EXPLORE GREECE Tours and activities
CYCLADES MYKONOS 1) DIVING IN TRAGONISI TRAGONISI IS A PROTECTED NATURAL RESERVE AND A SHELTER FOR THE MONACHUS MONACHUS SEAL (MONACHUS MONACHUS). DIVING AT THE "SEAL CAVE" IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO EXPERT DIVERS WHO REQUEST IT. IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND DIVE SINCE THERE'S A CHANCE TO GET UP AND PERSONAL WITH A MONACHUS MONACHUS SEAL. PRICE FROM 140 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://WWW.GODIVEMYKONOS.COM/
2) FOKOS BEACH, HORSE RIDING TOUR A MEMORABLE RIDING EXPERIENCE ON ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS IN THE CYCLADES. WE OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER AND RIDE THROUGH UNIQUE AND BREATH-TAKING SCENERY ON THE ISLAND OF MYKONOS, FROM HORSELAND IN ANO MERA TO FOKOS BEACH. RIDERS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY A PROFESSIONAL GUIDE WHO HELPS MAKE THE EXPERIENCE RELAXED AND COMFORTABLE AS YOU TOUR THROUGH THE DISTINCTIVE CYCLADIC LANDSCAPE. PRICE FROM 100 EUROS PER PERSON WWW.MYKONOSHORSE.COM/INDEX.HTML
3) RIZES, FOLKORE FARMSTEAD A JOURNEY BACK TO OUR RIZES (ROOTS)… A JOURNEY IN TIME AND THE HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL MYKONOS BACK IN TIME. IN THE HEART OF THE ISLAND, THROUGH THE TRADITIONALLY DECORATED HOUSE, THE FOLKLORE WORKSHOPS, THE LUSH GARDENS, THE DOMESTIC ANIMALS AND THE SECLUDED ROUTES, WE REVIVE THE DAILY LIFE OF OUR ANCESTORS AND OUR HERITAGE. GUIDED TOUR, COOKING CLASSES, BREAD MAKING. PRICE FROM 45 EUROS PER PERSON WWW.RIZESMYKONOS.COM/
4) DELOS DELOS IS AN ANCIENT GREEK SACRED ISLAND THAT WAS REVEALED TO LETO – WHO WAS PURSUED BY HERA – THROUGH THE WAVES OF THE AEGEAN SEA IN ORDER TO GIVE BIRTH TO APOLLO AND ARTEMIS, ACCORDING TO MYTHOLOGY. ON THE ISLAND OF DELOS, THE RUINS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST MAGNIFICENT, ORGANIZED TOWNS OF THE HELLENIC-ROMAN ERA HAVE BEEN PRESERVED IN FAIR SHAPE. PRICE FROM 350 EUROS PER GROUP HTTP://DELOSPRIVATETOURS.COM/
5) RINEIA MYKONIANS MAY HAVE NO QUALMS ABOUT DEVELOPING EVERY CENTIMETER OF THEIR ISLAND FOR TOURISM, BUT THERE IS ONE PLACE SOME STILL HOLD SACRED AND THIS IS RINEIA. CRYSTAL BULE WATERS AND PERFECT LANDSCAPE. DEFINETALY WORTH YOUR VISIT FOR A SWIM.
6) CIEL MYKONOS SPA THE COMPANY CIEL MYKONOS SPA WICH IS LOCATED IN ORNOS,SAINT STEFANOS AND MYKONOS TOWN,PROVIDES LUXURY WELLNESS EXPERIENCES OF HIGH QUALITY ,WITH A SPECIALIZED AND HOLLISTIC APPROACH AND ULTIMATE GOAL THE CREATION OF THE IDEAL MASSAGE HEALING JOURNEY. PRICE FROM 50 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://CLMYKONOSSPAMASSAGE.COM/
PAROS 1) TASTING & EXPLORING PETRA FARM PERCHED ABOVE KOLYMBITHRES IN THE IDYLLIC BAY OF NAOUSA, PETRA FARM OFFERS CUSTOMIZED TOURS WHERE YOU GET TO ENJOY WALKING AROUND THE FARM AND TASTING A SELECTION OF OUR PRODUCTS WHILE TAKING IN BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF NAOUSA. AS WE TOUR THE FARM YOU WILL GET A BRIEF YET COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL CROPS THAT WE GROW, HOW WE GROW THEM, AS WELL AS HOW WE HARVEST AND PROCESS THEM. TOURS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF GROUPS INCLUDING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN, COUPLES, AND TOUR GROUPS. PRICE FROM 35 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://WWW.PETRAFARM.GR/
