Delphi and Meteora Two Days Tour from Athens

Overview

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Italian

French

Spanish

48 hours

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Take this Delphi & Meteora Two Days Tour from Athens and enjoy a majestic trip.

Begin with pick up from Athens and board your luxury air conditioned bus with your professional guide.

Visit the Delphi archeological site where the temple of Apollo was considered as 'the navel of the wold' in ancient Greece, a site that has played an extremely important role at the evolution and political situation of ancient Athens and the rest of Greece.

We also visit the impressive Meteora. Meaning "suspended in air" the name Meteora soon came to encompass the entire rock community of monasteries, the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage.

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

What‘s Included

Entrance fees

Professional and licensed guide

Dinner

Breakfast

Hotel accomodation (A class - 4* / T class - 3*)

Transportation by luxury air conditioned bus

Accommodation tax, payable on check-out: 4* star:10€ - 3* hotel:5€ per night per room

Gratuites (optional)

Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Day 1

1st day

Accommodations

Overnight in Kalabaka (Meteora). First and tourist class available

Food and Drinks

DINNER

Dinner

Athens

We depart from Athens after pick up from your hotel or apartment. Leave for Delphi via Thebes, Levadia and the picturesque village of Arachova, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Delphi Ancient Town

Arrive in Delphi and visit the Archaeological Site. Delphi was considered the center of the earth and the universe, and played a central role in the classical Greek world. Proceed though the sacred way to the Athenian treasury, the stoa of Athens, the temple of Apollo, where the oracle was and the theater.

2 hours • Admission Included

After the visit, we depart through Central Greece and the cities of Lamia, Trikala crossing the Thessalian plain, to Kalambaka, a small town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks, and crowded by the Meteora Monasteries. Dinner and overnight stay in Kalambaka.

14 hours • Admission Not Applicable

Day 2

2nd day

Food and Drinks

BREAKFAST

Breakfast

Savor breakfast in your hotel and then travel for nearby UNESCO-listed Meteora for a tour of the cliff-top monasteries. Visit Meteora and enjoy a unique scenery with ageless Monasteries, containing historical and religious treasures, standing between earth and sky atop huge rocks. Meteora is considered one of the most inspiring area of mainland Greece. The monasteries are perched on top of towers of sandstone, which for centuries provided totally inaccessible retreats for the monks. In the past there were no steps and the main access to the monasteries was by means of a net that was hitched over a hook and hoisted up by rope and a hand cranked windlass to winch towers overhanging the chasm. Each community developed its own resources and by the end of the 14th century, the Grand Meteoron emerged as the dominant community. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage. You will enjoy a guided tour of two of the six monasteries.

4 hours • Admission Included

Battlefield of Thermopylae

After our visit we begin out return journey to Athens. On the way you will stop to visit the monument of Leonidas where the 300 Spartans fought against the Persian army at Thermopylae (Hot Gates) - short stop to see across the road the Leonida's Monument.

15 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Athens

Continuing our journey, we arrive in Athens early in the evening (6:30 - 7:00pm)

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

Options

French T Class Double Room

French T Class Double Room
Pickup included

Italian A class Double Room

Italian A class Double Room
Pickup included

French T Class Single Room

French T Class Single Room
Pickup included

Spanish T class Double Room

Spanish T class Double Room
Pickup included

French A Class Double Room

French A Class Double Room
Pickup included

English T Class Double room

English T Class Double room
Pickup included

Italian T class Single Room

Italian T class Single Room
Pickup included

Spanish T class Single Room

Spanish T class Single Room
Pickup included

Spanish A class Single Room

Spanish A class Single Room
Pickup included

French A Class Single Room

French A Class Single Room
Pickup included

English T Class Single room

English T Class Single room
Pickup included

Italian T class Double Room

Italian T class Double Room
Pickup included

English A Class Single room

English A Class Single room
Pickup included

Spanish A class Double Room

Spanish A class Double Room
Pickup included

Italian A class Single Room

Italian A class Single Room
Pickup included

English A Class Double room

English A Class Double room
Pickup included

Reviews

4.20

15 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Disappointing. Poor value for the money!
Karen S,
Oct 17, 2024
- Viator
2.00
This was a rather expensive tour but sounded wonderful in the description but it was NOT at all as described! The tour guide was knowledgeable yet didn’t account for travelers and just got out of the bus and split. One of the guests fell getting out of the bus and several of us stopped momentarily to assist and ahe was long gone and we followed another group until we found our way. She had no idea 8 people were missing from her group. This was the very first stop. We spend at least 3 hours on the way at lunch on our own and two poorly chosen comfort stops ungodly crowded. We spend little time in Delphi. We booked the superior room and got a room the size of a closet-old and facing a back wall! Dinner was a buffet open an coughed on as our hotel was packed with Chinese guests! Breakfast the San. We are neither! The staff at the hotel was great and we found things to pay for that were not rampaged and spit upon! Hugely disappointing!! We spend less than 5 minutes at Thermopyly onto the next long bathroom break! Meteora was amazing but I would NOT recommend this tour again lol!!! I travel w tensely and use Viatour exclusively and this is not Viatour standard!!
Cannot sum up the experience in few words
SUNIL R,
Apr 25, 2024
- Viator
5.00
Must Visit itinerary in Greece. Beautiful, scenic, historical, philosophical and legendary. A symphony of Art, beauty, nature and human coming together in one place. Our tour guide Anastasia is one of the best. Great knowledge, fluent eloquent English speaking guide with full of charm and humor. A great place to remember for birth of Orthodox Christianity and persecution of early Christian martyrs. Iconography is sight to watch and learn from early days as old as 16th century. A sight of mountain top monasteries is a testimony to early days human strength, courage and wisdom. Finally I learned few Greek words ‘Alamira’ meaning good morning amount others.
Personal opinion
batel d,
Sep 26, 2023
- Viator
4.00
Felt a bit too fast. Would recommend getting a 3 day minimum for this kind of trip, since we spent all the time driving. The guide was awesome and our driver was the best
Delphi and Meteora 2 days tour.
Hiroshi K,
Sep 24, 2023
- Viator
5.00
The tour was a nice one as expected. However, there was many bus changes on the first day, and some guide’s English is not one of the best; however, we were fine as far as carefully listen to the person. Except for those, everything was good as expected.
Astounding views but tour needs an upgrade
Robin R,
May 23, 2023
- Viator
3.00
Meteora is a place like no other and really should be seen. It is Astounding. Delphi is also unique and Historical. We should be told more details when signing up for this tour, though. I had no idea I would be on a bus for five hours; mapping it beforehand didn't tell us this. We should know in advance the actual itinerary--are we seeing Delphi first or second and in which town are we staying the night and will the monasteries require wearing skirts (sexist)? This is a LONG journey and people should be prepared. Also, the tour guides speak about Greek myths as if they are fact and do not provide interesting information. The closest return point to where we needed to be in Athens was literally on the side of the road, with our luggage and then we had to walk half a mile to our meeting spot. If we were not fit, we wouldn't have been able to manage. Good value but do provide more details in the future.