A travelog of Southern Greece, Crete, Rhodes, and the Aegean coast of Turkey from Marmaris to Istanbul.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Day 1, Monday - San Francisco Airport to Frankfurt, Germany
- Day 2, Tuesday - Frankfurt Germany to Athens Greece, Acropolis View Hotel, Plaka
- Day 3, Wednesday - Parthenon, Icons, Plaka
- Day 4, Thursday - Philopapou Hill, Corinth, Mycenae, Naplion
- Day 5, Friday - Naplion, Epidavros, Tiryns, Sellasia
- Day 6, Saturday - Sparta, Mystras, Sellasia, Koniditsa
- Day 7, Sunday - Sparta, Taygetos Mountains, Kalamata, Pylos
- Day 8, Monday - Pylos, Filiatra, Kiparissia, Olympia, Patras
- Day 9, Tuesday - Patras, Nafpaktos, Delphi, Arahova
- Day 10, Wednesday - Delphi, Ossios Loukas, Thebes, Athens
- Day 11, Thursday - Athens: Benaki Museum, Archaeological Museum
- Day 12, Friday - Krete, Hania, Rethymnon
- Day 13, Saturday - Rethymnon, Spili, Ayios Galini
- Day 14, Sunday - Ayios Galini, Gortys, Pirgos, Knossos, Heraklion, Rhodes
- Day 15, Monday - Rhodes, boat to Marmaris, Turkey
- Day 16 Tuesday: Marmaris, Seljuk, Kusadasi, Ephesus
- Day 17, Wednesday - Kusadasi, medieval Ephesus, Smyrna/Ismir, Begama
- Day 18, Thursday - Bergama, Pergumun, Canakkale
- Day 19, Friday - Canakkale, Bosphorus/Dardenelles, Galapoli, Istanbul
- Day 20, Saturday - Istanbul: Topkapi Palace, Haghia Sophia, Haghia Irene, Blue Mosque, Rustem Pasa Mosque
- Day 21, Sunday - Saint Savior in Chora, Mihrimah Sultan & Suleymaniye Mosques, ride up the Bosphorus
- Day 22, Monday - Istanbul to Athens, Stranded at the Benaki Museum
- Day 23, Tuesday - Flight home
Please note:
Most spellings are intentional even if they look wrong.
In their written material Greeks often use spellings which may vary from those Americans are use to, but which more closely follow the Greek language.Useful links on Greece & Turkey
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