Athens - Corinth - Aegina

Arrival at Athens airport and transfer to the hotel. Overnight in Athens.

Guided tour at the foot of the sacred rock of the Acropolis, the famous hill that rises 100 meters above the city of Athens and where the famous Greek sanctuary of the Parthenon is located. Guided tour of the hill of Areios Pagos, where Saint Paul delivered his speech to the "unknown God", something that is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. Standing in the middle of the Supreme Court, Paul said: Athenians, I consider you in all respects almost too religious men. When I walk in your streets, my gaze often falls on your sacred monuments and I discovered, among other things, an altar bearing the inscription to the unknown God. What you respect without knowing it, this I come to announce to you (Acts 17: 18-23). Prayer time.

Walking tour in the old and picturesque district of Plaka.

Visit to the Cathedral of Athens.

Overnight in Athens

Breakfast at the hotel and we start our visit to Corinth, one of the most famous cities of ancient Greece. Its strategic position in the isthmus that connects northern Greece with the Peloponnese made it an important commercial city, and in fact, at regular intervals rival of Athens. Invocation of the two letters of Paul to the Corinthians. Paul stayed in the city of Corinth to preach the Gospel there and then kept in touch with the community, mainly through letters recorded, the two Epistles to the Corinthians. The first letter also contains Paul's well-known exhortation to love: love, I am nothing ”(I Cor. 13: 2). Discover the monuments that made Corinth famous: Temple of Apollo, which was one of the first Doric temples in mainland Greece, market - the religious and commercial center, fountain and museum.

Guided tour of the magnificent Orthodox monastery of Agios Patapios that dominates the sea at an altitude of 650 m. Every year the 40 nuns welcome thousands of pilgrims who come to worship the relics of Agios Patapios.

Overnight in Athens

Breakfast at the hotel and around 10:00 we arrive at the port to board the ferry that will take us to the Island of Aegina. After about 1 and a half hours of travel by boat, we moor at the port of the Island.

We board our bus and in about 20 minutes’ drive between the plantations with the famous peanuts of Aegina we reach the Monastery of Agios Nektarios. After the tour of the monastery, we will depart for the area of ​​Agia Marina where we will have lunch with a fantastic view of the endless blue.

Arriving in the country of the Island, you will have 1 and a half hours of free time for walks and shopping in the port of the island. At 17:30 our boat departs for the port of Piraeus.

Overnight in Athens.

Return flight home