Cornelius Amann
October 06, 2026
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Northern Greece: Thessaloniki, Mount Olympus, Meteora and Zagori
10 days from Thessaloniki: Vergina and Pella, two nights below Mount Olympus, two at Meteora and two in Ioannina for the Zagori villages and the Vikos Gorge.
10 days · Round trip from Thessaloniki · up to 12 guests
The old western walls of Thessaloniki, on the first evening's walk Photo: Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thessaloniki,_Greece,_Feb_2023_-_Old_Western_Wall_and_Modern_Highrise.jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 10 days, 9 nights
- Start and end
- Round trip from Thessaloniki
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Longest drive
- 3.5 h on day 10No drive day is longer than 4 hours.
- Activity level
Moderate
Two to three hours on foot most days, on cobbles, ancient paving and stone steps, often in the sun. The Olympus day is the longest walk: about 1.5 to 2 hours on a rocky forest path from Prionia, at about 1,100 m, down to the old monastery of Agios Dionysios, with a shorter choice and a longer one. The walk up to the Meteora monasteries is a steady uphill of roughly 45 to 60 minutes, and the monasteries and the Zagori viewpoints add a few hundred steps; the van is always there for anyone who wants to sit a part out. No day has more than about 3.25 hours of driving.
- Meals included
- 9 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 1 dinner
- Room of your own
- + CAD 730 (estimated price)
- Season
- May to June and September to October
Highlights
Why this trip
- The Royal Tombs at Vergina soon after opening, then the mosaics of Pella, Alexander the Great's birthplace
- A tasting lunch through Thessaloniki's Kapani and Modiano markets, then the evening light from the Upper Town walls
- Two nights in Litochoro, with a guided walk from Prionia down the Enipeas gorge to the old monastery of Agios Dionysios
- Dion, the Macedonians' sacred city at the foot of Olympus, in the cool of the morning
- The Vale of Tempe and its chapel across a footbridge on the way to two nights below the Meteora rocks
- The Great Meteoron at opening on foot from Kastraki, then Varlaam, and St Stephen's after its midday break
- The Vikos Gorge from the Oxya viewpoint, the stone bridges of Kipi and a lunch in a Zagori village
- A farewell dinner on the island in Lake Pamvotis, reached by boat from Ioannina
What makes this trip different
Short drives, all published
Every drive is listed day by day, and none is longer than 4 hours.
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 730 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
The longest drive is 3.5 h, on day 10.
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Arrive in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki airport (SKG) to your hotel in the centre, then an evening walk to Ladadika
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Thessaloniki
- Drive about 30 min
Fly into Thessaloniki airport (SKG), about 17 km southeast of the centre, and plan to land by about 3 pm. A driver meets you in the arrivals hall for the half-hour drive to a central hotel.
Afternoon
The afternoon is yours to settle in or walk the waterfront promenade towards the White Tower, the Ottoman-era tower that has become the city's emblem. At about 5 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a short briefing on the days ahead: what to pack for the mountains, how the monastery dress code works, and how the days are paced.
Evening
Then we walk together through the lower town to a stretch of the old western walls and a small frescoed chapel nearby, and down into Ladadika, the old warehouse quarter by the port, for a welcome dinner of meze and grilled fish.
Included
- Pick-up at Thessaloniki airport (SKG)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Evening walk through the lower town to the western walls and Ladadika
- Welcome dinner in Ladadika
Free time: Free until the 5 pm briefing
Activity: If your flight lands later than about 3 pm, the driver still meets you and you join the group at dinner.
Roman and Byzantine Thessaloniki, and a market lunch
The Rotunda and the Arch of Galerius to Agios Dimitrios, the markets, then the Upper Town
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Thessaloniki
- Drive about 15 min
We start at 9 am with a licensed local guide at the Rotunda, built around AD 300 for the Roman emperor Galerius and later a church and a mosque, then walk under his triumphal arch, the Kamara, its marble panels still crowded with battle scenes. From the Roman Forum we climb to Agios Dimitrios, the city's patron church, and go down into its crypt. These churches are part of the group listed by UNESCO in 1988 as the Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessaloniki.
