FOR STUDENT GROUPS ATHENS – ISTHMIA – NEMEA – NAFPLION – OLYMPIA – DELPHI- ATHENS
DAY 01: ATHENS Meeting at Athens airport. Transfer to the hotel in Athens. Overnight.
DAY 02: ATHENS Visit the Acropolis. Continue with a drive to the modern highlights of Athens. Stop at the “Kallimarmaro Stadium” where 1895 the first modern Olympic Games were organized. Return to hotel. Afternoon free. Overnight.
DAY 03: ATHENS – ISTHMIA – NEMEA – NAFPLION Leave Athens and drive to the Peloponnese. The first stop is at Corinth Canal. At the entry of the canal lies the site of Ancient Isthmia, the location of the quadrennial Isthmian Games. Today you can see only the remains of the temple and the starting gate used for track events. Continue on to Ancient Nemea. Visit the museum and the stadium which has the earliest known vaulted entrance tunnel. This stadium held the Nemean Games every two years and the winners were crowned with a wreath of wild celery. We end the day at NAFPLION. Overnight.
DAY 04: NAFPLION – ANCIENT MESSENE – OLYMPIA
Visit Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games and the most important sanctuary of Zeus. In the stadium, the starting line is still visible, inviting you to run. The official date of the first Olympic Games was 776 BC. The games lasted five days and the winners were crowned with a wreath of the olive tree. Visit the archaeological museum beside the ancient site. It contains interesting exhibits, the pediments and the metopes of the Temple of Zeus, the Statue of Nike, and of Hermes. Depart from Olympia to Rion, cross to Antirion, and from Nafpaktos, we arrive in Delphi, the Sanctuary of Apollo, the “omphalos” (navel) of the earth – whose prestige extended far beyond the boundaries of the Hellenic world. On the slopes of Mt. Parnassos, lies the archaeological site of Delphi. Overnight.
DAY 05: OLYMPIA – DELPHI – ATHENS We visit the Sanctuary of Apollo, the Treasury of the Athenians, the Stadium, and the Archaeological Museum containing masterpieces of ancient Greek sculpture such as the bronze Charioteer and the famous athlete Aghias. After lunch, we start the return via Arachova to Athens. Overnight at the hotel.
DAY 06: ATHENS DEPARTURE Transfer from hotel to Athens Airport for departure.
Our mobile friendly website www.toursingreece.info Appropriate clothing is required for everybody that visits the monasteries.
Departures and prices
NOVEMBER-APRIL the 2-day tour to Delphi – Meteora is organized on Wednesdays only. MAY-OCTOBER the 2-day tour is organized on Mon, Wed, Thu and selected Sat – COMBINE THIS TOUR WITH THE 1-day TOUR TO ARGOLIS + NAFPLION.
PRICES in € p.p: *Entrance fees to be added: NOV-MAR + 8 € || APR-OCT + 15 € 3* superior Hotel – DBLB with breakfast + Dinner = 150 + fees | SGLB = 180 + fees * Follow the “4 steps to book” in the footer and send us the request. .
THE ABOVE PRICES INCLUDE: – transportation on air-conditioned buses – Pick up/drop off near your hotel (See the list on the footer of this site). (This service is from central hotels in Athens). – Entrance fees to the Delphi site and 2 monasteries. open on the day that you visit Meteora. – Short stopover at the monument of the Spartan King Leonidas at THERMOPYLAE – Services of the professional tour guide all along the tour. – 1-night accommodation in the hotel of your choice. – Dinner on day 1 + breakfast on day 2 – All taxes except the hotel tax of 1.50 € (in 3*) & 3.00 € (in 4*) per room, per night. NB:Lunch on both days is not included. The bus stops at local restaurants, but the lunch is extra. In Kalambaka, the bus stops at the central square where there are lots of restaurants to choose from.
