Acultural Pilgrimage
Greece
Destination
For my one week trip I've decided to visit Greece and its cultural cities. I chose this destination because it is rich in culture and it has lots of beautiful vivid artifacts. It has been a huge tourist attraction for years because of its excessive history that helped create modern society.
Travel Expenses
Between the dates of April 24, 2014 and May 2, 2014 I will travel with United Airlines to Athens with one connecting flight in Frankfurt. The round trip will cost me a total of $1,454 including taxes. The total travel time to Athens will be 17 hours and 20 minutes. During the time in Athens we will take a 7-day Greece grand tour around the surrounding cities of Athens. The total cost of this tour is $1,276 dollars including transportation, accommodation and meals. Overall the 8 day trip to Athens will cost $2,730.
Day 1: Epidaurus - Mycenae - Olympia
Day one will be visiting significant places located around the Naupalia, Olympia, Mycenae and Tripoli area.
Day 2: Olympia - Nafpaktos - Delphi
Day two will be touring around the Olympia area again because there is a lot of historical destinations in that area. Then we will make our way towards Delphi.
Day 3: Delphi
Day 3 will consist of visiting the museum of Delphi and the rest of the day will be for relaxation.
Day 4: Kalambaka - Meteora
The day will start with site seeing around the cities that surround Meteora and Kalambaka and the evening will end with a large festival dinner at the resort in Kalambaka.
Day 5: Dion - Thessaloniki
The day will start with driving down to Dion to see the Macadion tower then it will end with Thessaloniki which is the largest northern city in Greece.
Day 6: Pella - Vergina - Lefkadia
The day will start in Pella and continue to Vergina towards Lefkadia for site seeing and end with returning to Thessaloniki.
Day 7: Tempi Valley - Thermoplyae - Athens
Start to drive back towards Athens, through the Tempi Valley, Larissa, Lamia, Thermoplyae where we will stop to see the ruins of the great battle that took place in Thermoplyae and prepare for the flight back to Dallas the next day.