Greece Tour

COST and TOUR DETAILS

Cost – per person - based on 25 paying people + 1 free, for 9 Day 7

night tour

Triple Room (3 Twin beds - 3 passengers per room): $1540.00

Double Room (2 beds or 1 double shared – 2 people per room):

$1630.00

Single (1 person per room): $1775.00

INCLUDED:

• 7 nights in a selected 3 star sup./ 4 star hotel in Athens area

• Half board accommodation (dinner and breakfast daily, water not

included). Note: dinners are served at hotels’ restaurants or by local sport

centers depending on your sports commitments and daily itinerary, dinner

of the 7th day in a typical Greek Taverna)

• Full time bilingual (English/ Greek) experienced tour manager daily

available

• Deluxe private coach bus service available as indicated

• Half day guided tour of Athens/Delphi/Acropolis/Cape Sounio and

Temple of Neptune /Olympia

• Ticket admission to Acropolis and Acropolis Museum in Athens

• Ticket admission to the Archeological museum in Olympia and Delphi

• Typical Greek farewell dinner in a local Taverna/ restaurant on day 8

• Bus driver and tour manager expenses

• City entry fees, all parking costs, all taxes included

• 1 free participant in double room with a minimum of 25 paying people

• 1 training session in local sport complex with your own coaching staff

• 3 friendly games vs. local selected women’s volleyball clubs

• Preliminary supply of bottled water and soccer balls for warm up

before the matches

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WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED:

• Airfare – Can be quoted separately for you by

AIST (Estimated Cost $900-1300)

• All Lunches and drinks: Water, soft drinks, wine

and coffee at dinners – note: even tap water is

not served at dinners

• Hot American breakfast (scrambled eggs,

bacon, sausages)

• Additional trainings or matches

• Optional activities and visits not included:

full day tour in Argolide

(Corinto/Epidaurus/Nauplia and Micene)/

Museum of Olympic Games history and Old

Olympia in Olympia

• Tips

• Individual Travel Insurance policy

• Everything not listed in the above section

“included”

Sample Payment Schedule:

• Deposit $150 per person

• 6 Months prior to departure: $1500 per person

(If Airfare booked with AIST) $500 per person

without airfare

• All balances due 60 days prior to departure -

Payment options: www.aist.us/make-payment

Sample Itinerary

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Below is a suggested Itinerary. We will customize the tour to fit your needs when possible. All meals

included. Times below subject to change.

DAY 1

• Departure from your closest Intl. airport to Greece. Due to the time differences with Europe, your

arrival will be the following day.

DAY 2

• Arrival by intercontinental flight in Athens International airport. Meeting with your bilingual tour

manager who will remain with you through all the tour and transfer to Athens for orientation tour of

the main attraction of the city with your tour manager (no guided visit). “The Acropolis of Athens and

its monuments are universal symbols of the classical spirit and civilization and form the greatest

architectural and artistic complex bequeathed by Greek Antiquity to the world. In the second half of the

fifth century bc, Athens, following the victory against the Persians and the establishment of

democracy, took a leading position amongst the other city-states of the ancient world. In the age that

followed, as thought and art flourished, an exceptional group of artists put into effect the ambitious

plans of Athenian statesman Pericles and, under the inspired guidance of the sculptor Pheidias,

transformed the rocky hill into a unique monument of thought and the arts. The most important

monuments were built during that time: the Parthenon, built by Ictinus, the Erechtheon, the Propylaea,

the monumental entrance to the Acropolis and the small temple Athena Nike”.

• At the end, check in at your selected hotel in Athens , dinner and overnight ( 7 Nights stay) (Bus is

available only for the transfer from the Airport to the Hotel and for orientation tour)

DAY 3

• After breakfast, meet your local guide and enjoy a walking guided visit of this fascinating city

• On conclusion free time for shopping, relax or extra visits. Lunch will be on your own

• Today afternoon, transfer to a local sport complex to play your 1st friendly game against a local

club

• Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, depending on the game starting time

• Overnight at your selected hotel(Bus is available 4 hours in the morning for the Athens city tour.

Bus will be available again for the round trip transfer from the hotel to the local sport complex

for the game)

Itinerary Continued

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DAY 4

• Breakfast at the hotel

• Departure at 09.00 a.m. by to Delphi.

• Full day city tour with a local professional guide

• “Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount

Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. In myths, the site of Delphi was believed to be determined by Zeus when

he sought to find the centre of his "Grandmother Earth". He sent two eagles flying from the eastern and

western extremities, and the path of the eagles crossed over Delphi where the omphalos, or navel of Gaia

was found.”

• You will admire: Archeological Site and the Museum

• Lunch on your own.

• In the afternoon return back to Athens

• Training session in a local complex with your own coaches

• Dinner at your selected hotel and overnight (Bus is available for the full day excursion to Delfi)

DAY 5

• After breakfast, transfer to the Acropolis and guided visit of it and the local Museum.

• Following, visit the Old Agora.

• A local professional guide will stay with you during the visit

• Lunch will be on your own

• Today afternoon, transfer to a local sport complex to play your 2nd friendly game against a local club

• Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, depending on game starting time

• Overnight at your selected hotel (Bus is available 4 hours in the morning. Bus will be available again

for the round trip transfer from the hotel to the local sport complex for the game)

DAY 6 –

• Breakfast and full day city tour with local tour guide in Olympia

• The first major excavation of Olympia began in 1875, funded by the German government. Important finds

included sculptures from the Temple of Zeus, the Nike of Paeonius, the Hermes of Praxiteles and many

bronzes. In total 14,000 objects were recorded. The finds were displayed in a museum on the site.”

