6 h. tour (semi-private tour, up to 18 people)

Cost per person: 150 euro (120 euro for children up to 5 years)

(skip-the-line entrance tickets for Mystras and Olive Oil Museum included)

(children up to 3 y.o. free)

(transportation + guidance throughout + guided tour of Mystras castletown + free time in Mystras + guided tour of Sparta Olive Oil Museum)

Departing the beautiful port, you will enjoy a drive of approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes through the lush valley of Evrotas, till you reach the impressive the ruined Byzantine city of Mystras. It is divided in 3 sections, surrounded by the ancient walls and has two gates, either to enter, or exit. There is one on the top level and one on the lowest one. Be prepared for extensive walking on a steep path made of stone and have your guide enter with you the most important of the remaining Byzantine churches, where you will see and hear explanations about the wall paintings and the floor mosaics. You will also see several foundations of houses where the nobles lived and the Palaces which are under restoration.

After the visit of Mystras, you will drive to modern Sparta, a city that doesn’t look at all as simple and remote as the descriptions about the ancient one let us imagine. The modern city is characterized by the beautiful architecture of the many neoclassical buildings in it and the several palm trees along the central avenue, which ends in front of the colossal bronze statue of Leonidas, the General, a legend of the ancient times. Nowadays there isn’t much left of the ancient city of Sparta, apart from a few foundations of the ancient city and remainings of the ancient theater. Your guide will give you a lot of information about the amazing and different way of living and thinking of ancient Sparta, connecting it with the amazing view of the whole landscape you will be seeing from the top of Mystras.

You will then visit the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil where your tour guide will present a lot of interesting information as well as the history of the extra virgin olive oil throughout the centuries, so much related to the Greek culture and the flourishment of Ancient Greece since it was one of the main products the Greeks were trading with other civilizations and still remains one of the main export products of modern Greece.

At the end of the tour you will return back to the port of Gythion, on time for your ship’s departure.

We need a minimum of 8 participants in order to run this tour.

Athens Jewish Heritage Tour - 6 h. private tour

(private transportation + visit the Acropolis Hill + bus city tour of Athens + visit the Jewish museum + visit the Synagogue of Athens + free time + optionally lunch)

This is a tour designed for people that would like to experience the Athens culture and history, combined with the history of the Jewish community of Greece. A tour in the eternal city of Athens that reviews in detail the Jewish presence in the city visiting all the Jewish monuments, but also succeeds to include the most important ancient sites of Athens.

Your tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel in Athens and he will escort you to where your private vehicle and driver will be waiting for you. You will then drive and visit the Acropolis hill. It is 156 meters(about 600 feet) up to the top of the Acropolis and most of the ancient marble paths are still there, for you to walk on and to "travel" with your imagination, back in the glorious "Golden Age of Pericles", when most of the Classical period monuments you will admire were built. Climbing up you will see and hear explanations about the Filopappos hill, the Herodium odeon, the Dionysius theatre, the Pnyx hill - birthplace of Democracy and the Areopagus hill.

Stopping before the Propylaea, you will have an excellent view of the temple of Wingless Nike and the Ancient Agora, where Socrates, Plato and Aristotle introduced great philosophical schools and where the ancient Synagogue once was. Walking through the Propylaea you will reach the top and you will see the breathtaking Parthenon and the Erechtheion temple opposite it, where the Karyatides stood instead of columns to support the roof.

At the end of the private guided tour, you can either enjoy some free time to explore on your own and take pictures of the roof tiles of the buildings in the Anafiotika and Plaka districts below, the Lycabetus hill e.t.c. or you can descend with your tour guide and board your private vehicle.

You will then enjoy a city tour by driving around several important parts of the historical centre, enjoying the presentation of the history of each part from your guide, such as the marble Panathenaic stadium, the Zappion Mansion, the Palace that today houses the Greek Parliament, the monument of the unknown soldier, where you will also be able to enjoy seeing the change of the guards, the Athenian trilogy etc.

At the end of the city tour, you will visit the Jewish museum, one of the highlights of your experience. The museum was founded in 1977 in order to collect and exhibit the material evidence of 2300 years of Jewish life in Greece. The collection contains more than ten thousand artifacts, several of which are unique, pertaining to the domestic and religious life, as well as the history of the Greek Jews.

