Stay : The Greek islands in three weeks

Greece is all about the Parthenon, its old stones, but also its islands: 6,000 islands and islets scattered in the Ionian and Aegean Seas, 227 of which are inhabited. You'll be spoilt for choice: crescent-shaped beaches stretching for miles or cute little coves. Farniente or culture. For these islands remain the cradle of some of the oldest European civilizations.

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20 days

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Detail of the stay : The Greek islands in three weeks - 20 days

  • Athens
  • Argos
  • Argos
  • Plaka
  • Lindos
  • Lindos
  • Patras
  • Patras
  • Chania - Chania
  • Chania - Chania
  • Parikiá
  • OIa – Ia
  • Nikia
  • Nikia
  • Matala
  • Matala
  • Akrotiri
  • Nikia
  • Nikia
  • Rhodes Ville
  • Rhodes Ville
  • Parikiá
  • Parikiá
  • Lindos
  • Lindos
  • Argos
  • Argos
  • Kos Ville
  • Kos Ville
  • Athens
  • Lindos
  • Lindos

Day 1: Athens

Steps: Athènes, Argos, Plaka, Lindos

An excursion to the Acropolis before going to dinner in Plaka? A visit to the Agora is recommended if the weather is good, but you can opt for a stroll to Syntagma, in front of the changing of the guard, or for the trendier ambiences of Exarchia or Psiri.

Day 2: Paros

Steps: Patras, Chania - La Canée, Parikiá

Departure by ferry to the island famous for its white marble. Arrival in Parikia, the cultural capital of the island. Paros Castle was built in the 13th century, on the top of the highest hill in Parikia, for example. Parikia also has an archaeological museum.

Places of interest :
MUSEÉ ARCHÉOLOGIQUE

Day 3: Naoussa

Stay in the pretty port of Naoussa for example, near the beautiful beaches. You can sometimes meet Stéphane Bern there in summer!

Day 4: Excursion to Delos

The famous open-air museum island, without inhabitants, a testimony of a vanished world.

Day 5: Santorini

Steps: OIa - Ia, Nikia

Direction Oia and its white houses on the side of the cliff. Spectacular arrival on this rocky island, shaped by the convulsions of the volcano, with its white houses on the side of cliffs.

Day 6: The Greek "Pompeii

Steps: Matala, Akrotiri, Nikia

Excursion and swimming in the warm waters of the volcano, visit to the site ofAkrotiri, the Greek "Pompeii", and walk on the Red Beach, the volcanic beach with red sand.

Day 7: Thirassia

Opposite Santorini, the preserved "antithesis" of Santorini, separated from the island by a volcanic explosion.

Day 8: Verses to Rhodes

Santorini Flight.

Day 9: Discovery of Rhodes

Steps: Rhodes Ville

If you can't see the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world located at the entrance to the port of Rhodes City, you will visit the medieval city, the walls and the Palace of the Grand Masters.

Places of interest :
PALAIS DU GRAND MAÎTRE

Day 10: Panorama and ancient city

The ancient city, the temples, the panorama of Mount Smith.

Day 11: Lindos

Steps: Parikiá, Lindos

Its acropolis, its promontory with a medieval citadel and its flowered village.

Places of interest :
KASTRO

Day 12: Kamiros

Steps: Argos

Excavations, completed in 1929, revealed the ruins of several houses as well as those of the agora and a temple dedicated to Athena.

Day 13: Symi

Excursion to Symi (for its écrin houses) or shopping trips in Turkey.

Day 14: Kos

Steps: Kos Ville

Lovers of old stones will love its famous asclepium and tanning enthusiasts will be spoilt for choice.

Places of interest :
ASCLEPIEION

Day 15: Patmos

"The Jerusalem of the Aegean Sea" where St. John the Evangelist had the visions related in the Book of Revelation in 95-97 AD during his exile on the island.

Day 16: Samos

The island of Pythagoras and the goddess Hera, at the end of the Aegean Sea, is renowned for its sweet wine, natural beauty and crystal clear waters.

Day 17: To Athens

Steps: Athènes

Samos-Athens (by plane).

Day 18: Cape Sounion

Visit of Cape Sounion.

Day 19: The Saroniques Islands

Excursion to the islands Saroniques, Egine, Hydra, and Spetsés, in the "suburbs" of Athens.

Day 20: Athens and its museums

Steps: Lindos

Before you fly, take a tour of either the Archaeological Museum or the new Acropolis Museum.

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