Itinerary
- Day 1
Athens
You'll get transferred to your hotel in Athens, and the rest of the afternoon is free to settle in. Stop by the information board at hotel reception to check for details about when your tour actually starts.
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Novotel Athenes)
- Day 2
Athens
A local guide takes you around Athens to see the Presidential Mansion, Panathenaic Stadium, and the National Library. You'll walk through city center squares and check out neighborhoods that came up after the 2004 Olympics. Before heading back, you'll go up to the Acropolis. Later in the evening, you'll transfer over to Plaka, the old historic neighborhood full of traditional Greek tavernas.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Novotel Athenes)
Included Activities
- City tour of Athens with local guide visiting Presidential Mansion, Panathenaic Stadium, National Library, and city center squares
- Visit newer neighborhoods developed after 2004 Olympic Games
- Evening transfer to Plaka neighborhood
Optional Activities
- Acropolis admission (not included in base tour)
Landmarks/POIs Presidential Mansion Panathenaic Stadium National Library Acropolis Plaka 
- Day 3
Athens to Patras
You'll travel into the Peloponnese and stop at the Corinth Canal, a really impressive piece of 19th-century engineering. Then it's through the mountains to Tripoli where you'll spend time at Aeros Square. After that, you head to Olympia for a guided tour of the Archaeological Site where the first Olympic Games happened back in 776 B.C. You'll see the Temple of Zeus, Stadium, Gymnasium, and Arena. By evening you'll be in Patras, checking out its medieval fortress and the country's largest cathedral.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet), Dinner
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Moxy Patras Marina)
Included Activities
- Brief stop at Corinth Canal
- Exploration of Aeros Square in Tripoli
- Guided tour of Olympia Archaeological Site including Temple of Zeus, Stadium, Gymnasium, and Arena
Landmarks/POIs Corinth Canal Aeros Square Olympia Archaeological Site Temple of Zeus Patras Fortress Church of St. Andrew 
- Day 4
Patras to Brindisi
After breakfast you'll cross the Rio-Antirrio suspension bridge, which connects the Peloponnese to the mainland. From there you travel through Central Greece and Epirus to the port town of Igoumenitsa and get some time to walk around. At 2:00 p.m. you board a modern ferry that takes you across the Ionian Sea to Italy, pulling into Brindisi around 9:00 p.m.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Palazzo Virgilio)
Included Activities
- Cross Rio-Antirrio Bridge
- Exploration time in Igoumenitsa port town
Landmarks/POIs Rio-Antirrio Bridge Igoumenitsa 
- Day 5
Brindisi to Naples
You'll see Alberobello with its distinctive conical-roofed trulli houses, which make up a UNESCO World Heritage Site and show off traditional Italian rural building styles. Next you head to Matera in Basilicata to explore the Sassi di Matera, an old complex carved right into the rock and one of the longest continuously lived-in human settlements. Lunch happens in Matera, then you drive through the beautiful mountains of Basilicata and Campania, getting into Naples by evening with free time to look around.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet), Lunch (Lunch in Matera)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Palazzo Esedra)
Included Activities
- Visit Alberobello and trulli houses
- Exploration of Matera and Sassi di Matera
Landmarks/POIs Alberobello Sassi di Matera 
- Day 6
Naples to Salerno
From Naples port you take a ferry out to Capri. You'll ride the funicular up to Capri town for a walk and get those views across the water. After lunch you get back on the ferry and head to Sorrento, a charming tourist town built right at the base of a cliff where you'll have free time to wander around. Then it's on to the Gulf of Salerno area where you'll spend the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Gran Hotel Salerno)
Included Activities
- Ferry to Island of Capri
- Funicular to Capri town
- Visit to Sorrento
Landmarks/POIs Capri Sorrento 
- Day 7
Salerno to Rome
Your day starts at Pompeii where you see the ancient Roman city that got buried under ash from Mount Vesuvius. You'll head into Naples afterward, one of Italy's oldest continuously inhabited cities, to see its historic UNESCO World Heritage quarter and grab lunch there. From Naples you continue to Cassino to visit an historic abbey, a site that saw intense World War II fighting, arriving in Rome by evening.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
- Accommodation
- Hotel (Ibis Styles Roma Aurelia)
Included Activities
- Guided tour of Pompeii with admission
- Exploration of Naples historic quarter
Optional Activities
- Visit to abbey in Cassino
Landmarks/POIs Pompeii Mount Vesuvius Naples Historic Quarter Cassino Abbey 
- Day 8
Rome
Your tour finishes up today after breakfast, and you leave with all those memories from traveling through Greece and Italy.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Breakfast buffet)