2) MORAITIS WINERY WINEMAKING HAS BEEN PRACTICED IN PAROS FOR AT LEAST 5,000 YEARS, DATING BACK TO THE CYCLADIC PERIOD. THE VENETIANS ALSO MADE WINE ON THE ISLAND, AND PAROS IS THE ONLY PLACE ON THE PLANET WHERE THE MONEMVASIA GRAPE SURVIVED AFTER DYING OUT EVERYWHERE ELSE. YOU MAY TOUR THE UNDERGROUND AGEING CELLARS, SEE HISTORIC WINEMAKING INSTRUMENTS AT THE MUSEUM, AND SAMPLE THEIR WHOLE SELECTION OF REDS, WHITES, ROSÉS, AND DESSERT WINES WITH A CHEESE AND MEAT BOARD. HTTPS://MORAITISWINES.GR/
NAXOS 1) NAXOS OLD TOWN FLAVOURS THE GREEK ISLAND OF NAXOS IS HOME TO A RICH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL LEGACY. THE ANCIENT MONUMENT OF PORTARA AND THE OLD FORTRESS OF CHORA ON YOUR RIGHT ARE AMONG THE FIRST SIGHTS YOU SEE AS YOU ENTER THE HARBOR. PORTARA IS THE ISLAND'S MOST WELL-KNOWN LANDMARK, AND RIGHTLY SO. ON A LITTLE ISLET, IT CONSISTS OF A MASSIVE, CENTURIES-OLD MARBLE ENTRANCE. ITS MAGNIFICENCE WILL LEAVE YOU SPEECHLESS THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE IT. THE GREATEST TIME TO VISIT THIS SPOT FOR ROMANTIC SOULS IS DURING SUNSET, WHEN THE SKY TURNS GOLD! NAXOS CASTLE WALKING TOUR AND SUNSET AT THE PORTARA ARE NOT TO BE MISSED. PRICE FROM 90 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://NAXOSSUN.TRAVELOTOPOS.COM/S/19/2
MILOS 1) CATACOMBS THE LEGENDARY CATACOMBS ARE ONE OF MILOS' MOST REMARKABLE ARCHEOLOGICAL FINDS. THESE CATACOMBS WERE DISCOVERED IN 1844 AND ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE END OF THE FIRST CENTURY. DURING ROMAN TIMES, THEY WERE UTILISED AS CHRISTIAN GRAVES. THERE ARE THREE CATACOMBS IN ALL, ALL OF THEM ARE UNDERGROUND. THEY'RE LINKED BECAUSE THE HALLS GET SHORTER AS YOU GO CLOSER TO THE KILLING CHAMBER. THE CORRIDORS ARE APPROXIMATELY 200 METERS LONG, WITH 5 TO 7 CARVED BURIALS ON EACH SIDE. ENTRANCE FEE 4 EUROS PER PERSON HTTP://WWW.CATACOMBS.GR/
2) KLIMA VILLAGE COME SEE THE BOATHOUSES, PURCHASE FOR LOCAL PRODUCTS, OR GO FOR A PADDLE IN KLIMA. COME AT GOLDEN HOUR TO CAPTURE A STUNNING SUNSET OVER THE BAY, WHICH COMPLEMENTS THE BRILLIANT HUES OF THE PAINTING ON THE MULTI-COLORED TRADITIONAL SYRMATAS, OR FISHERMEN'S HUTS. THE VILLAGE IS LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF A WINDING ROAD THAT BEGINS IN TRYPITI AND TAKES 30 MINUTES TO WALK DOWN AND CONSIDERABLY LONGER TO GET BACK UP.
SYROS 1) 4-HOUR PRIVATE TOURSYROS IN A NUTSHELL THIS IS A PRIVATE TOUR FOR TRAVELERS WHO WANT TO BE INTRODUCED IN A SHORT TIME TO SOME OF THE BEST ELEMENTS THAT MAKE SYROS FASCINATING; A UNIQUE BLEND OF ARCHITECTURE, MARVELOUS VIEWS, A TOUCH OF CULTURE AND THE ALLURE OF GREEK SUMMER. HTTPS://WWW.VASSILIKOS.GR/TOURS-ON-SYROS
SANTORINI 1) WINERIES TOUR THE VINEYARDS OF SANTORINI ARE THE MOST TRADITIONAL IN ALL EUROPE, WHICH ADDS UP TO THE UNIQUE CHARACTER OF THE ISLAND’S WINES. DRY WINTERS WITH ONLY LIMITED RAINFALL, THE MOISTURE LEVELS SPECIFIC TO THE ISLAND AND THE COMBINATION OF VOLCANIC SOILS GIVE WINES OF EXQUISITE TASTE.
