Classic Greece & Cruise

Classic Greece and Cruise!
October  2 – 14, 2012
13 Days and 12 Nights

$3495

Per person, double occupancy

Single occupancy,  add $700

Early Booking Incentive:
Anyone signing up with paid deposit of $500 before January 1, 2012,
Take a $200. discount off the price of their trip!!!!!

 Price Includes:

*    
Flights to and from Athens
*    
Transportation from SVMC and back
  All Breakfasts and 10 Dinners
*  All Hotels 4 or 5 Stars with all Amenities
*  Tour Guide throughout Land Tour
*  Four Night Cruise on the Louis Majesty Cruise Ship
     
   (Price does NOT include  daily gratuity charges on board the ship)
         These must be made  individually on board the ship.)

*  Stopping at the Greek Islands
*  One night in Kalambaka

*    
One night in Delphi
*    
One night in Olympia
*    
Two night in Nafplion
*    
Two nights in Athens
*  Travel with Air Conditioned Motor Coach
*  All Sightseeing Admissions that we do as a group are  included
*  Shore Excursion to Ephesus Included
*  All Taxes, including Port Charges, Included
*  Visits to many major sites.
*  Escorted by Frank Brown of Belmont Tours

Itinerary

October 2, 2012  

                                    Bus leaves SVMC and takes us to NYC where we catch our plane
                                   
 to Athens, Greece.   Dinner and breakfast are served on board
                                     during the flight.

October 3, 2012

                                    We arrive in Athens and travel by bus to Kalambaka.
                                    We’ll stop for lunch and see, along our way, the beautiful village

of ARACHOVA on the slopes of MOUNT PARNASSUS. (short stop)
                                    We arrive at our 4 star hotel in Kalambaka for a rest and dinner.
                                    Hotel Amalia

October 4, 2012

                                    Breakfast in the morning at the hotel

                                    Visit the internationally famous HANGING MONASTARIES
                                    of Kalambaka. 

                                     Visit two of the Monasteries and see sights that we will    
                                     never forget.
                                    We arrive in Delphi for dinner and a rest
                                    Hotel Amalia

October 5, 2012

                                    Breakfast in the morning at our hotel.

                                    Visit the SANCTUARY OF APOLLO, PYTHIOS

                                    (treasury of Athenians, Temple of Apollo, etc.)
                                    Leave Delphi and cross the picturesque town of Nafpahtos.
                                    Take a ferry [with our motor coach] from Antirrio to Rio.
                                    Arrive in the Peloponnese.
                                    Go through the plains at Achaia and arrive in Olympia.
                                    Dinner and overnight at our hotel in Olympia
                                    Hotel Amalia.

October 6, 2012

                                    Breakfast in the morning at our hotel

                                    Visit the SANCTUARY OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS and the

                                    MUSEUM.
                                    We drive through the central Peloponnese and the towns of

                                    TRIPOLI and MEGALOPOLIS to Nafplion.

                                    Dinner at our hotel.
                                    Time for swimming in the Aegean or in our pool
                                    You may stroll the town in search of souvenirs.

October 7, 2012

                                    Breakfast in the morning at our hotel

                                    Visit THE THEATER OF EPIDAURIUS AND MYCENAE
                                    and MUSEUM.  [The site of Agamemnon of fame from the Iliad]

                                    This is something that you will never forget.
                                    Free time to explore the area or relax on the beach and swim in the
                                    Aegean Sea.
                                    Dinner at our hotel.

October 8, 2012

                                    Breakfast at our hotel.
                                    Early departure from the hotel.
                                    Stop to see the Corinth Canal
                                    Continue on to Piraeus, the port of Athens
                                    Board the ship for our 4 night cruise!

October 9 to 12, 2012

                                    Breakfast, lunch and dinner all included on the ship
                                    Visiting Patmos, Kusadasi [Ephesus], Mykonos, Santorini,
                                    Rhodes and Crete.
                                    Nightly entertainment on the ship, a casino, and duty free
                                    shopping.
                                    The ship also has a beauty salon, spa, disco and pool.
                                    Shore excursion to Ephesus is included in your trip at no
                                    additional cost.
                                    The other shore excursions are lovely and very reasonably priced.
                                    You may also just wish to stroll the streets of Rhodes,
                                    Mykonos and Heraklion [Crete] or, rent a bicycle to explore on
                                    your own.
                                    We have outside cabins on the ship.

                                    Please note: 
                                   
 *You will be required to use a Credit Card or Cash for deposit on the ship.   
                                    *There is an 8 Euro per day per person gratuity charge debited to your shipboard
                                    account
                                    This is not included in the cost of your trip.  It is a charge made by the Cruise Line

October 12, 2012

                                    We leave the ship and go to our hotel in Athens. 
                                    5 star hotel very close to the Parthenon.
                                    Visit the Parthenon
                                    Take a city tour.
                                    Dinner at the hotel.

October 13, 2012

                                    Breakfast at our hotel.
                                    The day is yours for personal exploration

October 14, 2012

                                    Breakfast at our hotel
                                    We fly back to the USA
                                    Bus picks us up and brings us back to Bennington

October 15, 2012

                                    Take the day off, unpack, unwind and rest.

 

 

 

Responsibility: Belmont Tours, the operator, assumes no responsibility or liability in connection with the service of any aircraft, motor coach or other conveyance which may be used wholly or in part in the performance of its duty to the passengers.  The operator will not be responsible for any act, error, or omission, or for any injury, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may be occasioned by reason of any defect in any vehicle, or through neglect or default of any company or person engaged in conveying the passenger.  Additional expenses, if any, shall be borne by the passengers.  The passenger contract in use by the airline concerned, when issued, shall constitute the sole contract between the airline and the purchaser of this tour and the passenger.  The passenger must sign this document and submit it with his/her application.

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  If you have any questions, please e-mail us @  belmontours@yahoo.com  
or call us 1-914-381-4131

 

If you have any questions, please e-mail us @  belmontours@yahoo.com  
or call us
 1-914-381-4131