Afternoon
Lunch is a slow tasting walk through the Kapani and Modiano markets: cheeses, olives, bougatsa pastry and a sit-down plate of meze. The hot afternoon is free.
Evening
At about 6:30 pm the van takes us up to Ano Poli, the Upper Town, for the Vlatadon monastery terrace and the walls by the Heptapyrgion fortress, with the Thermaic Gulf below in the evening light, then we walk back down through the steep lanes of the old quarter towards the centre.
Included
- Guided walk with a licensed local guide: the Rotunda, the Arch of Galerius, the Roman Forum and Agios Dimitrios with its crypt
- Tasting lunch through the Kapani and Modiano markets
- The Upper Town in the evening light: the Vlatadon monastery terrace, the Heptapyrgion and the Byzantine walls
Optional experiences
- The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki or the Museum of Byzantine Culture on your free afternoon (entry on you)
Easier option: Stay with the van at the top of the Upper Town and ride back down instead of walking.
Free time: Afternoon free in Thessaloniki
Activity: About 3 hours on foot over the day, on city pavements and steep cobbled lanes in the Upper Town.
Vergina and Pella: the Macedonian kings
Thessaloniki to Vergina, lunch in Veria, then Pella and back to Thessaloniki
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Thessaloniki
- Drive about 3 h
We leave at 8 am and drive about an hour west to Vergina, ancient Aigai, the first capital of the Macedonian kings and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1996. Arriving soon after opening, ahead of the coach groups, we go into the Royal Tombs museum, built inside the great burial mound where Manolis Andronikos found the tombs in 1977. In the half-light you see the facade of the tomb attributed to Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, and the gold larnax and wreaths found inside. A local guide then takes us to the Polycentric Museum of Aigai and, where it is open, the restored palace on the hill.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in nearby Veria. In the afternoon we cross the plain to Pella, the later royal capital and Alexander's birthplace in 356 BC, where floors of river pebbles set in mortar show a lion hunt, a stag hunt and Dionysos riding a panther.
Evening
We are back in Thessaloniki by about 5 pm for a free evening.
Included
- Vergina (Aigai) with a licensed local guide: the Royal Tombs museum and the Polycentric Museum of Aigai
- Sit-down lunch in Veria
- Pella: the archaeological site and the museum with its mosaics
Free time: Evening free in Thessaloniki
Activity: About 2.5 hours on foot, mostly on level paths and museum floors; the Royal Tombs museum is dim and cool inside.
Dion, then to Litochoro below Olympus
Thessaloniki to Dion on the A1, then Litochoro
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Litochoro
- Drive about 1.5 h
An hour's drive south along the Thermaic Gulf brings us to Dion, the sacred city of the Macedonians at the foot of Mount Olympus, where tradition says Alexander made sacrifices to Zeus before leaving for Asia.
Morning
We walk the site in the cool of the morning with a local guide: the Sanctuary of Isis, where spring water still floods the temple floor, the Roman baths, the city walls and the villa of Dionysus with its large floor mosaic. The museum in the village holds the statues found here and a Roman water organ.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in Dion, then it is fifteen minutes to Litochoro, a stone-built mountain town about 5 km from the sea where we stay two nights. The rest of the afternoon is free. Walk up to the start of the Enipeas gorge path on the edge of town, or sit in the square and watch the cloud move on the summits of Olympus, the highest at about 2,918 m.
Included
- Dion archaeological park with a licensed local guide: the Sanctuary of Isis, the Roman baths and the villa of Dionysus
- The Dion museum
- Sit-down lunch in Dion
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Litochoro
Activity: About 2 hours on foot at Dion on level, sometimes muddy paths; boardwalks cross the wet ground by the Sanctuary of Isis.