Copied from a client’s blog: The tour which I joined was organized by G.O. TOURS. However, I did not book through their website. I booked it through ASTORIA TRAVEL After browsing through the web, I found that ASTORIA TRAVEL offers the cheapest tour packages in Athens. Initially, I was quite skeptical. How can this tour agent offer such a low price compared to the other travel companies? Is this a scam? Well, it was not a scam and the complimentary arrival transfer was true. I even booked my first two nights in Athens at Hotel Arethusa in Syntagma at a very cheap price through ASTORIA TRAVEL. Read more in the testimonials section…
This tour includes two of the most important sites, in mainland Greece. It presents a picture of ancient Greek civilization beginning with the Mycenaeans, the Greek Bronze Age, and continuing through Archaic, Classical, and, to a lesser extent, Hellenistic, and Roman Greece. It provides a glimpse of the spiritual splendor of Byzantine art and architecture. It is a full itinerary, but the pace is manageable. Plenty of time is available on the sites, allowing time for adequate exposition by the tour guide and time for further exploration on your own.
* The traditional village of Arachova. * The modern Village of Delphi. * The sanctuary with the temple of Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi. * The monument of Leonidas, the Spartan King, in Thermopylae. * 2 monasteries are visited. One of them is the nunnery of St. Stephen.
* NB. The archaeological museum in Delphi is not visited on this tour.
ORACLE OF APOLLO in DELPHI-the centre of the universe
According to the myth, Zeus released two eagles. One flew east and the other one west. They met over Delphi, determining that the center of the world was there. A temple dedicated to the god Apollo was built there in the 7th c BC. The oracle of Apollo became a religious center where common people and kings alike, came to consult the priestess of the sanctuary. The ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE consists of the temple of Apollo, the treasury houses, the theatre, and the stadium.
METEORA-THE ART OF NATURE
Beautiful rocks from another world embrace Kalambaka. The monuments are under the protection of UNESCO and are recorded as the second largest Monastic community after the Holy Mountain. It’s a region of inaccessible sandstone peaks where the monks found protection and settled on these “columns of the sky” since the 10th c. AD. 24 monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties at the time of the great revival of the monastic ideal in the 15th c. Their 16th c. frescoes mark a key stage in the development of the post-Byzantine painting. The monasteries at Meteora grew out of the need to avoid Turkish persecution during the occupation in the 14th c. Monks lived in caves in the rocks of Meteora since the 11th c. but the inaccessible peaks provided safety for Greek Orthodox monks. Over time a large number of hermitages and monasteries were built on these rocks, making Meteora the second largest monastic complex in Greece after Mount Athos. Seeing the beautiful stone structure, surrounded by mist, is enough to make you understand why the monks and nuns selected this area for unceasing prayer. Today, from the many monasteries that existed, only six are open to the public: The monasteries of St. Nicholas Anapafsas, Grand Meteoron, Varlaam, Roussanou, Holy Trinity, and St. Stephan. The Holy Meteora is the most visited religious monument in Greece.
“Here at these barren rocks thousands of orthodox monks learned wisdom, humility, and morals “
Itinerary
DAY 1: The bus starts the pick up at 07.30 am and, traffic allowing, it departs from the terminal in the center of Athens at 08.30 am. Passing by THEBES (the town of mythical Oedipus), LEVADIA (short restroom stop), and the traditional village of ARACHOVA, you arrive in DELPHI at +/- 11.30 am. Delphi was considered by the ancient Greeks to be “the center of the universe”. With the professional tour guide, you will explore the legendary site of the Oracle.
13.30 The group proceeds for lunch, and at +/- 14.45 departs via AMPHISSA, LAMIA, and TRIKALA for Kalambaka with a short photo stop at THERMOPYLAE, the site of the famous battle between the 300 Spartans against the huge Persian army in 480 B.C. took place. In antiquity Thermopylae (= hot gates,) was a narrow coastal passage. Its name comes from its hot sulfur springs. “Hot gates” is also “the place of hot springs and cavernous entrances to Hades. After a brief rest stop outside Lamia, we shall arrive at your hotel in Kalambaka at +/- 19:00. Overnight.
DAY 2: 08.15 You visit two of the monasteries that are open on that day. 12:30 Return to Kalambaka for lunch and at +/- 14:00 you start the return and arrive in Athens at 19:30.
