Italy and Greece

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Admire the art and architecture of Rome and the rich cultural heritage of Florence, Siena, and Padua. Spend some beautiful moments among the canals of Venice and aboard the ferry to Igoumenitsa. Visit the monasteries of Meteora and see the sites of the most important oracle in the classical world like Lamia, Delphi, and Athens.

Day 1: Transfer from Barcelona airport to the hotel.

Day 2: Guided morning tour and free afternoon.

Day 3: Departure to Zaragoza with a guided visit of the Monastery of Montserrat.

Day 4: Guided morning tour of the city and departure to Lourdes. Photo stop at pilgrimage bridge.

Day 5: One full-free day immersion praying in Lourdes.

Day 6: Departure to Santander with a guided tour of the city.

Day 7: Departure to Santiago de Compostela.

Day 8: One full-free day praying in Santiago.

Day 9: Departure to Fatima, with Porto’s visit.

Day 10: One full-day immersion praying in Fatima.

Day 11: Departure to Lisbon, with a visit at the UNESCO heritage of Batalha.

Day 12: Guided morning tour of the city and free afternoon.

Day 13: Departure to Airport.

Day 1: Transfer from Rome airport to the hotel.

Day 2: Guided morning tour, including Vatican City.

Day 3: Departure to Florence with a guided visit of Siena.

Day 4: Guided tour of the town with a leather’s cloths factory experience and free afternoon.

Day 5: Departure to Venice with a guided tour of Verona.

Day 6: The morning guided tour of the city with a Gondola tour.

Day 7: Departure to Ancona with a Padua visit and overnight ferry to Igoumenitsa.

Day 8: Departure to Lamia with a guided tour of Meteora.

Day 9: After guided tour departure to Delphi departure to Athens.

Day 10: Guided morning tour of Athens and free afternoon.

Day 11: Departure from the hotel to the Airport.

Italy has over 50 sites of extreme beauty recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Therefore, it is currently the country with the highest number of them in the world.

The only three active volcanoes in Europe, Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius, are all in southern Italy. Etna is also the most active volcano in the world. It has been in almost continuous eruption for the past 3,500 years and has spewed lava on a daily basis since 1999.

Italy

Italy, a peninsula shaped like a boot, is home to basins of the most diverse forms. Just think of the heart shape of Lake Scanno, or the anthropomorphic shape of Lake Maggiore, or the crescent shape of Lake Minisini.

In southern Italy there is evidence that some types of pasta and pizza were already eaten in ancient Rome. Antica pizzeria Port’Alba, the world’s first true pizzeria, opened in Naples in 1830.

Staying on the topic of food, another curiosity is about Nutella: Italy is the place where it was born. It all began in Cuneo in 1964 where Ferrero, a famous Italian company, starting from previous experiments on a cream called Supercrema, ended up giving rise to the sweet and delicious Nutella!

Capital city

Rome

Language

Italian

Good morning

Buongiorno

Good evening

Buonasera

Currency

Euro

Winter avg temp

5°

Summer avg temp

30°

Time zone

GMT+1

Greece

The Greeks celebrate the birthday, but it is the name day that is the main holiday. In this way, a person has a party similar to the Italian birthday twice a year.

The white chef’s hat owes its origins to Greek monastery cooks, who used it to distinguish themselves from monks who wore a tall black hat.

“OK”, the word that is used around the world to indicate affirmative opinion comes from the words “Ola” “Kala”, meaning “all is well”.

The city of Syracuse in Sicily (Italy) was once the largest ancient Greek city in the world.