After your visit of the museum, you will board once more your vehicle and drive nearby to see another Athenian monument, the Synagogue of Athens which was built in 1904 and still being used during important Holidays. Right across the street is the newer and larger Beth Shalom Sephardic synagogue, built in 1935, renovated in the 70’s, and the one that is mainly being used today. Its exterior is in white marble with neoclassical elements, while the spacious interior bears not much resemblance to the Greek tradition regarding synagogue design.

There is always the possibility of ending the tour with a nice Mediterranean kosher lunch at a nice restaurant in the old districts of Athens, which is in the heart of the former Jewish quarter called Psirri.

Athens Jewish Heritage Tour - 6 h. private tour

(private transportation + visit the Acropolis Hill + bus city tour of Athens + visit the Jewish museum + visit the Synagogue of Athens + free time + optionally lunch)

This is a tour designed for people that would like to experience the Athens culture and history, combined with the history of the Jewish community of Greece. A tour in the eternal city of Athens that reviews in detail the Jewish presence in the city visiting all the Jewish monuments, but also succeeds to include the most important ancient sites of Athens.

Your private vehicle and licensed tour guide will meet you at a designated area of the port and your private 6 hour tour will start. Driving for about 30 minutes from Piraeus to the city centre, you will pass several Olympic constructions, which were used during the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Arriving in Athens you will visit of the Acropolis hill. It is 156 meters(about 600 feet) up to the top of the Acropolis and most of the ancient marble paths are still there, for you to walk on and to "travel" with your imagination, back in the glorious "Golden Age of Pericles", when most of the Classical period monuments you will admire were built. Climbing up you will see and hear explanations about the Filopappos hill, the Herodium odeon, the Dionysius theatre, the Pnyx hill - birthplace of Democracy and the Areopagus hill.

Stopping before the Propylaea, you will have an excellent view of the temple of Wingless Nike and the Ancient Agora, where Socrates, Plato and Aristotle introduced great philosophical schools and where the ancient Synagogue once was. Walking through the Propylaea you will reach the top and you will see the breathtaking Parthenon and the Erechtheion temple opposite it, where the Karyatides stood instead of columns to support the roof.

At the end of the private guided tour, you can either enjoy some free time to explore on your own and take pictures of the roof tiles of the buildings in the Anafiotika and Plaka districts below, the Lycabetus hill e.t.c. or you can descend with your tour guide and board your private vehicle.

You will then enjoy a city tour by driving around several important parts of the historical centre, enjoying the presentation of the history of each part from your guide, such as the marble Panathenaic stadium, the Zappion Mansion, the Palace that today houses the Greek Parliament, the monument of the unknown soldier, where you will also be able to enjoy seeing the change of the guards, the Athenian trilogy etc.

At the end of the city tour, you will visit the Jewish museum, one of the highlights of your experience. The museum was founded in 1977 in order to collect and exhibit the material evidence of 2300 years of Jewish life in Greece. The collection contains more than ten thousand artifacts, several of which are unique, pertaining to the domestic and religious life, as well as the history of the Greek Jews.

After your visit of the museum, you will board once more your vehicle and drive nearby to see another Athenian monument, the Synagogue of Athens which was built in 1904 and still being used during important Holidays. Right across the street is the newer and larger Beth Shalom Sephardic synagogue, built in 1935, renovated in the 70’s, and the one that is mainly being used today. Its exterior is in white marble with neoclassical elements, while the spacious interior bears not much resemblance to the Greek tradition regarding synagogue design.

There is always the possibility of ending the tour with a nice Mediterranean kosher lunch at a nice restaurant in the old districts of Athens, which is in the heart of the former Jewish quarter called Psirri.

While on the gorgeous island of Santorini, you have to dedicate some of your time to explore the Greek Pompeii, the archeological site of Akrotiri.