Time Tour Plan & Services 8:30 Depart from the terminal at +/- 08:30 11:30 After a short break outside Levadia you arrive in Delphi 11:45 With the professional tour guide you visit the sanctuary 13:45 Proceed for lunch at a local restaurant (not included in the price). 15:00 Continue to Kalambaka via Thermopylae (photo stop) and Trikala. 19:15 Arrival in Kalambaka. Check-in at the hotel and (optional) dinner at 19.30 08:15 Depart from the parking of Hotel ORFEAS 09:00 Drive to Meteora and visit 2 monasteries (entrance fees included). 12:00 Have lunch at a local restaurant. (Not included in price) 14:00 Start the return and arrive in Athens at +/- 19:30. Hotel drop off by 20:00
Meteora is one of the most beautiful areas of mainland Greece and the monasteries are one of the country’s most unique attractions. Join one of the following tours and visit Meteora.
FAQs
QUESTION: How many hours do we stay at the ancient site in Delphi? ANSWER: You spend 1.30 hours in the ancient site of Delphi. QUESTION: Is there any free time, or is it all guided? ANSWER: There is free time but I suggest you break from the group as early as possible. The tour doesn’t go to the top of the mountain to see the Delphi stadium. AT METEORA: You spend about 1 hour in each monastery but there is no need to break early. Appropriate clothing is required to visit the Monasteries and nunneries. Skirts below the knees for ladies and long trousers for gentlemen. The monasteries/nunneries provide wrappings that the visitors can wear over their clothing before entering. FREE TIME: After the guide takes you around, you have enough time to see whatever is left to see. IN DELPHI the 2-day tour to Meteora meets the 3-day classical tour, and the tour company usually moves guests traveling to Meteora onto another bus and they proceed to Kalambaka and visit Meteora together. For the 2-day tour to Delphi and Meteora clients: The restaurant in Delphi is 3 km after the modern Delphi village.
Testimonials
littlebluekingfisher, Bangalore, Re: Astoria Travel, Jan 14 My family and I are just back from a wonderful trip to Greece. I’d done some research and bookings before I ran into a brick wall trying to book train tickets to Meteora. Searching around I found a note by another traveller on Tripadvisor, who’d had exactly the same problem and stumbled on Astoria Travel. He’d had a great experience with them and recommended them highly. So I contacted Kosta at Astoria, and am blessing the stars that I did so! If we had a good, sensibly planned trip in which we saw as much as we could without being run ragged, it was thanks to Kosta. Over the course of several emails, he helped refine my plans; even to the extent of arranging to hire a taxi from Delphi to Levadia railway station to catch the train from there to Kalampaka and not lose a day. He also arranged our train and ferry tickets (to Santorini) — getting the latter at a cheaper rate than that quoted on the web! I wish we’d done our hotel bookings through him too, as according to people that we met in Greece, he got them good rooms at the hotel that we all stayed at lower than the rates that we were found through www.booking.com
I visited them at their office in Athens. It was impressive to see that Astoria Travel has been in business since 1958, and through experience has been able to attune its services and offerings to a very wide range of traveler needs. Their list of contacts is vast, which worked helpfully in our favor: Kosta just picked up the phone and got a taxi to pick us up at Kalampaka station (paying no more than the normal rates, despite being booked ahead). Moreover, they are a family-run concern, so their levels of friendliness, personalization of services, and traveler support are several notches higher than what a more impersonal agency could provide. I would highly recommend Astoria Travel not just for booking tickets, tours, and hotels, but for help and advice in planning your holiday as well. He graduated from a University in South Africa, his English is excellent and he is highly knowledgeable and courteous. _________________________________________________________________________________________________
From: https://travelbunny8.blogspot.com/2016/07/greece-4-days-classical-greece-tour.html (Visit the excellent blog site, read the description and comments)
If you wish to see the major sights of mainland Ancient Greece including UNESCO-listed ancient sites of Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia, Delphi, and Meteora monasteries, then I recommend you to join a 4 Day Classical Greece Tour. The tour departs from Athens and returns to Athens.