Walking in the Olympus foothills
Litochoro up the mountain road to Prionia, on foot down the Enipeas gorge to Agios Dionysios, then back to Litochoro
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Litochoro
- Drive about 1.5 h
At 8:30 am the van climbs the 18 km mountain road from Litochoro to Prionia, at about 1,100 m, where the road ends and the main path to the Olympus summits begins. Mount Olympus became Greece's first national park in 1938, and its forests of black pine, beech and fir are cool even in June. We walk a short way to the waterfall above Prionia, then follow the Enipeas gorge path down through the forest with our guide, crossing the river on small bridges, to the old monastery of Agios Dionysios, about 1.5 to 2 hours at an easy pace. Founded in the 16th century and burned by German troops in 1943, it has been partly rebuilt by the monks and you can walk into its courtyard.
Afternoon
The van meets us at the monastery, and lunch is a sit-down meal at Prionia or back in Litochoro. The afternoon is free; on September departures the sea at the beach below town is usually warm enough for a swim.
Included
- Guided walk from Prionia down the Enipeas gorge path to the old monastery of Agios Dionysios
- The waterfall above Prionia
- Sit-down lunch at Prionia or in Litochoro
Easier option: Ride the van between Prionia and the monastery and walk only the short path to the waterfall; both places are on the road.
More active option: Carry on from Agios Dionysios down the Enipeas gorge on the E4 path to Litochoro, about 3 more hours with a packed lunch, and meet the group in town.
Free time: Afternoon and evening free in Litochoro
Activity: A rocky forest path with roots, short climbs and river crossings on small bridges, about 1.5 to 2 hours. Shoes with grip are needed; walking poles help. We do not climb to the summits.
Through the Vale of Tempe to Meteora
Litochoro to the Vale of Tempe, Larissa and Trikala, then Kalambaka and a sunset viewpoint
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kalambaka
- Drive about 3 h
Morning
We leave after breakfast and drive south into the Vale of Tempe, the narrow gorge the Pineios river cuts between Olympus and Mount Ossa. From the old road a swaying footbridge crosses the river to the small chapel of Agia Paraskevi, built against the rock; the plane trees here are old and the water is green and quick.
Afternoon
Then we cross the plain of Thessaly past Larissa to Trikala, a riverside town with a lively old quarter, for a sit-down lunch. From Trikala it is half an hour to Kalambaka, where the Meteora rocks rise straight out of the town: sandstone and conglomerate towers some 300 m high, with monasteries on their summits. We stay two nights below them. After a rest at the hotel we drive up the road around the rocks in the late afternoon, stopping at a viewpoint that looks across to the Roussanou nunnery on its pillar, and stay until the sun goes down.
Evening
Dinner is your choice.
Included
- The Vale of Tempe and the chapel of Agia Paraskevi across its footbridge
- Sit-down lunch in Trikala
- Sunset viewpoint over the Meteora rocks and the Roussanou nunnery
Free time: Late afternoon rest and evening free in Kalambaka
Activity: Short walks only today; the Tempe footbridge moves underfoot and has a handrail.
Meteora on foot
Kalambaka to Kastraki, on foot to the Great Meteoron and Varlaam, then St Stephen's after its midday break
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Kalambaka
- Drive about 45 min
At 8 am a short drive takes us to Kastraki, the village tucked under the tallest rocks, and we walk up the old stone path that served the monasteries before the road: a steady uphill of roughly 45 to 60 minutes. We reach the Great Meteoron as its doors open at about 9 am. It is the largest of the six monasteries still lived in, with a frescoed church, the old kitchen and a museum of icons and manuscripts. Next door, Varlaam keeps the winch tower where supplies, and once visitors, were hauled up in a net. A local guide tells how hermits first lived in the caves here and how Meteora became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal back in Kastraki, then a rest at the hotel. St Stephen's nunnery, on the Kalambaka side of the rocks, closes from about 1:30 to 3:30 pm and stays open until about 5:30 pm in summer, so we reach it after it reopens, when the morning crowds have thinned.
