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Tour Number: 2234390MK
Group Leader: Elizabeth Hoffbauer
Requested Departure Date: 7/16/2021
Requested Return Date: 8/2/2021
Requested Departure Gateway: Detroit (MI)

ABOUT EF

For over 55 years, we’ve dedicated ourselves to one global mission: Opening the World Through Education. Our programs help students expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, grow more confident and independent, and understand new people, places, and cultures.

18 days

The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from the cities you’ll stay in to the cultural discoveries you’ll make have been customized by your teacher for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy

  • Day 2: Milan • Venice

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Travel to Venice

  • Day 3: Venice

    Take a ferry to Venice

    See a glass-blowing demonstration

    Visit the Doge’s Palace

    Take a guided tour of Venice

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • St. Mark’s Square
    • Grand Canal

    Enjoy a gondola ride 

  • Day 4: Venice • Florence

    Travel to Florence

    Take a guided tour of Florence

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Piazza della Signoria
    • Ponte Vecchio
    • Basilica of Santa Croce
    • Gates of Paradise
  • Day 5: Florence

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    Pisa

    Pisa

    Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style.

  • Day 6: Florence • Assisi • Rome

    Travel via Assisi to Rome

    Visit the Basilica of St. Francis

    Tour Assisi with an expert local guide

  • Day 7: Rome

    Tour the Roman Forum and the Colosseum with an expert local guide

    Take a guided tour of Vatican City

    With your expert local guide you will visit:

    • Sistine Chapel
    • St. Peter’s Basilica

    Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome

    You will see:

    • Trevi Fountain
    • Pantheon
    • Piazza Navona
    • Spanish Steps
  • Day 8: Rome • Sorrento region

    Travel to Sorrento

    Snap a photo of seaside Sorrento

  • Day 9: Sorrento region • Pompeii • Bari • Night ferry

    Travel via Pompeii to Bari

    Tour the ruins of Pompeii with an expert local guide

    Travel by night ferry to Igoumenitsa

  • Day 10: Igoumenitsa • Meteora region

    Disembark in Igoumenitsa and travel to the Meteora region

  • Day 11: Meteora region • Delphi

    Visit a Meteora monastery, a town suspended in the "middle of the sky"

    Tour a Meteora monastery with an expert local guide

    Travel to Delphi

  • Day 12: Delphi • Argolida

    Visit the Delphi Museum

    Take a guided tour of Delphi

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Temple of Apollo
    • Delphi Archaeological Museum 

    Travel to Argolida

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    BBQ dinner with boat cruise

    BBQ dinner with boat cruise

    After a busy day of exploring the sights, relax this evening on a two-hour optional boat cruise excursion and BBQ beach dinner. Head to the charming port town of Tolo on the Vivary Bay and board your boat, embarking on a tour of the scenic Argolic Gulf. You will then anchor at Kondyli Beach, where your captain has organized a BBQ dinner under the stars. Enjoy live music in this unforgettable Mediterranean setting before heading back to Tolo. (Available June–August only)

  • Day 13: Argolida • Epidaurus • Mycenae • Corinth • Athens

    Travel via Epidaurus, Mycenae, and Corinth to Athens

    Tour Epidaurus and Mycenae with an expert local guide

    See the Corinth Canal

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    Greek evening

    Greek evening

    Friends, feta, and fresh Mediterranean flavors—opa! Stuff yourself like an olive during a traditional Greek dinner. Then, link arms for a night of music, dancing, and smashing plates. This time-honored tradition brings Greece’s theatrical culture to life in all the best ways. 

  • Day 14: Athens

    Take a guided tour of Athens

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Olympic Stadium
    • Syntagma Square
    • Acropolis

    Visit the Acropolis:

    • Parthenon
    • Temple of Athena Nike

    Visit the Acropolis Museum, home to ancient ruins and prehistoric artifacts

    Take a walking tour of Athens

    With your Tour Director you will see:

    • Plaka district
    • Athenian Trilogy
  • Day 15: Mykonos island

    Depart on a three-day cruise of the Greek islands (Shore excursions to Kusadasi, Crete and Santorini are included for all travelers)