5 UNESCO World Heritage Site in 4 days. I have to warn you that 4 out of the 5 World Heritage sites are in ruins. The tour which I joined was organized by G.O. TOURS. Information about the tour can be found on their website at http://www.gotours.com.gr/en/
However, I did not book through their website. I booked it through ASTORIA TRAVEL http://www.astoria.gr/price-tours-classical-4day.html that can be contacted at athens@astoriatravel.gr. I e-mailed Mr. Kosta and since I booked the tour through him in 4-star hotels, I got a free arrival transfer offer to my hotel. Actually, Kosta himself came to the airport and took us to the hotel.
After browsing through the web, I found that Astoria Travel offers the cheapest tour packages in Athens. Initially, I was quite skeptical. How can this tour agent offer such a low price (20% cheaper) compared to the travel company’s price? Is this a scam? Well, believe it! I even book my first two nights in Athens at Hotel Arethusa (very near Syntagma Square) at a very cheap price through Astoria Travel.
I took the First-Class package as the price difference was not much compared to the Tourist Class package and the complimentary airport transfer sounded attractive. During the tour, some of my fellow travelers took the Tourist Class package. Frankly, I don’t think there was much of a difference compared to the First-Class hotels. In fact, the Tourist Class hotels were located nearer to the town center while the First-Class hotels were located at quieter locations outside the towns providing small luxuries (swimming pools, good dinners, breakfasts, etc.)
After checking into the hotel, you can actually explore the town of Kalampaka, and don’t miss the 9th-century church at Kalampaka. The church is about 15 minutes walk from the hotel.
The tour includes visits to two of the six monasteries of Meteora.
As the tour group was small, we got to know each other pretty quickly. ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Singh, Melbourne, posts 60, reviews 8. Re: Astoria Travel
Just came back from 2 days Delphi and Meteora tour arranged by Kosta. He gives such good service with fast replies and the issuing of vouchers. Kosta gives excellent value for money. He is highly knowledgeable, caring, and courteous. Very trustworthy. There were 6 of us going on the tour and on the morning of the tour, he personally came by and made sure we got on the tour! Great discount for the tour and we did save €’s by booking with him rather than directly with a tour company or Viator. On the bus, we met and became good friends with a couple that bought their tour from Viator and we could compare prices and services for the same tour in the same hotel. Kosta gives excellent value for money. He is highly knowledgeable, caring, and courteous. His English is excellent, he is very experienced, extremely helpful, and proud of Greek history and Greek culture.
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Appropriate clothing is required for everybody that visits the monasteries.
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NOVEMBER-MARCH The tour is organized only on Mondays. APRIL-OCTOBER: The tour is organized on Mon, Tue, Sat & selected Thursdays.
Highlights: Corinth canal-Epidaurus-Mycenae-Olympia(o/n)-Delphi(o/n)-Thermopylae-Kalambaka(o/n) and a short photo stop in Nafplion.
Pick-up/drop-off from your hotel is included (See the link in the footer of this website). The pick-up starts at 07:30 am brings the people to the terminal and departs at 08:30. The tour returns on Thursday evening +/- at 19:30
PRICES: Organizing tours throughout Greece since 1958 we have secured the best deals in all aspects of travel. Our prices are not matched.
Price p.p. in double room
3* hotel: Half-board
360.00 + entry fees
4* hotel : Half-board
400.00 + entry fees
* ENTRANCE FEES to be added: NOV-MARCH + 24 euro | APR-OCT + 48 euro * Child (4 – 12 y.o.) pays 75% of the tour price (Entrance fees depend on Nationality.) * E.U. Nationalities under 25 y.o. enter free. Other Nationalities pay full entrance fees. * Infants up to 4 y.o. travel free of charge when they share the parents’ double bed
HOTELS at Olympia: NEDA, KRONION, or similar (3*) OLYMPIC VILLAGE, EUROPA, ARTY GRAND (4*) HOTELS in Delphi: FEDRIADES, HERMES, PARNASSOS (3*) and AMALIA (4*) HOTELS in Kalambaka: Hotel KOSTA FAMISSI, ALEXIOU, ORFEAS (3*), Hotel GRAND METEORA or AMALIA (4*)
The tour services include: – Modern air-conditioned buses, – 3-night hotel with 3 breakfasts , and 3 dinners – Pick up/drop off near your hotel (See the list of hotels at the footer), – The services of the tour guide throughout the tour. – All taxes except the “city tax” (5.00 € per room, per night). This tax is paid by the client to the hotel.
