Greece Undiscovered

Nafpaktos: See how Nafpaktos marks the Battle of Lepanto on its waterfront, with memorial inscriptions near the Venetian harbour and a statue of Miguel de Cervantes, who fought in the 1571 naval battle. The harbour’s enclosed shape and defensive walls remain the clearest present-day reminder of why this port mattered strategically.

Delphi: Explore Delphi with your Local Expert, following the Sacred Way past the Treasury of the Athenians and the Polygonal Wall as the sanctuary climbs the slope of Mount Parnassus. You’ll reach the Temple of Apollo and learn how the oracle’s consultations shaped decision-making across the Greek world for centuries.

Nafplio: Join your Travel Director for an orientation of Nafplion. See why this town was chosen as Greece’s first capital after independence, with neoclassical public buildings and waterfront promenades set beneath the Palamidi fortress.

Archaeological Site of Mycenae: Explore Mycenae with your Local Expert, entering through the Lion Gate and walking the citadel where Cyclopean walls protected one of the most powerful centres of the Late Bronze Age. You’ll visit tholos tombs and learn how archaeology connects the site to Mycenaean society, trade and kingship.

Heraklion: Take an internal flight to Crete, your home for the next four nights

Corinth Canal: See the Corinth Canal, opened in 1893 to cut a 6.3-kilometre passage through the Isthmus of Corinth and link the Aegean with the Ionian. From the crossing point, you’ll view the steep limestone sides and the narrow channel that shortened sea routes around the Peloponnese.

Heraklion: Join your Travel Director for an orientation walk in Heraklion, introducing the city’s Venetian and later layers. You’ll view key landmarks including the Koules fortress on the harbour, the Venetian Loggia and Morosini Fountain, then pass Agios Titos, the Cathedral of Agios Minas and the former Monastery of St. Catherine.

Heraklion: Visit the Heraklion Archaeological Museum with your Local Expert to view artefacts from Knossos and other Cretan sites. You’ll see Minoan ceramics, jewellery, seals and fresco fragments displayed in chronological order, offering a clear view of craftsmanship and daily life across the Bronze Age.

Rethymno: Walk through Rethymno’s old town and see how Venetian and Ottoman layers sit side by side. You’ll follow cobbled lanes past Venetian-built houses and civic buildings, then notice Ottoman domes and minarets added after the 17th-century conquest.

Chania: Explore Chania with your Local Expert, beginning in Splantzia. View the Church of Agios Nikolaos, built in the 14th century under Venetian rule and later converted into a mosque during Ottoman occupation, with a minaret added. Continue to the Etz Hayyim Synagogue in the Jewish quarter, restored in the 20th century and one of the few surviving Jewish monuments on Crete.