Italy and Greece Travel Tour 63

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90429700992461, 12.48551953893982

2. Visit the Colosseum. || 41.89035393384832, 12.492182616905072

The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world, despite its age.

3. Visit the Roman Forum. || 41.89285151634539, 12.486393107288661 

The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum, is a rectangular forum surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.

4. Visit the Palatine Hill. || 41.890167999240376, 12.487508906206983

The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city and has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire."

5. Visit the Piazza Navona. || 41.89933992070676, 12.473092932248532 

Piazza Navona is a public open space in Rome, Italy. It is built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian, built in the 1st century AD, and follows the form of the open space of the stadium. The ancient Romans went there to watch the agones, and hence it was known as "Circus Agonalis".

6. Visit the Trevi Fountain. || 41.90103327123918, 12.48333195526308 

The Trevi Fountain is an 18th-century fountain in the Trevi district in Rome, Italy, designed by Italian architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini in 1762 and several others.

7. Free time

8. Transfer to hotel. || 41.90429700992461, 12.48551953893982

9. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90429700992461, 12.48551953893982

2. Free time 

Spend the day relaxing at the hotel or discovering Rome on your own.

3. Optional Vatican Tour. || 41.902055689335434, 12.453408480867385 

Explore the priceless treasures held within the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel! Visit the Pio Clementino Hall, Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere, Maps Gallery, Candelabra Gallery, Tapestries Gallery and the incredible Sistine Chapel. Afterwards, discover the incredible St. Peter’s Basilica and the atmospheric St. Peter’s Square, dominated by Michelangelo’s imposing Cupola!

4. Night in Rome

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 41.90429700992461, 12.48551953893982

2. Transfer to train station

3. High Speed train to Naples

4. Arrive in Naples. || 40.85346672330133, 14.26599436062505 

Naples is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

5. Transfer to hotel

6. Free time

7. 2 Hour walking tour in Naples

8. Visit the Cathedral of San Gennaro. || 40.85253380015203, 14.25970396103137 

The Naples Cathedral, or Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary, is a Roman Catholic cathedral, the main church of Naples, southern Italy, and the seat of the Archbishop of Naples. It is widely known as the Cathedral of Saint Januarius, in honour of the city's patron saint.

9. Royal Palace of Naples. || 40.83637768155111, 14.24941878986629

The Royal Palace of Naples is a palace, museum, and historical tourist destination located in central Naples, southern Italy. It was one of the four residences near Naples used by the House of Bourbon during their rule of the Kingdom of Naples and later the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

10. Real Teatro di San Carlo. || 40.837695715314304, 14.249696805209314 

The Real Teatro di San Carlo, as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro San Carlo, is an opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito.

11. Piazza del Plebiscito. || 40.83599192869027, 14.248528136165769 

Piazza del Plebiscito is a large public square in central Naples, Italy.

12. Basilica Reale Pontificia San Francesco da Paola. || 40.835477883534416, 14.24757433219471 

San Francesco di Paola is a prominent church located to the west in Piazza del Plebiscito, the main square of Naples, Italy. In the early 19th century, King Joachim Murat of Naples planned the entire square and the large building with the colonnades as a tribute to the emperor.

13. Galleria Umberto I. || 40.83867704256604, 14.24940367267311 

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887 and 1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called the risanamento —that lasted until World War I.

14. Free time

15. Transfer to hotel

16. Night in Naples

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Depart Naples towards Amalfi Coast

3. Arrive Amalfi Coast. || 40.63345661556157, 14.60289169937785

The Amalfi Coast is a 50-kilometer stretch of coastline along the southern edge of Italy’s Sorrentine Peninsula, in the Campania region. It’s a popular holiday destination, with sheer cliffs and a rugged shoreline dotted with small beaches and pastel-colored fishing villages. The coastal road between the port city of Salerno and clifftop Sorrento winds past grand villas, terraced vineyards and cliffside lemon groves.

