Day 1, Tuesday - Arrive Athens, Greece
Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met outside the customs area and transferred to your centrally located Athens hotel for check-in and orientation information. Overnight Athens. (O)

Day 2, Wednesday - Athens
Breakfast at your hotel. Depart on a half-day tour of Athens including the House of Parliament, Constitution Square, the Presidential Palace with its picturesque guards, the Olympic Stadium, and the Acropolis. Balance of the day free. Overnight Athens. (B,O)

Day 3, Thursday - Delphi
Breakfast at your hotel. Depart on a full-day tour of Delphi to the center of the Ancient World and the "Omphalos" (navel of earth). Your bus tour will drive through the towns of Thebes, Levadia and Arachova and includes lunch and a little shopping time. Return early evening to Athens for overnight. (B,L,O)

Day 4, Friday - Piraeus / Cruise Mykonos, Greece
After breakfast depart for port of Piraeus to board Louis Cruises' ship and sail at 11:00 AM. The ship arrives at 6:00 PM in Mykonos, the jet set and sophisticated island. Below its surface however, Mykonos is a quintessential Greek Island. Hundreds of tiny chapels dot the island covered with whitewashed windmills. Enjoy a touch of the evenings varied night life. Depart 11:00 PM. (B,L,D,O)

LINK TO THE CRUISE ITINERARY

Day 5, Saturday - Cruise Kusadasi, Turkey / Patmos, Greece
In the morning the ship arrives at 7:00 AM in Kusadasi where an optional tour to nearby Ephesus should not be missed as history truly comes to life. Walking towards the ancient harbor, down a marble road rutted by the wheels of countless chariots, you pass architectural masterpieces like the Magnesian Gate and the Library of Celsus before arriving at the Great Amphitheater where St. Paul was arrested and cast out of the city. Ship departs 12 Noon.

Afternoon the ship arrives in Patmos at 4:00 PM. This serene island is known as the site of the apocalyptic Revelations of St. John the Divine, written here during his exile from the Roman Empire. The cave where he is said to have lived is now the site of the Monastery of the Apocalypse. In the 11th century, the Abbot Christodoulos founded the Monastery of St. John on one of the island's highest points. It houses priceless icons and manuscripts in its Treasury. Departs 9:00 PM. (B,L,D,O)

Day 6, Sunday - Cruise Santorini, Greece
The ship arrives in Santorini at 8:00 AM with a full day to enjoy perhaps the most breathtaking of all the Greek Islands - espeically at sunset. Around 1500 B.C., a volcanic eruption destroyed the center of the island, leaving a crescent shaped rim of cliffs around a harbor formed in the volcano's caldera. The town's whitewashed houses, narrow streets, open-air cafes and glittering boutiques cling to these cliffs, accessible by cable car or donkey. Departs 9:00 PM. (B,L,D,O)

Day 7, Monday - Piraeus / Athens, Greece
The ship arrives at 6:00 AM in Piraeus. After clearing ship formalities, you will be transferred to the Athens airport for your departing flight. (B)

Key: B=Breakfast; L=Lunch; D=Dinner; O=Overnight