Athens Night Tour

The Acropolis of Athens floodlit at night, the centrepiece of the evening tours

An Athens night tour runs two to three hours after 19:00, either on foot through Plaka, Anafiotika and Monastiraki or from the upper deck of an open-top bus past the lit Acropolis, the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Panathenaic Stadium. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers the evening: … Read more

Athens Mythology Tour

The Erechtheion on the Acropolis, where the contest of Athena and Poseidon is told

An Athens mythology tour is a guided walk of two to four hours that reads the city through its myths, running from the Acropolis and the Erechtheion down to the Ancient Agora and the Areopagus with a licensed guide and a group of six to fifteen. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. … Read more

Athens Olive Oil Tasting

Freshly picked olives in the hopper at a Greek mill, the fruit behind the oils poured at the tasting

An Athens olive oil tasting is a seated seminar of 60 to 120 minutes in a tasting room around Plaka or Monastiraki, pouring three to six single-variety oils from a blue glass with bread, tomato and cheese alongside, and ending with a bottle to take home. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. … Read more

Rethymno Cooking Class

Hands rolling dough and filling kalitsounia with mizithra at a Cretan cooking table

A Rethymno cooking class runs three to five hours in a walled garden kitchen in the Venetian old town or on a farm in the hills behind it, cooking four to six Cretan dishes by hand with a local host and eating them at a long table with wine and raki. Plan the rest of … Read more

Agios Nikolaos Boat Trips

The Venetian fortress island of Spinalonga, the landing on the boat day from Agios Nikolaos

Agios Nikolaos boat trips leave the town harbour beside Lake Voulismeni for the fortress island of Spinalonga, the roadless cove at Kolokytha and the length of Mirabello bay, on catamarans, speedboats and traditional wooden boats over two to eight hours. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This page covers the whole day: … Read more

Heraklion Dia Island Cruise

Boats anchored in the Agios Georgios bay on Dia island north of Heraklion

A Heraklion Dia island cruise sails 12 km north of the city to the uninhabited island of Dia, running four to eight hours with two or three swim stops in the bays of Agios Georgios, Kapari and Panagia, a meal on board and drinks included. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Rethymno Boat Trips

The pirate galleon moored in the Venetian harbour of Rethymno, where the day boats leave

Rethymno boat trips leave the Venetian harbour under the Fortezza for the pirate-ship cruise to Kefalas bay and the Camarola arch, sailing catamaran days, speedboat snorkelling runs and evening cruises with an open bar. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This page covers the whole day: where the boats leave from, what … Read more

Heraklion Wine Tasting

Vineyard rows on the Skalani hills south of Heraklion, the wine country the tastings run in

A Heraklion wine tasting is a two to six hour visit to one to three estates in the hills south of the city, walking the vineyard and the cellar before four to eight wines are poured with Cretan cheese, rusks and the estate’s own oil. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Pylos Navarino Bay

Pylos town and its marina with the island of Sfaktiria closing Navarino bay

Pylos sits on the south-east shore of Navarino bay in Messinia, a natural harbour four km across closed by the island of Sfaktiria, 50 km south-west of Kalamata, with Voidokilia, the Gialova lagoon and Nestor’s Palace within half an hour of the square. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers … Read more

Diros Caves Mani

The lit stalactite galleries of the Vlychada cave at Pyrgos Dirou in Mani

The Diros caves in Mani are the flooded Vlychada galleries at Pyrgos Dirou on the west coast of the peninsula, 12 km south of Areopoli, where a boatman poles visitors 1,200 metres through water halls hung with stalactites before a short walk out. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This page covers … Read more