8 Days 7 Nights
Group Tour – Fixed Dates
20 people
English
Athens (2N) – Kalambaka (1N) – Athens (1N) – Nafplio (1N) – Patras (1N) – Athens (1N) · departs every Sunday
From the Acropolis to the stadium of the first Olympic Games, this 8 Days Greece Tour Package is a guided group tour of mainland Greece and the Peloponnese — Meteora’s cliff-top monasteries, Delphi, the island of Poros, the theatre of Epidaurus, Nafplio, Olympia and Mycenae, with most site tickets already included. It is planned and supported by IMAD Travel, an IATA-certified travel agency in Hyderabad serving travellers from across India since 2011. Prefer to travel on your own? Our team can also arrange this same route, or a similar one, as a custom package for your family or group, with your own dates, hotels and pace — just quote the tour code IMAD-EU-33172 when you contact us.
WhatsApp +91 63003 03169 for Sunday departure dates or a custom version of this tour. Tour code: IMAD-EU-33172
Hotels with breakfast, three dinners, the guided Athens city tour, the coach with an English-speaking guide, and admissions at Meteora, Delphi, Hosios Loukas, Epidaurus, Olympia, Mycenae and Acrocorinth are arranged before you leave.
The tour opens with two nights in Athens. A local guide leads the city tour past the Presidential Mansion and its guards, the marble Panathenaic Stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the National Library and the squares of the centre, then out to the districts rebuilt for the 2004 Games. The tour ends at the foot of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon has stood for almost 2,500 years (the ticket is paid on the spot). In the evening a transfer takes you to Plaka, the old quarter below the rock, for a first Greek dinner in its lanes of tavernas and bougainvillea.
On Day 3 the coach heads north via the seaside town of Kamena Vourla and Thermopylae, the pass where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans held back the Persian army in 480 BC. Lunch is in Kastraki, a village tucked under giant rock pillars, before the climb to Meteora, a UNESCO World Heritage Site where monks built monasteries on top of sandstone towers six centuries ago. Admission to one monastery is included — cover shoulders and knees for the visit. Dinner and the night are in Kalambaka.
Driving south through the plains of Thessaly, you reach Delphi, the sanctuary the ancient Greeks called the navel of the world, set on the slopes of Mount Parnassus above olive groves and the Gulf of Corinth. Admission to the archaeological site is included. After lunch the coach stops at Hosios Loukas, one of the most beautiful Byzantine monasteries in Greece, known for its gold-ground 11th-century mosaics (admission included), and you are back in Athens in the evening.
Day 5 is the day that sets this tour apart. Crossing into the Peloponnese, you stop at the Corinth Canal, cut through solid rock to link the Aegean and the Ionian seas. From the little port of Galatas a 15-minute ferry takes you to Poros, a cheerful island of old houses climbing up to its Clock Tower, with free time for lunch by the water. Back on the mainland the road winds through green hills to the Theatre of Epidaurus (admission included), built 2,400 years ago for 14,000 spectators and still used for summer performances — its acoustics are so good that a coin dropped on the stage can be heard from the top row.
The night is in Nafplio, the first capital of modern Greece, a seaside town of Venetian mansions, marble streets and balconies full of flowers, watched over by the Palamidi fortress on its hill and the little sea castle of Bourtzi in the bay. There is free time for an evening stroll along the harbour, and dinner is included.
The coach crosses the mountains of the Peloponnese to Tripoli, capital of Arcadia, for a break on Areos Square, then continues to Ancient Olympia, where the Olympic Games began in 776 BC. A local guide shows you the Temple of Zeus, the stadium, the gymnasium and the training grounds (tickets included) — many travellers like to run the old stadium track themselves. The day ends in Patras, Greece’s third-largest city, home to the country’s largest cathedral and the old church of St Andrew, an important pilgrimage place. Dinner is included.
The last touring day crosses the Rio–Antirrio bridge, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world, to Nafpaktos, the old Lepanto, with its Venetian fortress and pretty harbour. Along the Gulf of Corinth you reach Mycenae, the citadel of King Agamemnon from the 18th century BC, entered through the famous Lion Gate (admission included). The final stop is Acrocorinth, a fortress on a high rock with the remains of a temple of Aphrodite at its summit (admission included), before one more look at the Corinth Canal and the evening drive to Athens.
This 8 days Greece tour including Meteora, Delphi, Poros, Epidaurus, Nafplio and Olympia suits travellers who love history and want to see the great sites of ancient Greece in one week; families with school-age children studying the Olympics and Greek myths; senior travellers who prefer a guided coach tour with tickets arranged; and couples who want something more than a beach holiday. Island lovers can add Mykonos or Santorini after the tour — or choose our 10 days Greece tour with the islands.
April to June and September to October are ideal for sightseeing — pleasant temperatures for the archaeological sites and fewer crowds; July and August are hot at midday, so carry a hat and water. Departures are on Sundays. Greece is part of the Schengen area, so Indian passport holders need a Schengen visa applied through the Greek consulate — our visa team prepares the file, so start about two to three months before travel.
Breakfast is included every day, with dinners in Kalambaka, Nafplio and Patras; other meals are on your own, and Athens has many vegetarian and Indian restaurants. The Acropolis ticket is paid locally. The archaeological sites are open-air and partly uneven, so bring comfortable shoes. International flights into and out of Athens are booked separately — our team can book them from any Indian city. Prices start from €1,221 per person (₹1,34,310 at €1 = ₹110, October 2026) on twin sharing, excluding GST and TCS, and are recalculated for your exact travel dates and season.
For the islands, see the 10 days Greece tour with Athens, Meteora, Mykonos and Santorini, or for a shorter week the 7 days Greece tour of Athens, Meteora, Delphi and Olympia. Add the Adriatic on the 8 days Croatia tour of Dubrovnik and the islands. See every route on our Europe tour packages from India page.
WhatsApp +91 63003 03169 for Sunday departure dates or a custom version of this tour. Tour code: IMAD-EU-33172
Welcome to Athens. Transfer to your hotel and free time; in the afternoon you receive the details of your tour at the hotel reception. Overnight in Athens.
City tour with a local guide: the Presidential Mansion, the Panathenaic Stadium, the National Library, the city-centre squares and the post-2004 Olympic districts, ending at the Acropolis (admission not included). Evening transfer to the Plaka quarter. Breakfast included. Overnight in Athens.
Early departure north via Kamena Vourla and the Thermopylae pass to Kastraki for free time for lunch, then Meteora with admission to one monastery. Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight in Kalambaka.
Through Thessaly to Delphi to visit the archaeological site (admission included), time for lunch, then Hosios Loukas Monastery (admission included). Arrive in Athens in the evening. Breakfast included. Overnight in Athens.
Stop at the Corinth Canal, then a 15-minute ferry from Galatas to Poros island with free time for lunch. Visit the Theatre of Epidaurus (admission included) and continue to Nafplio for free time. Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight in Nafplio.
Across the Peloponnese mountains to Tripoli and Areos Square, then Ancient Olympia with a local guide (tickets included). Continue to Patras, with its cathedral and the church of St Andrew. Breakfast and dinner included. Overnight in Patras.
Cross the Rio–Antirrio bridge to Nafpaktos and its harbour, then Mycenae (admission included) with free time for lunch, and the Acrocorinth fortress (admission included). Short stop at the Corinth Canal; arrive in Athens in the evening. Breakfast included. Overnight in Athens.
After breakfast, the tour ends. Our team can arrange your airport transfer, an extra night in Athens and your flight home.