4. Transfer to Pompeii

5. Visit Ruins of Pompeii. || 40.749511206138116, 14.48467391992887

Pompeii is a vast archaeological site in southern Italy’s Campania region, near the coast of the Bay of Naples. Once a thriving and sophisticated Roman city, Pompeii was buried under meters of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The preserved site features excavated ruins of streets and houses that visitors can freely explore.

6. Transfer to Naples

7. Free time

8. Night in Naples

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Transfer to airport

3. Flight to Athens

4. Arrival in Athens. || 37.979714004119984, 23.72580453607801 

Athens is the capital of Greece. It was also at the heart of Ancient Greece, a powerful civilization and empire. The city is still dominated by 5th-century BC landmarks, including the Acropolis, a hilltop citadel topped with ancient buildings like the colonnaded Parthenon temple. The Acropolis Museum, along with the National Archaeological Museum, preserves sculptures, vases, jewelry and more from Ancient Greece.

5. Transfer to hotel

6. Hotel check in

7. Free time

8. Night in Athens

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Syntagma Square. || 37.97552957234546, 23.7351544106632 

Syntagma Square is the central square of Athens, Greece. The square is named after the Constitution that Otto, the first King of Greece, was obliged to grant after a popular and military uprising on 3 September 1843. It is located in front of the 19th-century Old Royal Palace, housing the Greek Parliament since 1934.

3. Old Parliament. || 37.97787312638493, 23.732929333945187 

The Old Parliament House at Stadiou Street in Athens, housed the Greek Parliament between 1875 and 1935. It now houses the country's National Historical Museum.

4. Monument to the Unknown Soldier. || 37.97551393141457, 23.736222845585957 

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial located in Syntagma Square in Athens, in front of the Old Royal Palace. It is a cenotaph dedicated to the Greek soldiers killed during war. It was sculpted between 1930 and 1932 by sculptor Fokion Rok. The tomb is guarded by the Evzones of the Presidential Guard.

5. Vallianeio Megaron. || 37.981243036122436, 23.732977274422073 

The National Library of Greece is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens.

6. Hadrian’s Arch. || 37.97038948956748, 23.731923872570356 

The Arch of Hadrian, most commonly known in Greek as Hadrian's Gate, is a monumental gateway resembling—in some respects—a Roman triumphal arch. It spanned an ancient road from the center of Athens, Greece, to the complex of structures on the eastern side of the city that included the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

7. Temple of Olympian Zeus. || 37.96948181819697, 23.733083903257462

The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion or Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a former colossal temple at the centre of the Greek capital, Athens. It was dedicated to "Olympian" Zeus, a name originating from his position as head of the Olympian gods.

8. Panathenaic Stadium. || 37.968516020589476, 23.741170805108908 

The Panathenaic Stadium or Kallimarmaro is a multi-purpose stadium in Athens, Greece. One of the main historic attractions of Athens, it is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble.

9. Acropolis Museum. || 37.96854928230211, 23.72854683986568 

The Acropolis Museum is an archaeological museum focused on the findings of the archaeological site of the Acropolis of Athens. The museum was built to house every artifact found on the rock and on the surrounding slopes, from the Greek Bronze Age to Roman and Byzantine Greece.

10. Acropolis. || 37.97251104276404, 23.72493348724681

An acropolis was the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel, and frequently a hill with precipitous sides, mainly chosen for purposes of defense. The term is typically used to refer to the Acropolis of Athens, yet every Greek city had an acropolis of its own.

11. Transfer to hotel

12. Night in Athens

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Thebes. || 38.323292418635646, 23.32047239867827 

Thebes is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece, and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the third oldest in Europe. It is the largest city in Boeotia and a major center for the area.

3. Livadeia. || 38.437469819438, 22.87614095682643 

Livadeia is a town in central Greece. It is the capital of the Boeotia regional district. Livadeia lies 90 km north-west of Athens, 64 km west of Chalkida, 63 km south-east of Lamia, 44 km east-south-east of Amfissa, and 91 km east-north-east of Nafpaktos.

4. Arachova. || 38.48081824647406, 22.583685533361937 

Arachova is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality Distomo-Arachova-Antikyra.

