DAY 1 - Ancient Athens Tour with an Archaeologist

The adventure begins! I headed off on a tour of the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and ancient Agora to learn about the ancient sights, and take lots of photographs to reference back to when it came to bringing together the new Odyssey design. 

Later in the evening, I was invited on a sunset bike tour which allowed me to take in Athens’ most noteworthy sites in golden sunlight - Panathenaic Stadium, the National Gardens, and the Acropolis Museum.

DAY 3 - Delphi

The next day, I spent some time at the Delphi Archaeological Museum, one of the most visited collections of ancient Greek sculpture and art. I saw the marble Sphinx of Naxos, the 6th-century ‘twins of Argos’ and the famous bronze Charioteer, a life-size statue which celebrates victory in the Pythian Games of approx. 475 BC.

DAY 5 - Náfplio

On day five, I headed out on a guided tour of the ruins at the city of Mycenae; once a major settlement of Greek civilization, Mycenae was occupied during the Neolithic period around 4000 BC, and is linked to the mythology in Homer’s epics the Iliad and the Odyssey.

DAY 8 - Santorini

Final stop, Santorini! As soon as I arrived, I jumped aboard a boat excursion around the bays of Santorini, taking in the beauty of the iconic whitewashed buildings and the coast in all its splendour. We visited Santorini’s “caldera” - the cauldron-shaped formation that resulted from an ancient volcanic eruption, which created this mystical group of islands.