Copied from a client’s Blogspot: The tour which I joined was organized by G.O. TOURS. However, I did not book through their website. I booked it through ASTORIA TRAVEL After browsing through the web, I found that ASTORIA TRAVEL offers the cheapest tour packages in Athens. Initially, I was quite skeptical. How can this tour agent offer such a low price (20% cheaper) compared to the travel company’s price? Is this a scam? Well, believe it! It was not a scam. I even booked my first two nights in Athens at Hotel Arethusa (next to Syntagma Square) at a very cheap price through ASTORIA TRAVEL. Read more in the testimonials section….
Description
Visit Epidaurus, Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi, and Kalambaka
This tour includes nearly all of the most important archaeological sites, and museums in mainland Greece. It gives a complete picture of ancient Greek civilization beginning with the Mycenaean, the Greek Bronze Age, the Archaic, Classical, the Hellenistic, and Roman Greece. It also provides a glimpse of Byzantine art and architecture.
It is a full itinerary, but the pace is manageable. Plenty of time is available on the sites and in the museums, allowing time both for adequate exposition by the tour guide and time for further exploration on your own.
The Amazing open THEATRE OF EPIDAURUS The priests of the sanctuary of God Asclepius were excellent doctors. The administration of the Asklepion, in order to entertain the patients, decided to build a theatre. The small museum displays the instruments and tools used by the priests, and excellent surgeons, to perform even brain operations.
NAFPLION – “The town of the Venetians” in Greece. (Short photo stop). Modern architecture hasn’t spoiled the old town of Nafplion, which is a feast for the eye with the Venetian influence everywhere. Nafplion was the capital of the new Greek state in the early 1830s. Here, is the first palace of the Bavarian Prince, Otto, the first king after the revolution against the Turks. The old town is beautiful, with mansions and paved roads. The two fortresses, the Palamidi and the Akronafplia played a key role during the war of independence.
MYCENAE – “the city in gold”, the kingdom of Agamemnon controlled the land and sea routes. Myths related to history have inspired poets and writers over the centuries from Homer and the Greek tragedies of the classical period. The site was uncovered in 1874 by Heinrich Schlieman, who also excavated the site of Troy. You enter the citadel through the impressive Lions’ Gate.
OLYMPIA & the OLYMPIC GAMES The site of Olympia, was the location of the ancient Olympic Games, with the first recorded win in 776 BC. In addition to the numerous temples and sanctuaries, there are remains of sporting structures, such as the ancient Stadium, the Gymnasium, the Palestra, and others.
DELPHI – The famous “temple bank”. The Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, location on the oracle of Apollo, was the spiritual centre of the Greek world. Situated in a spectacular natural setting on the mountain of Parnassus, it was the symbol of Greek cultural unity from the 8th century BC onwards.
Driving from Delphi to Kalambaka you take a short stop at Thermopylae, the place where Leonidas and the 300 Spartans fought the Persians. Overnight in Kalambaka.
