Highlights: Athens – Thessaloniki – Chalkida – Larisa – Volos – Veria – Ioannina – Corfu – Rhodes

10 days / 9 nights

Meet and transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight.

Visit the Jewish museum for orientation and lecture on the Jews of Greece History. Visit the main synagogue in Athens, the Beth Shalom Sephardic Synagogue and view the Romaniote Synagogue also across the street. They are both located in Thission area, the historical old Jewish quarter. In the afternoon, guided tour to the Acropolis and its Parthenon temple, the masterpiece of Athens Golden era. See also by your bus the Constitution square, the Temple of Athenian Zeus, the Olympic Stadium, the National Library and the Palace. Have a spare time to wander around the Plaka, with its traditional streets, taverns and shops. Dinner and overnight in Athens.

After breakfast we depart for Chalkis with our coach. Chalkida is the city where the oldest Jewish community in Greece is registered. Visit the 19^th-century synagogue, the cemetery with graves old up to the Ottoman period (16^th century). See also the Holocaust monument, view the Euripus bridge before departing to Volos. Arrival in Volos city, dinner and overnight in your hotel.

After breakfast, we will visit the city’s Romaniote synagogue and the Holocaust memorial, raised by the municipality of Volos in memory of the Jewish citizens who perished during the second World war. We then drive to Larisa city, about 1 hour from Volos. In Larissa we will the synagogue and walk in the Jewish district. Then we will drive through the valley of Tempi, to arrive in Greece’s second biggest city Thessaloniki. Dinner and overnight in your hotel.

After breakfast begin our tour around Thessaloniki which was considered the heart of Jewish population in Greece before the Second World War. We will visit the two synagogues, the Synagogue of Monastiriotes and Yad Lezikaron Synagogue. We will continue our tour with a visit to the Jewish History Museum. See also square of the Jewish Martyrs, and the Holocaust monument. Dinner and overnight in Thessaloniki hotel.

After breakfast, we will set off with our bus to Veria city, where we will walk to the old Jewish district of Barbuta, where many houses have been recently restored. We will visit the Synagogue where Saint Paul preached and the Jewish cemetery situated opposite Barbuta on the west bank of Tripotamos river. Continue to drive to Ioannina city, dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Overnight Corfu.in the morning we will visit the “Kahal Kadosh Yashan” Synagogue and walk  at the Jewish district around the Ottoman castle, viewing the Holocaust memorial dedicated to the memory of Ioanniote Jews who died at the concentration camps during Nazi occupation. Afterwards we will drive southwest to Igoumenitsa to take the ferry to the Ionian island of Corfu. Arrival in Corfu and transfer to the hotel. In the evening, you will have free time for a walk through the narrow streets of Old Town. Dinner in the hotel.

Return to Athens. In the morning, we will set off to visit the beautiful synagogue built at the 17^th century and considered as one of the best of the Balcans. Walk to the old Jewish quarter near the old Venetian fortress. See the Holocaust memorial monument. We drive to the port to take the ferry back to Igoumenitsa and continue through beautiful villages and Antirrion Bridge to arrive back to Athens. Dinner and overnight in Athens.

After breakfast, pick up from our hotel in Athens for transfer to Athens airport for a morning flight to Rhodes. Upon arrival in Rhodes airport, pick up and start our tour. We will visit the Acropolis of Rhodes with the Temple of Apollo, the stadium and the ancient Theater before, arriving at the Old Town’s Jewish quarter (“La Juderia”). We will visit the “Kahal Shalom” synagogue and the Jewish museum, walking tour at the quarter viewing Al Chatef Street, the square of the  Martyred Jews and the Holocaust memorial. We will then visit the Jewish cemetery which is outside the Old Town. We will finish our tour with a drive to Lindos about 35 miles from the city center where you can see the Acropolis of Lindos or ride the donkeys. Transfer to your hotel for check in, dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight back to Athens, where you can catch your connection flight back home.