A Pilgrimage οn the Footsteps of Saint Paul [8days]

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Philippi. The ancient city is divided into two parts by the Via Egnazia. St. Paul landed in Kavala and visited Philippi in 49 AD, from here he started his mission in Europe. You can visit the Agora, the Roman Forum, the Baths, the Palaestra and the ruins of the two basilicas, one of which is believed to have been the prison of St. Paul. Continuation to Kavala, landing point of S. Paolo on the way to Filippi. In this city, of Turkish past, we can admire the Imaret, the most imposing building overlooking the harbor and once housed students of theology; the Byzantine citadel with its walls, towers, dungeons and Cistern. In the afternoon return to Thessaloniki to the hotel, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to Veria, a city full of churches, if they total about 50. Some of the central streets retain almost intact their ancient Ottoman atmosphere, the churches were once used as barns and warehouses, among the most important Maegalou Alexandrhrou and Hristos with restored frescoes.Continuation to Vergina site visit, where the excavations carried out have revolutionized Macedonian archeology, bringing to light the burial chambers belonging to Philip II and other members of his royal family. You can admire the ruins of the Palace of Palatitsia, this complex was built during the 3rd century BC, as the summer residence of the Macedonian King Antogone Gonatus. Continue to Kalambaka, dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit to the Meteorite Monasteries. Located on top of the rocks, which have been modeled in the strangest forms of atmospheric agents and even more than 500 meters high. Here arise inaccessible monasteries, originally accessible only by mules, ladders and winches. The meteors owe their name to the position in which they are located, “the monasteries suspended in the air”. Departure to Delphi. Dinner and overnight.

Breakfast at the hotel. Visit of Delphi, the navel of the Earth, where a tribute was paid, the ancients could question the oracle. You can admire the Castalia fountain, the Temple of Apollo, the Via Sacra, the Roman Agora, the Great Altar, the Theater and visit the Museum containing the famous Auriga. Transfer to Athens. * DINNER AT PLACA TABERNA WITH SIRTAKI FOLK SHOW * Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast and guided city tour of Athens. You will see the University, the Library, the Academy, the Parliament with its Evzones, the President’s residence, Hadrian’s Arch, the Panathinaiko Stadium. Detailed visit of the Acropolis, one of the most suggestive archaeological sites in the world, with the remains of the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Theater of Dionysus, the temples and sanctuaries. Visit the Acropolis Museum collects exclusively materials found on the site: core of the collection are the statues and fragments of archaic architectural decoration desecrated by the Persians in 480 BC, in addition to sculptures from the classical period. In the afternoon, walk with attendant in the characteristic Plaka district.

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Argolide: stop at the Corinth Canal, where you can see the canal of the same name, whose design dates back to the time of Nero, but only in 1890 the technology was able to cross the isthmus at 6 km. Visit of ancient Corinth. beautiful archaeological site: the Roman Forum, the temple of Apollo, the sacred fountain, the Christian basilica and the temple of Aphrodite, where during the time of St. Paul were the so-called sacred prostitutes. The Apostle Paul is the patron saint of Corinth and a church was dedicated to him in his honor. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for flight.