KALAMBAKA – The unique “ART OF NATURE”. Travel on the rocks of Meteora and visit 2 monasteries that are open on the day that you visit Meteora. Return to Kalambaka for lunch and after lunch start the return and arrive in Athens at +/- 19:30
Itinerary
Day 1 08:30 The pick-up starts at 07.30 am and the bus departs from the terminal at 08:30. 10:00 Arrival at Corinth canal. 20 min. shortstop for photos 11:15 Arrival at the sanctuary of Epidaurus. Visit the museum & the theatre 12:30 Proceed to restaurant for lunch. Lunch is optional. It’s not included in the price. 13:45 Drive on to Nafplion. Short photo stop. 15:15 Arrival at legendary Mycenae. Visit ancient sites & museum 18:30 Arrival at modern Olympia town. Check-in the hotel of your choice
Day 2 09:15 Visit the museum & the site of ancient Olympia. Departure and drive towards Patras 13:00 Stop for lunch at a local restaurant. Lunch is optional. 14:30 Drive to Delphi. Cross the Rio – Antirio bridge to the mainland 18:15 Arrival and check into the hotel of your choice in Delphi.
Day 3 09:00 After breakfast visit the museum and the site. Optional lunch at a local restaurant. 15:15 Depart for Kalambaka. Shortstop at Thermopylae. Arrive in Kalambaka at 19.00
Day 4 08:30 Drive to Meteora and visit 2 monasteries. Return to Kalambaka at 12:30. Optional lunch 14:00 Departure for Athens with a short stop near Lamia. Arrival in Athens center at 19.30
Highlights
Short photo stop at Corinth canal Visit the sanctuary of Asclepius and the Epidaurus Theatre Visit the Mycenae Archaeological site & Tomb of Atreus Visit the Olympia Archaeological site & Museum Visit the Delphi Archaeological site & Museum Visit 2 of the Meteora monasteries that are open on the day you visit Meteora Shortstop at Nafplion town
More info & Map – These tours are organized by 3 Tour Operators. All the Travel Agents sell the same tours at discounted rates. – Start the communication, and choose the travel agent that suits your budget.
* In the footer of the website find the “4 steps 2 book” and we look forward to receive your request. * When we receive the message from the bank that the money has been deposited, we’ll send you the voucher. * There is a deadline and the bookings are canceled if they are not paid on time.
MAP – ROUTE OF THE TOUR
Testimonials
ESP4525, Bozeman, Montana, 62 Reviewed November 26, 2017 wonderful Athens’s experience Just completed a 4-day 3-night tour of the major archaeological sites in Greece that we booked through Astoria travel. We could not have been happier with the service they provided. The personal service we received from Kostas was more than we could have hoped for. We will definitely use them again if we get the opportunity. ___________________________________________________________________________ From: https://travelbunny8.blogspot.com/2016/07/greece-4-days-classical-greece-tour.html (Visit the excellent blog site, read the description and comments)
If you wish to see the major sights of mainland Ancient Greece including UNESCO-listed ancient sites of Mycenae, Epidaurus, Olympia, Delphi, and Meteora monasteries, then I recommend you to join a 4 Day Classical Greece Tour. The tour departs from Athens and returns to Athens. You visit 5 UNESCO World Heritage Site in 4 days. I have to warn you that 4 out of the 5 World Heritage Sites are in ruins. The tour which I joined was organized by G.O. TOURS. Information about the tour can be found at their website at http://www.gotours.com.gr/en/
However, I did not book through their website. I booked it through ASTORIA TRAVEL http://www.astoria.gr/price-tours-classical-4day.html that can be contacted at athens@astoriatravel.gr. I e-mailed Kosta and since I booked the tour through him in 4-star hotels, I got a free arrival transfer offer to my hotel. Actually, Kosta himself came to the airport and took us to the hotel.
After browsing the web, I found that Astoria Travel offers the cheapest tour packages in Athens. Initially, I was quite skeptical. How can this tour agent offer such a low price (20% cheaper) compared to the travel company’s price? Is this a scam? Well, believe it! I even book my first two nights in Athens at Hotel Arethusa (very near Syntagma Square) at a very cheap price through Astoria Travel.
I took the First-Class package as the price difference was not much compared to the Tourist Class package and the complimentary airport transfer sounded attractive. During the tour, some of my fellow travelers took the Tourist Class package. Frankly, I don’t think there was much of a difference compared to the First-Class hotels. In fact, the Tourist Class hotels were located nearer to the town center while the First-Class hotels were located at quieter locations outside the towns providing small luxuries (swimming pools, good dinners, breakfasts, etc.)