• You will admire: Archeological Site, Stadium and Archeological museum

• Lunch on your own

• In the afternoon return to Athens

• Dinner at your selected hotel and overnight (Bus is available for the full day excursion to Olympia)

Itinerary Continued

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DAY 7

•Breakfast and half day guided visit of Cape Sounio and Temple of Neptune with a local

professional guide

•Lunch will be on your own and rest of the day free for personal exploration of the area.

•Later transfer back to a local sport complex of Athens area to play your 3rd friendly game

against a local club

•Pre-game or post-game dinner at hotel, depending on the match’s time

•Overnight at your selected hotel

(Bus is available 6 hours today. Bus will be available again for the round trip transfer from

the hotel to the local sport complex for the game)

DAY 8

•After breakfast day at leisure for possible additional visits or shopping

•Lunch on your own

•Time at leisure for your final activities in Athens

•Optional (not included): full day tour in Argolide (Corinto/Epidaurus/Nauplia and Micene)

•In the evening, transfer by walk to a typical Greek Taverna for your farewell dinner tasting the

typical food and breathing the typical Greek atmosphere. (Dinner with show, Greek music).

Overnight at your hotel

(Bus 8 hours available. Evening service for farewell dinner)

DAY 9

•Breakfast and hotel check out

•Departure to Athens international airport in time to catch your flight back home

•End of Services. γεια Ελλάδα!!!

(Bus is available only for the transfer from the Hotel to the Airport)

GreeceAIST Tour of Greece: More info can be found on www.frommers.com.

Greece: Greece is, of course, the land of ancient sites and architectural treasures -- the Acropolis in Athens, the amphitheater of

Epidaurus, and the reconstructed palace at Knossos among the best known. But Greece is much more: It offers age-old

spectacular natural sights, for instance -- from Santorini's caldera to the gray pinnacles of rock of the Meteora -- and modern

diversions ranging from elegant museums to luxury resorts.

It can be bewildering to plan your trip with so many options vying for your attention. Take us along and we'll help you figure it out.

We've explored the archaeological sites, visited the museums, inspected the hotels, reviewed the tavernas and ouzeries, and

scoped out the beaches. Here's what we consider the best of the best.

Mykonos: What is it about Mykonos that has captured the world's imagination for over 40 years and refuses to let go? Though it

is an undeniably beautiful island, it isn't the prettiest Greek island, or even the prettiest in the Cyclades. It used to be the island's

cosmopolitan lifestyle, luxury hotels, and nightlife drew crowds, but today many of the more popular islands claim to be able to

compete with that. It used to be its title as the party capital of all Mediterranean islands that set it apart, yet today Spain's Ibiza

shares that title. So what is it then?

It all began with the picture-perfect town of labyrinthine roads leading you in circles around the beautiful cubist Cycladic

architecture that attracted the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis in the '60s. With their stamp of approval, Mykonos

became the place to be for anybody who was anybody. Soon, in the hedonistic '70s, it became the island version of Studio 54,

making world headlines on celebrity pages and magazines. The sheer contrast of a traditional Greek fishing village and the type of

tourists it attracted -- gay partiers, international jet-setters, celebrities, and models -- made the island a unique place to visit, and it

captured the world's imagination.

Santorini: No island better epitomizes the Greek vacation experience than Santorini. Upon arriving by boat, there's a view that

never palls: sugar-cube houses pasted onto the high clifftops of Fira's caldera (crater), washed by the cobalt Aegean and a light

so pure and bright it makes you blink. Watched over by its famous smoldering volcano and steeped in lost-city-of-Atlantis myth,

this is the Greece of photogenic sunsets and Hollywood backdrops, of blue-domed churches and donkey rides.

Beaches - Santorini's perpendicular coastline is pure drama. Pebbly Red Beach, White Beach and Black Beach named for the

color of the cliffs above them, lie in the southwest. The lively southeast trio of Perissa, Agios Georgios and Perivolos are best

for nightlife and watersports like windsurfing and jet skiing. Rock formations create a striking backdrop in family-

friendly Monolithos. For total seclusion, descend the cliffs or hitch a donkey ride to one of Oia's postage-stamp beaches, with

deep and startlingly blue water.

Delphi: 178km (110 miles) NW of Athens - Delphi is the big enchilada of Greek sites. Even more than Olympia, this place has it

all: a long and glorious history, spectacular ancient remains, a superb museum, and a beautiful location on the slopes of Mount

Parnassus. Look up and you see the cliffs and crags of Parnassus; look down, and Greece's most beautiful plain of olive trees

stretches as far as your eyes can see, toward the town of Itea on the Gulf of Corinth.

Delphi is especially magical in the spring, when there's often both snow and wildflowers on Parnassus -- and fewer tourists

tramping around the site than in summer. But whenever you visit, you'll understand why the ancient Greeks believed that Delphi

was the center of the world, the spot Apollo chose as the home of his most famous oracle. TheSanctuary of Apollo is the main

attraction here, although the smaller Sanctuary of Athena has Delphi's most photographed attraction, the mysterious round

tholos (discussed later).6