Itinerary

1. Olympia, Sparta & Mycenae

   • Get picked up by your Greek tour guide from an agreed-upon location and begin the tour.

   • See the site of the Ancient "Sacred Forest" which was the name of Ancient Olympia. Built on the North riverbank of Alfeios, it consists of one of the greatest UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as an incredible natural landscape that evolved to the biggest religious sanctuary of the Ancient World.  

   • Visit the Zeus Temple where the 12 meters high Golden and Ivory Statue of Zeus is exposed (one of the 7 Wonders of the World). Here, see the Philippeio, a unique circular construction, a gift to Zeus from the Great Alexander's father (the King Philippos the Second) a temple which was completed by Great Alexander himself. 

   • Next, head to the Ancient Olympic Stadium, the Palaestras (the Athletic Field where wrestlers fought), Hera's Temple, and Ancient Olympia's Museum, the reconstruction of the Romans who allowed the conduct of the Games without interruption until they ceased in 393 CE by the edict of Theodosius I, Emperor of Byzantium.

   • Arrive at the Cave of Kaiadas. It was a pit or underground cavern at Sparta, into which state prisoners or their corpses were thrown.

   • Proceed to the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Basse, a well-preserved temple that was built around 450 and 400 BCE. It is the only monument that combines three architectural rhythms, Doric, Ionic, & Corinthian made by the Parthenon architect, Ictino, after a suggestion by the priests of the Delphi oracle.

   • Tour the ancient city of Sparta, where you will see its Acropolis, its ancient Theater and some Roman-era houses. Here, see the tomb of Leonidas (whose corpse, after 50 years, was transported and buried in Sparta in 430 BCE), the statue of Lycurgus (the legislator of ancient Sparta who established the system of military education of the Spartans' society, according to Apollo's Oracle in Delphi), the Museum of the Olive Tree and the Kaiada, where you will find the bone findings that there were no Spartan children with birth defects that were executed, but adult males and females (traitors, sentenced to death, criminals and prisoners of war).

   • Explore the ancient Mycenae, the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon. Here see the Gate and the Tomb of the Lions, the tomb of Agamemnon ("Treasure of Atrea" in excellent condition and most impressive 9 Mycenaean tombs), and the Cyclopean Walls of the Mycenaean Acropolis.