Daily service 8am – 10 pm Saturdays / Sundays included
ITINERARY
Day 1. Thursday RHODES
Arrival Athens airport. Connected flight to Rhodes. Arrival. Reception at the airport. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation Rhodes
Day 2. Friday PATMOS
Morning free for a walk around the old city of Rhodes. Later on ferry trip to PATMOS. Arrival. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation (Breakfast)
Day 3. Saturday PATMOS
Island at your disposal. Visit the cave of the Revelation and the famous St John monastery. Accommodation PATMOS.(Breakfast)
Day 4. Sunday PATMOS / KOS
Ferry trip PATMOS / KOS. Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel.
Accommodation KOS (Breakfast)
Day 5. Monday KOS
Points of interest: The Asklepeion – The Venetian castle of the knight of St John – plane tree of Hippocrates – the attractive Mosque of Gazi Hasan – the ancient Agora – Temple of Aphrodite – the Stoa of the 4rth century BC – the Archaeological museum (Busy day right?)
Accommodation KOS (Breakfast)
Day 6. Tuesday Ferry trip KOS – RHODES
Arrival. Reception at the port. Transportation to the hotel. Walk the old city of Rhodes and join the night life. Accommodation Rhodes (Breakfast)
Day 7. Wednesday RHODES
Many things to see – visit Rhodes, I do not organize anything here as there are many points of interest and they have to choose of their own. They can either stay at in Rhodes city and walk around or have one of the organized tours. That can decide and do on site.
The medieval town, the palace of the Grand Master, the attractive square of Jewish Martyrs , the archaeological museum / in city – Ixia , Ialyssos, Valley of butterflies and much more…
Accommodation Rhodes (Breakfast)
Day 8. Good Thursday RHODES / CRETE
Morning island at your disposal Afternoon transportation to the airport and flight to Heraklion – Crete. Reception at the airport. Transportation to the hotel. Accommodation Crete. Presentation of the Crete part schedule. Dinner at the hotel. (Breakfast - Dinner)
Day 9. Good Friday CRETE
The palace of Knossos. Lunch at local restaurant with local specialties. In the evening. Good Friday evening service and candlelight procession around the church is neighborhood with the Epitaphios. Dinner at local OUZERI with Easter feast specialties. Accommodation Crete. (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 10. Holly Saturday CRETE
This day will be a combination of tourism and religion. A visit to the country side. We will enjoy the preparations of the Holly Saturday in the small villages, at a monastery, at the churches. It’s a family celebration, all the members of the family are coming together to celebrate the Easter. There is a sacred feeling around. Lunch at a local tavern with traditional dishes of the day. Free the rest of the day in order to rest for the midnight Resurrection Service at the church with candles and the noisy celebration. Traditional meal of Mayeritsa ( special Easter soup) after the service. ( AFTER MIDNIGHT) (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 11. EASTER Sunday CRETE
The hotel prepares a very special Easter program which will join. Lots of Specialties as well as lamb on spit / Cretan traditional music and dances and much more. Afternoon a tour the country side. Evening Dinner at the hotel (Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner)
Day 12. EASTER Monday CRETE
Saint Georges name day. At Assi Gonia village we will attend the blessing of the herds. The shepherds bring their herds from the mountains to the church where the priest will bless them while young women milk the animals offering fresh milk to everyone. Afterwards lunch at the nearby picturesque village of Argiroupolis. On the way back break at the city of Rethymnon and back to Heraklion. Transportation to the port of Heraklion. Embarkation and night ferry trip to Piraeus. Accommodation on board. (Breakfast - Lunch)
Day 13. Tuesday ATHENS
Arrival. Reception at the port and transportation to the hotel. Pick up from the hotel and escorted city tour of Athens including Acropolis. Accommodation Athens (Breakfast )
Day 14. Wednesday FLIGHT BACK HOME
Transportation hotel / Airport. END (Breakfast)
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