PRICE FROM 80 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://WWW.SANTORINIKARAVASTRAVEL.COM/TOUR/SANTORINI-WINERIES-TOUR4-HOURS/
2) OIA SUNSET TOUR OIA’S SUNSET IS ONE THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IN THE WORLD. WHEN THE SUN STARTS TO SET, THE COLORS ON THE SURFACE OF THE WATER CHANGE BY THE MINUTE AND, WHEN THE STARS APPEAR AND JOIN THE VILLAGE’S LIGHTS, THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE IS NOTHING BUT MAGICAL. PRICE FROM 50 EUROS PER PERSON HTTPS://WWW.SANTORINI-KARAVASTRAVEL.COM/TOUR/SANTORINIOIA-SUNSET-TOUR-4-HOURS/
SIFNOS 1) THE CHURCH OF THE SEVEN MARTYRS THE SEVEN MARTYRS' MODEST CHURCH IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST PHOTOGRAPHED SIGHT ON THE ISLAND OF SIFNOS. IT IS SITUATED ON THE SUMMIT OF A ROCKY ISLET THAT EMERGES FROM THE SEA IN THE LOVELY KASTRO SETTLEMENT. WHEN THE WIND BLOWS HARD, THE WAVES CRASH AGAINST THE CHURCH, CREATING A WILD, GORGEOUS SPECTACLE. THE CHURCH OF THE SEVEN MARTYRS IS PAINTED WHITE AND FEATURES A ROUND, BLUE DOME, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF TRADITIONAL CYCLADIC ARCHITECTURE.
IONIAN CEPHALONIA 1)THE CAVES ...MELISSANI & DROGARATI IN KEFALONIA, THE DROGARATI CAVE WAS FOUND 300 YEARS AGO AND OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1963. IT WAS DISCOVERED AFTER A BIG EARTHQUAKE CAUSED THE CAVE'S ENTRANCE TO COLLAPSE. DROGARATI IS A SPECTACULAR CAVE WITH AMAZING STALACTITE AND STALAGMITE STRUCTURES. THIS CAVE, ACCORDING TO SPELEOLOGISTS, IS ROUGHLY 150 MILLION YEARS OLD AND REPRESENTS A REMARKABLE GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. THE CAVE IS ROUGHLY 60 METERS DEEP AND MAINTAINS A CONSTANT TEMPERATURE OF 18 DEGREES CELSIUS. THE CAVE IS EXTREMELY DAMP, WITH A HUMIDITY LEVEL OF 90%.
MELISSANI CAVE IS SITUATED JUST OUTSIDE SAMI, THE CAVE OF MELISSANI HAS A STRANGE APPEAL. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PLACES FOR TOURISTS TO VISIT IN GREECE. SURPRISINGLY, THERE IS A LAKE INSIDE THE CAVE THAT HAS TREES AND FORESTS SURROUNDING IT. THE CAVE ITSELF IS B-SHAPED WITH TWO CHAMBERS OR HALLS SEPARATED WITH LAND OR AN ISLAND IN THE CENTER. THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE HALLS CAVED IN CENTURIES AGO LETTING SUNLIGHT FILTER IN. PRICE FROM 240 EUROS PER GROUP HTTPS://WWW.AVALONTRAVELKEFALONIA.GR/INDEX.PHP/KEFALONIA-PRIVATE-TOURS-09
CORFU
1) CORFU TOWN & SURROUNDINGS EXPERIENCE FOR YOURSELF THE SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE FAMOUS MOUSE ISLAND - THE PETRIFIED SHIP THAT BROUGHT ODYSSEUS BACK TO ITHACA ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND. THEN, EXPLORE MON REPOS MUSEUM WITH ITS WONDERFUL SURROUNDING GARDENS, ONCE THE SITE OF CORFU’S ANCIENT CITY. FINISH THE DAY WITH A VISIT TO THE MUST-SEE ATTRACTION OF CORFU TOWN, A DESIGNATED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE! PRICE FROM 214 EUROS PER GROUP HTTPS://WWW.BLUETOURS.GR/TOURS-ANDACTIVITIES/PRIVATESHORE-EXCURSION-KANONI-MON-REPOS-CORFU-TOWN
PELOPONNESE 1) EXTRAORDINARY MYCENAE & EPIDAVROS
YOU WILL EXPLORE THE MYCENAEAN ACROPOLIS, THE TOMB OF AGAMEMNON AND THE RUINS OF THE CYCLOPEAN WALLS THAT PROTECTED THIS MIGHTY CITY.YOU CAN ALSO VISIT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF MYCENAE. IS THE ANCIENT THEATER OF EPIDAURUS. THIS 4TH-CENTURY-BC THEATER IS ONE OF THE BEST-PRESERVED CLASSICAL GREEK STRUCTURES IN EXISTENCE. BUILT OF LIMESTONE IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HIGHLIGHT OF EPIDAURUS AREA. IT'S RENOWNED FOR ITS AMAZING ACOUSTICS; A COIN DROPPED IN THE THEATER'S CENTER CAN BE HEARD FROM THE HIGHEST SEAT. PRICE FROM 260 EUROS PER GROUP HTTPS://WWW.NAFPLIOCITYTOUR.GR/TOURS/NAFPLIO-TO-MYCENAE-EPIDAVROS-PRIVATE-TOUR/