It is one of the most important prehistoric settlements of the Aegean. The first habitation at the site dates from the Late Neolithic times (at least the 4th millennium B.C.). During the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium B.C.), a sizeable settlement was founded and in the Middle and early Late Bronze Age (ca. 20th-17th centuries B.C.) it was extended and gradually developed into one of the main urban centers and ports of the Aegean. The large extent of the settlement (ca. 20 hectares), the elaborate drainage system, the sophisticated multi-storied buildings with the magnificent wall-paintings, furniture and vessels, show its great development and prosperity. The various imported objects found in the buildings indicate the wide network of its external relations.

Akrotiri had a great connection with Crete as well as with the Greek Mainland, the Dodecanese, Cyprus, Syria and Egypt. The town's life came to an abrupt end in the last quarter of the 17th century B.C. when the inhabitants were obliged to abandon it as a result of severe earthquakes. The eruption followed. The volcanic materials covered the entire island and the town itself, which was a good thing to happen after all, because it was this way protected, until the excavations by the famous archeologist Marinatos took place.

Today the parts of the site that have been excavated lie under a large canopy , which protects it, but also makes the visit more pleasant, since you won't have to be exposed to the sun.
Board your private tour, with your local expert and licensed tour guide and enjoy a promenade and trip back in time, for which you will need approximately 1,5 hours.

To complete your experience and knowledge of the amazing Cycladic civilization and ancient Thira and Akrotiri, if you get the chance, you should also visit the archeological museum which lies in Fira. In Athens there is also the Cycladic museum and a hall section of the National archeological museum, where impressive and well preserved frescoes from the houses of Akrotiri have been removed to.

Nicopolis (the "victory city"), located 8 km north of Preveza, is an archaeological site of great significance.

Nicopolis was founded by the Roman Emperor Octavian, to commemorate his victory against Marc Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt at the naval battle of Actium (31 BC). It was built on a "nape" 3.5 km wide between the Mazoma lagoon at Amvrakikos Gulf and the Ionian Sea.

During Roman and Early Byzantine period, it flourished as the capital of the province of Old Epirus.

Enjoy a private guided tour of the site and the museum of Nicopolis with your licensed tour guide who will bring the fascinating history of the area to life.

Within the archaeological site you will see the Roman fortifications, the Odeon and the Theater, the Monument of Emperor Octavian, the Nymphaion, Byzantine walls, basilicas of the early Christian era and the so-called "Vassilospito" ("King’s House"), a Roman edifice also used during the Christian era.

The new Archaeological Museum of Nicopolis which was founded in 2009 lies just beyond the archaeological site and it displays fascinating exhibits of the long lasting existence of the city in both Roman and Early Christian times. Among other things you will see roman statues and an interesting explanation of the naval battle of Actium, as well as the different phases of evolution of the city itself.

For this private guided visit of both the site and the museum with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes and then you can enjoy some free time, taking pictures of the beautiful landscape and the ruins.

Board a unique guided experience, with the help your licensed tour guide will provide you with, who will lead you through this site as a priest would have back then, following the procession and walk through the rooms and the labyrinth, to the gate of the dead.

The most famous nekromanteion (or nekyomanteion), or oracle of the dead, of the ancient Greek world lies near the northwest shores of the Acherousian Lake, where Acheron and Kokytos, the rivers of Hades, meet. Ancient literary sources describe the Acherousian Lake as the place where the dead began their descent to Hades, and associate Ephyra, the Epirote city located further north, with the ancient cult of the god of death. The nekromanteion attracted people wishing to meet the souls of the dead, as these were able to foresee the future after having left their body.

The remains of the actual nekromanteion date from the Hellenistic period. These comprise the sanctuary's main building, erected in the early Hellenistic period (late fourth-early third century BC), and an annex of the late third century BC, which consisted of a central courtyard surrounded by rooms and warehouses. The sanctuary operated in this form continuously for approximately two centuries, but was burnt down and ceased to function after the Roman conquest of Macedonia in 167 BC. The sanctuary's courtyard was occupied once again in the first century, when Roman settlers arrived in the plain of Acheron. The convent of Agios Ioannis Prodromos and its cemetery were established over the ancient ruins in the early eighteenth century.

For this guided visit with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 40 minutes and then you can stay as long as you like, to capture in your photos, the beautiful land escape and the unique ruins.

