Our Trip Details |
When people think of traveling to Greece, they often think of island hopping. But the endless coastline of the Peloponnese and the Mani Peninsula have an island feel far away from the island tourist traps and that's more our style. That's why we chose Rick Steves' Athens and the Heart of Greece tour. We are so delighted that we did. |
Do we love a Rick Steves' Tour? Yes we do!
Here's our top 8 reasons why:
BUDDIES | The easiest and quickest way to account for everyone’s presence - a buddy check.
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GROUP SIZE | Coaches used by Rick Steves are full sized but the tours are not!
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SHOPPING | We don't want our vacation to be one big shopping trip and Rick's guides do not take groups shopping. Yay.
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BONUS | Each year that we travel with Rick Steves, we earn an additional cumulative discount toward our next tour! Here we come 2024...
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ACTIVITY | Days are balanced with both activity and free time which can be used to do something restful or more active. We go for the gusto!
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CLIMATE FRIENDLY | Rick Steves mitigates the carbon footprint of our flights by donating $30 per traveler to environmental initiatives.
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GUIDES | Both our knowledgeable tour guide and the many native guides bring our travels to life with local flavor.
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TIPS | Our tour payment includes all guide and driver tips. Who really wants to figure all that out anyway?
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Getting Ready for Our Greek Adventure!We learn basic vocab in the host country's language and use it even when locals speak English. “Good day” = “Kalimera” (kah-lee-mare-uh) "Hi" = "Geia" (ya) "Hello" = Geiá sou" (ya-sous) “Excuse me” = “Signomi” (seeg-noh-mee) “Please” or “You’re welcome” = “Parakalo” (par-ah-kah-loh) “Thank you” = “Pharisto” (ehf-hah-ree-stoh - the cheater's pronunciation is f-Harry's-toe) |
Rick Steves has many resources to help prepare for a trip, we use the Pre-tour Planner checklists and scour the guide book for preparations for free time. We don't want to miss a thing! But you don't need to be an overplanner like us. You can just go with the flow ... that's the beauty of Rick Steves' tours! |
Wheels Up, We're Off!Our Travel Overnighter |
THURSDAY, MAY 11 - FRIDAY, MAY 12
Philadelphia 🚘 New York ✈️ Amsterdam ✈️ Athens 🚕 Acropolis Hotel 🛏️
A successful day (and night) of navigating the several modes of travel to get us from Philadelphia to Athens to start our adventure.
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Helpful hints for using our Greece scrapbook...
Navigate by using either the blue page turns located lower right or the page bar across the top of the site.
Food and Hotel Photos at the bottom of each page because everyone wants to know what to expect.
Slideshows are tucked in a few places if you'd like to see more in depth, but mostly you can easily scan all the images on a page.
The Day at a Glance shows 🚍 Bus Time🍴 Meal Time🚶🏼Tour Time 🌊 Locations 🍷 and more...
🤩 CUE A WOW MOMENT 🤩 those special moments that took our breath away. |
Something we thought or said about our time at the location. |
GREEK GOD or CONCEPT | specific to the location is defined |
And of course photographs, lots of photos!