Greece 1994

GR-94 - Greece, Turkey (Ephesus only) bus and cruise trip Date of travel: Oct 7 - Oct 22, 1994 ITINERARY: Early in the morning on Oct 7 Lothar takes me to San Diego airport. A flight from San Diego via St. Louis and New York to Athens GREECE where on Oct 8. In Athens I joined a Globus Tour for a bus trip through mainland Greece visiting and sightseeing: Marathon, Thermopylae and the Meteora area monasteries on the rocky outcroppings. The tour continued to Delphi to hear about the Oracle and see the excavations, then taking a ferry across the Gulf of Corinth to Patras, an important harbor on the Peloponnese Peninsula, and Olympia, the place of famous Olympic Game of antiquity. That was followed by drive to Epidaurus with its 2,300 years old theatre and Nauplia, the first modern capital of Greece. From here to Mycenae with the excavations of the earliest Greek civilisation, ancient Corinth and back to Athens where 3 full days of sightseeing (for strike Acropolis closed). A 4 day cruise on Greek ship Mts Triton from Piraeus to the island of Mykonos, to Crete (for strike Knossos closed), to Rhodes (with a trip to Lindos and sightseeing of the Rhodes City). Then morning stop at Kusadasi in TURKEY to visit ancient Ephesus, while in the afternoon sightseeing of Greek island Patmos. That was followed by an overnight sailing back to Piraeus. A day was spent by individual programs in Athens. On Oct 22 a flight from Athens via New York and St. Louis to San Diego and by limousine service Street Scene to Vista. Travel office: Globus (through Robinsons-May Travel in Carlsbad) Who took part: In the mainland bus tour there were about 48 passengers and a Greek Globus leader. The cruise part of the trip was on a Greek ship Mts Triton (14,110 BT, 353 cabins, max 700 passengers from various travel groups).