The archaeological site of Dodoni lies 22 kilometers southeast of Ioannina in an amazing beautiful scenery. It is considered as one of the most important sites in Epirus, which was dedicated to Zeus. It was originally an oracle and later on a theater, even larger than the one in Epidaurus, with the capacity of 17.000 people, which is still being used every summer, for a local festival with several performances being held there.

The rest of the Dodoni site is not as visually exciting as the theater since only the rectangular foundations of the buildings remain to outline an enormous complex of temples, hostels, granaries and other buildings. Dodoni is a complex archaeological site because it remained a vital center from about 2000 BC and flourished well into the Roman times. Thus there are many layers of history that the archaeologists have been excavating. You will be able to walk through most of the ancient buildings and enjoy a guided tour with your licensed tour guide. Among other things you will see the theater, the stadium, the vouleftirion, the prytanion and the remains of the wall of the sanctuary of Zeus, where the sacred oak tree was, from which the priests were collecting branches that would help them give their predictions. Another tree was planted at the same place, so make sure that after the end of your tour, you spend some of your free time there, seating down and visualizing what was going on then, hearing the leaves of the oak tree trembling from the wind.

As a religious sanctuary Dodoni was adorned with all the riches that ancient people could afford, and excavations have unearthed a multitude of artifacts that date back to archaic times. Most of the important findings are housed at the National Archeological Museum in Athens, while some reside in the archeological museum at Ioannina.

For this guided visit with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 45 minutes and then you can spend as much free time as you like further exploring the ruins and taking photographs.

Once in Nemea, the highlights are the archaeological site with the ancient stadium nearby and the small museum nearby. The opening hours are subject to continues changes and you can contact us, giving us the date of your visit, so that we provide you with the exact opening hours.

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.

The museum contains a collection of pictures of Nemea by travellers of the 18th and 20th centuries, coins of ancient visitors to Nemea, items related to the athletic activity on the site, prehistoric finds (pottery, tools, weapons etc.) from sites in the district of Nemea, pottery and jewellery from the Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia and the settlement of Aghia Eirene, architectural parts from monuments at Nemea and other sites, and a collection of inscriptions from Nemea, Phlius and Petri.

For the guided visit with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 1.5 hours and then you can spend more time on your own to take pictures.

Once in Ancient Corinth, the highlights to visit are archaeological site and the museum. The opening hours are subject to continues changes and you can contact us, giving us the date of your visit, so that we provide you with the exact opening hours.

At the archaeological site, among other things you will see the standing columns of the Apollo temple, the Ancient Springs, the Agora, as well as the Bema from where St. Paul preached. You will be able to walk on the very well preserved Lecheos street and see remainings of shops and baths on both sides as well as where the monumental arch and official entrance to the Agora was. From all around you will be having spectacular views of the Corinthian gulf as well as of the Acrocorinth and its castle, where if your time allows it you can visit on your own afterwards.

Then you will visit the archaeological museum with some extraordinary samples of the Corinthian pottery, finds from ancient tombs, Roman statuery and more.

For the guided visit of Ancient Corinth with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 1.5 hours and then you can spend more time on your own to take pictures or to go to the Roman Odeon or the ancient theater which are outside of the archaeological site.

Once in Epidaurus, the highlights to visit are the theater of the 4th century BC, famous for its unique acoustics, and the very destroyed but impressive archaeological site which is under continuous restoration. There is also a small museum which I suggest that you explore, if you have time, on your own. The opening hours are subject to continues changes and you can contact us, giving us the date of your visit, so that we provide you with the exact opening hours.

The theater is in a very good condition and accessible from all sides. You will be able to stand in the orchestra or walk up and down the different rows of seats that used to give to it a total capacity of 14,000 people.

Then you will visit the archaeological site, where among other things you will see the very well preserved ancient stadium, remainings of the gymnasium and restaurants, the Tholos or Thymeli with its underground labyrinth, the Avaton, remainings of many bases of statues as well as of the temple of Apollo and Artemis.

For the guided visit of Epidaurus with a licensed tour guide you will need approximately 1.5 hours and then you can spend more time on your own to take pictures.