2) NAFPLION CITY TOUR ENJOY A TOUR AROUND THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF NAFPLION. WITH THIS TOUR YOU WILL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE PALAMIDI CASTLE. DURING OUR TOUR YOU WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ADMIRE LANDSCAPES AND MONUMENTS SUCH AS THE OLD CITY WITH ITS VARIETY OF HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS, THE 1ST HIGH SCHOOL OF GREECE, THE COURTHOUSE, THE ARMANSPERG RESIDENCE, THE LAND GATE, THE CASTLE OF PALAMIDI, THE LION OF BAVARIA, THE AKRONAUPLIA, THE CATHEDRAL OF EUAGGELISTRIA AND MANY OTHER COUNTLESS MONUMENTS OF INCOMPATIBLE BEAUTY. PRICE FROM 180 EUROS PER GROUP HTTPS://WWW.NAFPLIOCITYTOUR.GR/TOURS/PRIVATENAFPLIO-CITY-TOUR-INCLUDING-A-VISIT-TO-THEBEACH/
SARONIC GULF AEGINA 1) AGIOS NEKTARIOS MONASTERY THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS (SAINT) NEKTARIOS IS AEGINA'S MOST NOTABLE RELIGIOUS LANDMARK, LOCATED 6 KILOMETERS FROM THE TOWN CENTER. THE MONASTERY WAS FORMED BY BISHOP NEKTARIOS OF PENTAPOLIS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM MANY SISTERS BETWEEN 1904 AND 1910. BISHOP NEKTARIOS MOVED TO AEGINA IN 1908, ALTHOUGH THE MONASTERY REOPENED IN 1904 UNDER HIS DIRECTION WHILE HE WAS STILL AT RIZARIOS SCHOOL. HE RESIDED IN THE MONASTERY FOR 13 YEARS AND WAS BURIED OUTSIDE THE MONASTERY'S CHURCH BEHIND A PLANE TREE.
DODECANESE KALYMNOS
1) CLIMBING RECENTLY, KALYMNOS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY FAMOUS FOR CLIMBING. THERE ARE MORE THAN 150 SITES, MOSTLY IN THE INTERIOR AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND. A POPULAR SPOT IS THE 500M-LONG FLASKIA GORGE THAT STARTS NEAR THE BEACH OF ADEIA AND FEATURES 108 ROUTES. PRICE 25 EUROS PER HOUR HTTPS://CLIMBINKALYMNOS.COM/COURSES/GUIDING-BY-THE-HOUR/
PATMOS 1) THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS IOANNIS THE MONASTERY OF AGIOS IOANNIS THEOLOGOS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS CENTER ON THE ISLAND WHICH IS VISIBLE FROM EVERY PART OF THE ISLAND AND IS PERHAPS, THE FIRST THING ONE WILL NOTICE, AS IT SITS HIGH ON THE HILL ABOVE CHORA.
ATHENS
1) ATHENS FULL DAY TOUR DIVE INTO THE MARVELOUS WORLD OF ANCIENT ATHENS WITH A TOUR OF THE ACROPOLIS, THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, THE ANCIENT AGORA, THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AND A STROLL TO MONASTIRAKI AND PLAKA. IT INCLUDES MINIVAN, GUIDE AND ITS DURATION IS 8-9 HOURS. PRICE FROM 650 EUROS FOR 7-15 PAX 2) CAPE SOUNION & THE ATHENS RIVIERA THE TEMPLE OF POSEIDON AT SOUNION, A STUNNING 5TH CENTURY BC STRUCTURE IN A PICTUREPERFECT CLIFF-TOP SETTING, THE LAKE VOULIAGMENI, A NATURAL SPA WITH YEAR-ROUND WARM WATER, THE NEWEST STAR ON THE CITY’S ARCHITECTURAL AND CULTURAL SCENE, THE IMPRESSIVE STAVROS NIARCHOS FOUNDATION CULTURAL CENTER. GET A REAL TASTE OF BEACH LIFE ALONG THE CITY’S FAVORITE COASTLINE AND DISCOVER AN ANCIENT TEMPLE IN A SURPRISING LOCATION. PRICE FROM 615 EUROS HTTPS://WWW.ALTERNATIVEATHENS.COM/TOURS/CAPE-SOUNION-SUNSET-DAY-TRIP/