Included
- Guided walk on the old path from Kastraki to the monasteries
- The Great Meteoron at opening with a licensed local guide
- Varlaam monastery
- Sit-down lunch in Kastraki
- St Stephen's nunnery after it reopens at about 3:30 pm
Easier option: Ride the van up to the monastery doors instead of walking; the monasteries themselves still have up to a few hundred steps.
More active option: Walk back down to Kastraki after the morning visits on the same stone path.
Free time: Early afternoon and evening free in Kalambaka
Activity: Dress for the monasteries: skirts below the knee for women, long trousers for men, shoulders covered; wraps are usually lent at the door. Day 7 is never a Monday (St Stephen's closed), Tuesday (Great Meteoron closed) or Friday (Varlaam closed), and we confirm each monastery's hours before every departure.
Over the Pindus by Metsovo to Ioannina
Kalambaka by the mountain road to Metsovo, then the Egnatia Odos to Ioannina and the Kastro
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Ioannina
- Drive about 2 h
Morning
We drive west after breakfast up the mountain road into the Pindus to Metsovo, a stone town at about 1,150 m and one of the main centres of the Aromanian, or Vlach, people of Greece. A local guide shows us the Tositsa mansion, now a folk art museum of carved wood, weavings and silver, and there is time for the Averoff art gallery or the shops selling smoked Metsovone cheese.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in the village, with mountain pies and grilled meat. In the afternoon the Egnatia Odos carries us through tunnels and over viaducts to Ioannina, the capital of Epirus, on the shore of Lake Pamvotis, where we stay two nights. In the late afternoon we walk into the walled Kastro with our guide: the Its Kale citadel with the Fethiye mosque and the tomb of Ali Pasha, who ruled here around 1800, and the Aslan Pasha mosque above the water.
Evening
Watch the sun go down over the lake, then dinner is your choice.
Included
- Metsovo with a local guide and the Tositsa Folk Art Museum
- Sit-down lunch in Metsovo
- Ioannina Kastro with your guide: Its Kale, the Fethiye mosque and the Aslan Pasha mosque
Optional experiences
- The Averoff art gallery in Metsovo (entry on you)
Free time: Evening free in Ioannina
Activity: Metsovo's lanes are steep and cobbled; the Kastro walk is about an hour on level stone.
Zagori and the Vikos Gorge
Ioannina to the Kipi bridges, Monodendri and the Oxya viewpoint, then the island in Lake Pamvotis
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Ioannina
- Drive about 2.5 h
The Zagori villages sit high in the mountains north of Ioannina, stone-roofed and linked by old mule paths and arched bridges; UNESCO listed the Zagori cultural landscape in 2023.
Morning
We drive up after breakfast, about an hour, and stop first at Kipi for the three-arched Plakida bridge and the single-arched Kokkoris bridge over dry riverbeds. At Monodendri a stone path leads in about 15 minutes to the monastery of Agia Paraskevi, built on the lip of the Vikos Gorge. Then the road runs on through the forest to the Oxya viewpoint, where the gorge drops away in front of you, with the Voidomatis river far below.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in a Zagori village square. We are back in Ioannina by mid-afternoon for a rest.
Evening
In the early evening a small boat takes us across the lake to the island, where we see the monastery in which Ali Pasha was killed in 1822, now a small museum, before a farewell dinner by the water.
Included
- The Plakida and Kokkoris bridges at Kipi
- Monodendri and the monastery of Agia Paraskevi on the edge of the Vikos Gorge
- The Oxya viewpoint over the Vikos Gorge
- Sit-down lunch in a Zagori village
- Boat to the island in Lake Pamvotis and the Ali Pasha museum
- Farewell dinner on the island
Easier option: Stay with the van at Monodendri and meet the group at the Oxya viewpoint, which is a few steps from the road.
More active option: Walk the old stone stairway of Vradeto, a zigzag mule path cut into the cliff, with your guide while the group drives round, about an hour.
Free time: Mid-afternoon free in Ioannina
Activity: About 2 hours on foot on stone paths with steps; the path to Agia Paraskevi has a drop on one side and a wall to hold.
