectangular building where the patients had to spend their first night and the god would come to their dreams. Part of their treatment would be based on that dream - message that the god had sent. With the great success that this sanctuary and healing center kept on having, more and more visitors with even more precious offerings kept on coming, and the evolution of the sanctuary was that created the need of building the ancient theater.

The first phase of it was built on the 4th century BC and the second one when the Romans took over. Climb up the steps with your guide and reach the absolutely impressive theater which still stands there after 2400 years, almost intact. Listen carefully to the explanations about the way it was built, and the way that the acoustic triangles spreading from the orchestra all the way to the rows of seats made and still make this theater so unique. No matter how high up you choose to sit, the acoustics will still be absolutely impressive even if someone whispers or breaths deeply.

Still today this theater is used every summer for the festival of Epidaurus between July and August on the weekends at night. Many performances take place, including ancient Greek tragedies and comedies. People from all over the world arrive to experience this unique atmosphere along with a play. Many foreigners buy their tickets in advance and come to watch a play and even if it's "all Greek to them", they always leave fascinated from this acoustics experience.

At the end of your guided tour you will be given some free time to walk up and down the theater or to stand in the center of the orchestra and speak out loud a monologue. The feeling of your voice spreading out all over the theater will be fascinating. During your free time you can also go for a quick walk through the tiny museum. Most statues and artifacts are in display in the archaeological museum of Athens, but some copies of them along with several marble bases with inscriptions and some of the ancient tools the doctors used, can be found there.

As soon as you meet your driver back at the parking area, you will be offered the drive back to Nafplion and either you can get back to your ship, or if time allows it you can enjoy walking around the old city.