9:00 a.m. we visit the Ancient Greek Agora. See the Doric Temple of Hephaestus (or Thesseion) and the Stoa of Attalos, an arcade built by Attalos II, king of Pergamum, used as a retail market. We also visit the Roman forum with the Tower of the Winds.

Lunch in local restaurant.

Afternoon visit to the National Archaeological Museum, then return back to the hotel.

08.30am - Drive west from Athens, first short stop at the Corinth Canal.

Next ancient Corinth. Here, we see all of the sites associated with the Apostle Paul’s ministry: the Agora, the Temple of Apollo, the Roman Odeon, the Bema and Gallio’s Seat. Also see the archaeological museum.

We see the ruins of early Christian 5th century basilica in Cenchreae before driving up to Acrocorinth.

Overnight in Corinth.

Visit Mycenae, see the remains of the prehistoric citadel fortified with the Cyclopean Walls, the Lionesses' Gate, the remains of the Mycenaean Palace and the Tomb of King Agamemnon. Also visit the ancient Theater of Epidaurus, the largest and best preserved ancient Theater in Greece.

Overnight in Olympia.

Visit Ancient Olympia which holds the stadium where the first Olympic Games took place in 776 BC. Thereafter they were held every 4 years.

Visit also the archaeological museum.

After lunch return drive to Athens.

Day at leisure & Evening worship with the Church of Christ in Glyfada

07:30 - Transfer from our hotel to Athens airport

10:25 - Flight departs for Tel Aviv

12:20 - Arrival at Ben Gurion airport.

03:30 - Transfer from our hotel to Tel Aviv airport.

07:10 - Our flight departs for Athens

Day at leisure & Evening worship with the Church of Christ in Glyfada

Day at leisure & Evening worship with the Church of Christ in Glyfada

8:00am depart for Delphi, the centre of the Ancient world, the "omphalos" (navel) of the earth.

Visit the site and museum at Delphi.

Lunch at local restaurant.

Visit two of the monasteries at Meteora.

Continue drive north to the site of Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian State and birthplace of Alexander the Great.

Lunch at local restaurant.

First short stop at the Lion statue of Amphipolis.

Continue to Philippi, the site where the apostle Paul came and worked, establishing a strong church. See the river where Lydia is thought to have been baptized, the ruins of a Prison where Paul and Sylas had been kept and the Agora.

Lunch in local restaurant in Kavala.

Drive to Vergina, the first capital of Macedonia, where the tomb of Philip II of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great was found. Short stop at Berea. Lunch in local restaurant.

We visit Dion, on the lower slopes of Mount Olympus, the home of the ancient Greek gods. Commence drive south to Athens.

We stop at Thermopylae, to see the statue of Leonidas. It commemorates the historic battle between the 300 Spartans led by Leonidas and the Persian army of Xerxes in 480 BC composed of thousands.

Day at leisure & Evening worship with the Church of Christ in Glyfada

Transfer to Athens airport for flight to Izmir.

Upon arrival in Izmir, visit the ancient Agora and Alexander the Great's "Velvet Castle" overlooking the bay of Izmir.

Overnight in Izmir.

Drive to Pergamum. Here we explore the Acropolis, the steepest theatre in the world, the Asklepieion, see the Altar of Zeus, the Temple of Trajan and Library. Also the Red Basilica (St. John's Church).

Thyatira, was a city famous for purple dyes. We visit the remains of a basilica and some architectural fragments from the Roman period.

Sardis, visit the great Temple of Artemis and the Temple of Cybele, which became a Byzantine Church.

At Philadelphia, we see the remains of a Byzantine basilica and some 11th century frescoes.

At Laodicea, we see the ancient theatre and the remains of basilica.

In Hierapolis we visit the Martyrium of the Apostle Philip where he was martyred during the persecutions ordered by Domitian. We visit the Gate of Domitian, the Arcadian Way, the 2nd century AD Theatre, the Nymphaion, the Temple of Apollo, the Plutonium and the Necropolis.

Drive to ancient Ephesus where the Apostle Paul preached to the Ephesians and lived here for three years. Walk through history along marble streets lined with wonderful public buildings, among them the Baths of Scholastica, the Library of Celsus, the Temple of Hadrian and the Theatre. The Temple of Diana of the Ephesians, another of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was built in this city.

We also visit the Basilica of St. John and the Ephesus museum. 

9.30am - Transfer from hotel to embark on cruise ship in Kusadasi port.

Noon - Sail for Patmos, Greece.

04:00pm - Arrive at Patmos. Take a tour to visit this rocky island where the Apostle John was exiled to. We visit the Monastery of St. John the Evangelist and the Grotto of the Revelation where St. John wrote the Book of Revelation.

07:00am - Arrive at Heraklion Crete. Take tour to visit the Minoan Palace of Knossos, legendary home of the Minotaur.

11:30am - Sail for Santorini, Greece

04:30pm - Arrive in Santorini. Take a mule or the cable car up to the white-washed town of Thira; perched high on the rim of the ancient volcano.

07:00am arrive in Piraeus. We disembark after breakfast. Transfer to our hotel. We will check into our hotel rooms when rooms are available.

Day at leisure & Evening worship with the Church of Christ in Glyfada

Transfer to Athens airport for your flight home.