Back across the mountains to Thessaloniki
Ioannina to Thessaloniki airport (SKG) on the Egnatia Odos
- Breakfast
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
After a last breakfast by the lake we leave at about 9 am and drive east on the Egnatia Odos, the motorway that crosses northern Greece from the Ionian coast, through the Pindus tunnels, past Metsovo again and down through the hills of western Macedonia by Grevena and Kozani. We stop for coffee halfway and reach Thessaloniki airport (SKG) at about 12:45 pm: about 280 km and 3.25 hours of driving, inside the 4-hour cap. Book a flight leaving after about 4 pm. If you would rather stay on in Thessaloniki, we drop you in the centre instead and can book extra nights for you. If you are flying home from Athens, we can drop you at Ioannina airport in the morning for a domestic flight, which you book yourself, or you can take the train from Thessaloniki to Athens. Your guide sees each of you off and checks your plans before saying goodbye.
Included
- Drive from Ioannina to Thessaloniki with your guide
- Drop-off at Thessaloniki airport (SKG) or central Thessaloniki, or at Ioannina airport (IOA) in the morning
Activity: Book a flight from Thessaloniki leaving after about 4 pm.
- Thessaloniki3 nights
- Litochoro2 nights
- Kalambaka2 nights
- Ioannina2 nights
- Thessalonikiend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: May and June bring green valleys, wildflowers in the Olympus foothills and Zagori, and snow still on the high peaks; September and October are warm and settled, with harvest in the villages and shorter days by late October, when rain is more likely in Epirus.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who have seen Athens and the islands and want the Greek north
- Ancient Macedonia, Byzantine churches and Ottoman Ioannina in one trip
- Easy mountain walking in the Olympus foothills and Zagori without a summit climb
- A slower pace, with two or three nights in each base and free afternoons
Not for you if you want
- Step-free access: the monasteries, Upper Town lanes and gorge paths mean many stone steps
- Climbing Mount Olympus to the summit, which needs its own two-day trip
- A beach holiday or the islands
- Travellers who want the Acropolis, Delphi or the Peloponnese, which are on our southern Greece trip
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
9 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Thessaloniki3 nights
- Litochoro2 nights
- Kalambaka2 nights
- Ioannina2 nights
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 9 nights: 3 in central Thessaloniki, 2 in Litochoro, 2 in Kalambaka below the Meteora rocks, 2 in Ioannina near the Kastro and the lake
- Hotels of at least a 3-star-plus standard, central and walkable, named when we confirm your dates
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
- Greece's per-night accommodation fee
Transport
- Pick-up at Thessaloniki airport (SKG) on day 1
- Drop-off at Thessaloniki airport (SKG) or central Thessaloniki on day 10, or at Ioannina airport (IOA) for a domestic flight
- Our own air-conditioned minibus and driver for the group for the whole trip
- Motorway tolls
- Boat to the island in Lake Pamvotis
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip
- Licensed local guides in Thessaloniki, at Vergina and Pella, Dion, Meteora and Metsovo
Activities
- Thessaloniki: an evening walk to Ladadika, the Rotunda, the Arch of Galerius, the Roman Forum, Agios Dimitrios and the Upper Town walls
- Vergina: the Royal Tombs museum and the Polycentric Museum of Aigai
- Pella: the archaeological site and museum
- Dion: the archaeological park and museum
- Mount Olympus: a guided walk from Prionia down the Enipeas gorge to Agios Dionysios
- The Vale of Tempe and the chapel of Agia Paraskevi
- Meteora: the walk up from Kastraki, the Great Meteoron, Varlaam and St Stephen's, plus a sunset viewpoint
- Metsovo: the Tositsa Folk Art Museum
- Ioannina: the Kastro, and the island in Lake Pamvotis with the Ali Pasha museum
- Zagori: the Kipi bridges, Monodendri and Agia Paraskevi, and the Oxya viewpoint over the Vikos Gorge
Meals
- Breakfast daily (9)
- 8 sit-down lunches: a tasting lunch in the Thessaloniki markets, in Veria, Dion, at Prionia or in Litochoro, Trikala, Kastraki, Metsovo and a Zagori village
- 2 dinners: a welcome dinner in Ladadika and a farewell dinner on the island in Lake Pamvotis
Not included
- International flights to and from Thessaloniki
- Domestic flights, such as Ioannina to Athens
- Travel insurance
- Visa or travel authorisation fees, if any apply to you (such as ETIAS once it starts)
- Meals not listed (dinners on days 2 to 8 and lunch on day 10 are on you)
- Drinks
- Tips
- Optional activities, such as the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and the Averoff gallery in Metsovo
- Donations at the monasteries
- Personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 730 (estimated price)
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Questions
What does the price include?