    Explore the Old Town of Mykonos island on your own

  • Day 16: Kusadasi • Patmos island

    Included excursion to Kusadasi island  featuring the city of Ancient Ephesus 

    Explore Patmos island on your own

  • Day 17: Crete island • Santorini island

    Included excursion to the Palace of Knossos in Crete

    Included excursion to Oia Village in Santorini 

  • Day 18: Depart for home

  • Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy

  • Day 2: Milan • Venice

    Meet your Tour Director at the airport

    Travel to Venice

  • Day 3: Venice

    Take a ferry to Venice

    See a glass-blowing demonstration

    Visit the Doge’s Palace

    Take a guided tour of Venice

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • St. Mark’s Square
    • Grand Canal

    Enjoy a gondola ride 

  • Day 4: Venice • Florence

    Travel to Florence

    Take a guided tour of Florence

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Piazza della Signoria
    • Ponte Vecchio
    • Basilica of Santa Croce
    • Gates of Paradise
  • Day 5: Florence

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    Pisa

    Pisa

    Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style.

  • Day 6: Florence • Assisi • Rome

    Travel via Assisi to Rome

    Visit the Basilica of St. Francis

    Tour Assisi with an expert local guide

  • Day 7: Rome

    Tour the Roman Forum and the Colosseum with an expert local guide

    Take a guided tour of Vatican City

    With your expert local guide you will visit:

    • Sistine Chapel
    • St. Peter’s Basilica

    Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome

    You will see:

    • Trevi Fountain
    • Pantheon
    • Piazza Navona
    • Spanish Steps
  • Day 8: Rome • Sorrento region

    Travel to Sorrento

    Snap a photo of seaside Sorrento

  • Day 9: Sorrento region • Pompeii • Bari • Night ferry

    Travel via Pompeii to Bari

    Tour the ruins of Pompeii with an expert local guide

    Travel by night ferry to Igoumenitsa

  • Day 10: Igoumenitsa • Meteora region

    Disembark in Igoumenitsa and travel to the Meteora region

  • Day 11: Meteora region • Delphi

    Visit a Meteora monastery, a town suspended in the "middle of the sky"

    Tour a Meteora monastery with an expert local guide

    Travel to Delphi

  • Day 12: Delphi • Argolida

    Visit the Delphi Museum

    Take a guided tour of Delphi

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Temple of Apollo
    • Delphi Archaeological Museum 

    Travel to Argolida

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    BBQ dinner with boat cruise

    BBQ dinner with boat cruise

    After a busy day of exploring the sights, relax this evening on a two-hour optional boat cruise excursion and BBQ beach dinner. Head to the charming port town of Tolo on the Vivary Bay and board your boat, embarking on a tour of the scenic Argolic Gulf. You will then anchor at Kondyli Beach, where your captain has organized a BBQ dinner under the stars. Enjoy live music in this unforgettable Mediterranean setting before heading back to Tolo. (Available June–August only)

  • Day 13: Argolida • Epidaurus • Mycenae • Corinth • Athens

    Travel via Epidaurus, Mycenae, and Corinth to Athens

    Tour Epidaurus and Mycenae with an expert local guide

    See the Corinth Canal

    Explore on your own or
    Add this in-depth excursion
    Greek evening

    Greek evening

    Friends, feta, and fresh Mediterranean flavors—opa! Stuff yourself like an olive during a traditional Greek dinner. Then, link arms for a night of music, dancing, and smashing plates. This time-honored tradition brings Greece’s theatrical culture to life in all the best ways. 

  • Day 14: Athens

    Take a guided tour of Athens

    With your expert local guide you will see:

    • Olympic Stadium
    • Syntagma Square
    • Acropolis

    Visit the Acropolis:

    • Parthenon
    • Temple of Athena Nike

    Visit the Acropolis Museum, home to ancient ruins and prehistoric artifacts

    Take a walking tour of Athens

    With your Tour Director you will see:

    • Plaka district
    • Athenian Trilogy
  • Day 15: Mykonos island

    Depart on a three-day cruise of the Greek islands (Shore excursions to Kusadasi, Crete and Santorini are included for all travelers)

    Explore the Old Town of Mykonos island on your own

  • Day 16: Kusadasi • Patmos island

    Included excursion to Kusadasi island  featuring the city of Ancient Ephesus 

    Explore Patmos island on your own

  • Day 17: Crete island • Santorini island

    Included excursion to the Palace of Knossos in Crete

    Included excursion to Oia Village in Santorini 

  • Day 18: Depart for home


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