Mount Athos Tour
Day 1 Arrival at Greece - Thessaloniki
The trip will start with your arrival at Thessaloniki airport, where we will meet and transfer you to your hotel. Overnight in Thessaloniki.
Day 2 Thessaloniki / Mount Athos
Early in the morning we will depart from Thessaloniki and we will travel eastward to Ouranoupoli. There, we will embark on one of the ferries that go to Mount Athos. We will spend there 3 nights and 4 days staying in different monasteries.
Our program will be the following:
After the typical “Welcome” – which includes coffee, raki and loukoumi – we will be shown to our quarters. If we still have time before vesper, we will explore the surroundings. Vesper is usually at 17.00 or 18.00 o’clock. After this, we will have dinner together with the monks followed by a prayer. If allowed, we will take part in a spiritual dialogue with the monks.
Long before dawn, at 03.00 – 04.00 o’clock, we will be awakened to participate in the early morning prayer and the Divine Liturgy followed by the morning meal. Afterwards, we will visit several monasteries and in one of them we will spend the next night.
Day 3 Mount Athos / Thessaloniki
From Mount Athos’ port we catch the ferry to Ouranoupolis. Once there, we will have free time for our lunch and then we will meet our driver to return to Thessaloniki. Late in the afternoon, upon our arrival, we will explore the area of the citadel and the Upper city. Overnight in Thessaloniki.
Day 4 Depart from Greece - Thessaloniki / Airport
According to the schedule of your return flight, you will be taken to “Makedonia” (airport of Thessaloniki)