5. Arrival in Delphi. || 38.48072809649538, 22.493224932296656

The modern town of Delphi is situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name. The town was created as a home for the population of Castro, which was relocated to allow for the excavation of the site of ancient Delphi.

6. Visit the Archaeological Site of the 4th-century-B.C in Delphi. || 38.48268535155208, 22.501412874445805 

This extensive mountainside archaeological complex contains the beautiful remains of the sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena Pronaia, as well as an ancient stadium and theater.

7. Transfer to Kalambaka

8. Arrival in Kalambaka. || 39.70668066122694, 21.62893232909827 

9. Dinner in Kalambaka

10. Transfer to hotel

11. Night in Kalambaka

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Transfer to Meteora

3. Visit Meteora. || 39.72186528858648, 21.63054131683378 

The Meteora is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, Greece, hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. Modest dress is REQUIRED to entire the monasteries of Meteora.

4. Transfer to Athens

5. Visit Leonida's Monument. || 38.79692957897853, 22.53662273398413 

This will a short stop.Leonidas, Spartan king whose stand against the invading Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae in central Greece is one of the enduring tales of Greek heroism, invoked throughout Western history as the epitome of bravery exhibited against overwhelming odds.

6. Arrival in Athens. || 37.984449645966976, 23.727177828105074

7. Transfer to hotel

8. Night in Athens

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Transfer to high-speed ferry to Mykonos. || 37.98472024484184, 23.728207796352564

3. Arrive in Mykonos. || 37.452690979659224, 25.38735665903747 

Mykonos is an island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. It's popularly known for its summer party atmosphere. Beaches such as Paradise and Super Paradise have bars that blare thumping music. Massive dance clubs attract world-renowned DJs and typically stay open well past dawn. Iconic landmarks include a row of 16th-century windmills, which sit on a hill above Mykonos town.

4. Transfer to hotel and check in

5. Free time

6. Night in Mykonos

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Free day in Mykonos. || 37.445604377069984, 25.38117684955255 

Spend the day relaxing at the beach or discovering Mykonos on your own.

3. Optional Tour: Delos. || 37.39947330731409, 25.267791234196885 

Delos is a Greek island and archaeological site in the Aegean Sea's Cyclades archipelago, near Mykonos. The mythological birthplace of Apollo, it was a major religious center and port during the 1st millennium B.C. The island's ruins encompass Doric temples, markets, an amphitheater, houses with mosaics and the iconic Terrace of the Lions statues. The Archaeological Museum displays statues excavated from the site

4. Night in Mykonos

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 37.4532360751284, 25.380490204054226

2. Transfer to port for high-speed ferry to Santorini

3. Arrival in Santorini. || 36.397039466628186, 25.454444531010637

Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. It was devastated by a volcanic eruption in the 16th century BC, forever shaping its rugged landscape. The whitewashed, cubiform houses of its 2 principal towns, Fira and Oia, cling to cliffs above an underwater caldera (crater). They overlook the sea, small islands to the west and beaches made up of black, red and white lava pebbles.

4. Transfer to hotel and check in

5. Free time

6. Night in Santorini

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Free day. || 36.39317048606513, 25.455474499258127 

Spend the day discovering Santorini at your own pace.

3. Optional Tour: Oia Excursion. || 36.461900460396, 25.37467990738582 

Oia is the loveliest town in Santorini, on the northern side of Santorini. The streets are stone, marble and cobblestone, just breathtaking.

4. Optional Tour: Volcanic Island Sunset Dinner Cruise

5. Night in Santorini

1. Breakfast at the hotel. || 36.39317048606513, 25.455817822007287

2. Transfer to port

3. High-speed ferry to Athens

4. Arrival in Athens. || 37.984449645966976, 23.725804537108424

5. Free time 

Spend this time preparing for your departure or taking in the last night in this vibrant city.

6. Night in Athens

1. Breakfast at the hotel

2. Transfer to the airport. || 37.94178988677361, 23.947779033943476