Nine nights in central hotels, breakfast daily, 8 sit-down lunches and 2 dinners, airport transfers, our own minibus and driver with tolls, your See Sight Tours guide throughout, licensed local guides at the sites, and every entry in the day plan: Vergina, Pella, Dion, three Meteora monasteries, the Metsovo folk museum, the Ioannina Kastro, and the island boat and museum.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests in one minibus. That is small enough to hear the guide in the Royal Tombs at Vergina, share one table at lunch in a Zagori village, and drive the narrow mountain roads to Prionia and Oxya, where a full-size coach cannot go.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the airport on day 1 to the drop-off on day 10, so you have the same guide and the same group every day. Licensed local guides join in Thessaloniki, at Vergina and Pella, Dion, Meteora and Metsovo. We name your guide when we confirm your dates.
How fit do I need to be?
Moderately fit: expect two to three hours a day on foot on cobbles, stone paths and steps. The Olympus walk is about 1.5 to 2 hours on a rocky forest path, and the walk up to the Meteora monasteries takes roughly 45 to 60 minutes. Both have a shorter choice by van, so you can always sit a part out.
Do we climb Mount Olympus?
No. We walk in the foothills, from Prionia at about 1,100 m down the Enipeas gorge to the old monastery of Agios Dionysios, with a longer option on to Litochoro. Reaching Mytikas, the summit at about 2,918 m, takes two days with a night in a mountain refuge; ask us about adding it on a private trip.
I'm travelling solo. Is there a single supplement?
Yes, a room of your own is CAD 730 more, about 17 percent of the price, shown up front with no surprise at checkout. Solo travellers get the same group, the same table and the same guide as everyone else. If you would like to share a room with another solo guest, ask when you book and we will tell you if a share is possible.
When is the best time to go?
May to June and September to October. Spring brings green valleys, wildflowers and snow still on the Olympus peaks; autumn is warm and settled with harvest in the villages. July and August are hot on the plains and busy at Meteora, and from November rain and shorter days set in, especially in Epirus.
How long are the drives?
No day passes about 3.25 hours of driving. The longest is the last, Ioannina to Thessaloniki airport on the Egnatia Odos, about 280 km with a coffee stop. Vergina and Pella, and Litochoro to Meteora by the Vale of Tempe, are each about 2.75 hours with sites and lunch on the way. The Olympus, Meteora and Zagori days stay close to base.
Can I start or end the trip in Athens?
The trip starts and ends in Thessaloniki, but on day 10 we can drop you at Ioannina airport for a domestic flight to Athens, which you book yourself. The train from Thessaloniki to Athens is another way south. Our Athens, Delphi, Meteora and Nafplio trip covers the south if you want to see both halves of the mainland.
How does booking work?
Choose a start date and request to book. We confirm your place within 24 hours, and no payment is taken when you send the request. The small group starts from CAD 4,295 per person sharing, taxes included, and the private trip from CAD 7,730.
Can we travel privately or on our own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip runs as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, with your own guide and vehicle. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote the same hotels, drivers and site guides for you.
Do I need a visa for Greece?
No. Canadian and US passport holders do not need a visa for a tourist stay of up to 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen area, which includes Greece. The EU's ETIAS travel authorisation is not yet in force and no start date is confirmed; we will tell you if it applies to your dates.
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