Athens
Tour Highlights
Walk in the footsteps of the world’s greatest philosophers and thinkers in the cradle of civilisation.
Sample Itinerary
Day 1: Flight to Athens, guided panoramic tour of Athens, transfer to hotel and check in.
Day 2: Guided visit of the Acropolis and the Parthenon, visit to ancient Agora and Church of Holy Apostles, visit to Metropolitan Cathedral
Day 3: Visit to Church of Panagia Kapnikarea, visit to Byzantine and Christian Museum, visit to Kaisariani Monastery, evening meal in Plaka district with folk music
Day 4: Visit to Plato’s academy, visit to the Lyceum of Aristotle, visit to the Areopagus and Prison of Socrates
Day 5: Visit to Temple of Poseidon at Sounion, lunch at local restaurant, afternoon return flight to UK
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Practical Information
All Nimrod Religious Studies tours include the following elements as standard:
- Return flights as detailed in itinerary
- All departure taxes
- All coach transportation as required by your itinerary (except where otherwise stated)
- Half-board accommodation in multi-bedded rooms for students, twins for adults
- Single room supplements for staff travelling on free places up to a maximum of 4
- Organisation of all excursions (NB. All admission fees ARE included unless specifically stated)
- Services of a local representative in resort (NB. Full-time Nimrod tour manager available on request for all destinations)
- Free places for accompanying staff on a ratio of 1:10 for student tours, 2 free places for adult tours (extra free places can be included at additional cost)
- Local tourist taxes and coach permits where required
- UK VAT where applicable
The following elements are NOT included in any of our prices:
- Meals en-route/Lunch each day (full-board accommodation available on request)
- Drinks with meals (other than breakfast)
- Personal and medical travel insurance (we would be pleased to assist you in organising insurance for your group if you do not already have insurance in place)
- UK airport transfers (we would be happy to arrange these for you at a small supplement if required)
Health & Safety
At Nimrod Festivals & Tours, your safety while participating on any our of tours is of paramount importance to us.
All our suppliers are obliged to meet local licensing and safety standards.
We carry out inspections of the facilities we use at least every three years to ensure that they continue to meet our strict standards.
Safety is always our first priority which means that we take the utmost possible care in selecting our suppliers and in planning your itinerary.
We are also happy to render every possible assistance to Group Leaders for the purposes of completing Risk Assessments from providing information on our services to helping you plan a pre-tour inspection visit.
We are happy, of course, to provide any additional documentation with regard to our Public Liability Insurance, Safety Management System or bonding for example, such as you may require for the purposes of completing Risk Assessments.
