Course Descriptions for May 2014 - George Fox University

GREECE/TURKEY TENTATIVE ITINERARY
Day 1- Arrival in Athens.
GREEK ISLANDS
Day 2 - Embark on ferry to Mykonos. Tour of Mykonos Town. Free time.
Day 3 - Boat to Delos islet. Tour of Delos, with its important Greek archaeological sites, and
return to Mykonos by boat. Free time.
Day 4 - Ferry to Samos Island. Free time. This island is important back to classical Greece and
the birthplace of notable Greeks Pythagoras, Epicurus, and Aristarchus.
Day 5 - Tour of Samos. Boat to Kusadasi, a seaside town on the Turkish Aegean coast.
Day 6 – Tour of Ephesus, a ruined city of great importance in Greek and Roman times. The
Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World stood here; it was
also the site of one of the Apostle Paul’s most important missionary destinations.
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TURKEY
Day 7 – Leave Kusadasi for Canakkale, the nearest town to the ancient city of Troy.
Day 8 – Depart Canakkale for Istanbul. Stops at Gallipoli, the site of the most important World
War I battlefield in the region.
Days 9-10 – Istanbul. Visits to the Topkapi Palace, home of the Ottoman emperors, the Grand
Bazaar, one of the largest covered markets in the world, and the Hagia Sophia, the
remarkable Christian church from the Byzantine age.
BULGARIA
Day 11 – Travel to Plovdiv, Bulgaria, the oldest continually inhabited city in Europe. Churches,
mosques, and Roman amphitheater are in a compact old city. Free time.
Day 12 – Depart Plovdiv. Stop in Asenovgrad, site of Asen’s Fortress, and Bachkovo monastery
on the drive to Greece.
GREECE
Day 13 – Travel to Thessaloniki, Greece.
Day 14 – Tour of Thessaloniki, with over a dozen museums representing the varied and rich
cultural history of the area. Free time.
Day 15 - Travel to Kalambaka with stop at Vergina, a small Greek town with an important
archaeological museum.
Day 16 – Travel to Delphi, stopping en route to visit the spectacular rock towers and monastery
Meteora. An additional stop at Thermopylae, site of the ancient Greek battle against the
Persians, led by the 300 Spartans.
Day 17 – Tour of Delphi site and museum, famous for its oracle and being the center of the
Greek worship of Apollo. Travel to Athens.
Day 18 – Sightseeing tour of Athens, including Acropolis and the Temple of Poseidon.
Day 19 – Tour of Argolis region including Mycenae and Corinth, with its famous canal.
Day 20 – Saronic Gulf cruise, with stops on the three small islands of Hydra, Poros, and Aegina.
Day 21 – Depart for Portland
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Juniors Abroad Information Page 6 March 2013