The tour includes visits to two of the six monasteries of Meteora.
As the tour group was small, we got to know each other pretty quickly. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Emo, San Juan, Puerto…, 41 posts, 35 reviews, Re: Astoria Travel Meteora trip Reviews
At the end of April, we joined the G.O. Tour for the Classic 4 days tour in Greece. Due to unexpected medical reasons, we decided not to commit until we had gotten an okay from our doctor. Finally, we confirmed the tour one day before we flew to Athens. We booked with Kosta. He was nice and very prompt. And he has one of the best rates on the internet.
On the morning of the tour day, Kosta even came to the main bus pick-up point to make sure we made it. We had a good time on the tour and made friends with several families and couples from different countries. We compared the prices we had paid and our price was the best. Remember to print the voucher at home or hotel. The tour operators keep the printed copy. Thank you, Kosta!!! : )
Made famous by James Bond, Agia Triada (also Aghia Triada; “Holy Trinity”) is probably the most dramatically positioned monastery of the Meteora. It is perched atop a slender pinnacle and accessible only by 150 steep steps, making it one of the most peaceful monasteries as well. It’s the most well known but the least visited.
History of Agia Triada Monastery Hermit monks may have lived here beginning in the 14th century, but the present monastery was built between 1458 and 1476.
Until the 20th c. monks, pilgrims and supplies reached the monastery only by means of rope-ladders and baskets. But in 1925, access to the rock was eased by the addition of rock-hewn stairs.
Agia Triada suffered greatly in World War II and the German occupation, during which virtually all its treasures were looted by the Germans.
What to See at Agia Triada Monastery Few tour buses stop at Holy Trinity Monastery, so it is comparatively peaceful and some semblence of monastic life is able to continue. It is inhabited and maintained by just a few monks.
The courtyard displays old farm implements and the old winch for hauling up baskets (a funicular now carries supplies to the top), as well as inspirational quotes from 1 Corinthians 13 (e.g. “Love is patient”). The monastic buildings are attractively half-timbered.
The small church (1476) has an exterior of brick and tile and is augmented by a large, unattractive narthex (1684). It has two domes, reflecting two building phases.
The frescoes in the church date from the 18th century and the those in the narthex from the 17th; they have been well restored. The church contains one of the few portable treasures that survived the 20th century: a Gospel book printed in Venice in 1539, with a silver cover.
Carved into the rock off the passageway into the courtyard is a round Chapel of John the Baptist (1682), which may occupy the site of an early hermitage. Holy Trinity owns over 120 religious manuscripts copied by its monks over the centuries, but for practical reasons these are kept at Agios Stefanos Monastery.
Daily departures, travelling on your own or in a small group.
Travelling by train in a scenic and smooth ride.
Visit well hidden spots that other travellers never experience.
Learn the culture and history of the place from the local leader.
INCLUDES: – Stay in the hotels KOSTA FAMISI and Hotel LEFAS, – B class Train tickets from Athens to Kalambaka and on to Levadia, – The Taxi transfer at 21:10 from Levadia train station to Delphi, – The Intercity Bus from Delphi to Athens. Arrival in Athens at 19:15
Following the Covid-19 measures the train runs in 50% capacity resulting to a surcharge of 25 € p.p. that must be added to all prices.
EXCLUDED: Lunches and dinners, entrance fees to the monasteries and the archaeological site.
Hani K, Ottawa, Canada, 33 reviews Re: Astoria Travel I had a fantastic experience with Astoria Travel and Kosta. He is very efficient, he know his stuff and he is one of the best in his job. He helped me plan a trip to Kalambala and Delphi by train, private taxi and Intercity bus. He arranged everything and all went very smoothly like a clock work. He takes care of everything, so you don’t have to worry about anything, all you need to do is sit back, relax and enjoy a well organized trip. His prices are very reasonable and extremely competitive compare to other tours. I definitely recommend him
I was in Greece last week of March and first week of April 2018
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