ATHENS, GREECE

Pre-and-Post Cruise: Athens, Greece

Compliment your cruise journey with a Pre-or-Post Cruise Package to easily enhance your experience visiting the timeless city of Athens, Greece, with private transfers, two-nights accommodation and a half-day tour.
Ancient Theatre, Athens
Ancient Theatre, Athens
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Ancient Theatre, Athens
Acropolis, Athens, Greece

ATHENS, GREECE

Compliment your cruise journey with a Pre-or-Post Cruise Package to easily enhance your experience visiting the iconic and historic city of Athens, Greece.

Our most popular pre-or-post cruise packages include private transfers to and from the airport or pier with English-speaking driver, two nights accommodation at carefully selected hotels with breakfast daily, as well as a half-day tour.

Let Gateways International put it all together for you – have dinner in a fabulous European city and get a few good night’s sleep before you embark on your journey, or choose to wind down with a special itinerary after your cruise has ended. Each package is fully customized to your specifications so you’ll be getting your tour, your way.

Highlights:

  • Private transfers with English-speaking driver; Airport – Hotel – Pier
  • 2 nights accommodation at Electra Palace Hotel Athens
  • Continental breakfast daily at hotel
  • Small group* half-day tour of Athens, including the Acropolis
  • Hotel taxes and service charges

Optional Add-on Tours

  • Island hopping: Hydra, Poros and Egina
  • Cooking class at a Greek taverna
  • Traditional Greek folklore show and dinner

*Small group tours consist of up to 25 people. 


Itineraries are fully customizable. Pricing available upon request, based on two (2) passengers travelling together sharing one room.
Subject to availability at time of booking. Blackout periods apply. Not valid during trade shows, bank holidays and other special events.
International airfare not included. **European city/tourist taxes collected locally unless otherwise indicated.
For full terms and conditions, click here.

Pre-and-Post Cruise: Athens, Greece

Travel itinerary

ATHENS, GREECE

Day 1

ATHENS

Arrive in Athens and transfer to Electra Palace Hotel Athens where you will stay for two nights.

Day 2
Breakfast / Dinner

ATHENS

Enjoy breakfast at the hotel before beginning your private tour of the city with an overview of the modern aspects and the remains of its glorious past. See the Parliament House in Syntagma Square, the Panathenaic Stadium and the Presidential Palace. Visit the Acropolis including the Parthenon and the Acropolis Museum. In the evening, choose to dine on your own, or eat at a typical Greek restaurant with folklore shore, live music and dancing (not included).

Day 3
Breakfast

ATHENS

After breakfast at the hotel, transfer to the Piraeus pier to embark on your cruise. Choose to extend your itinerary by adding a variety of island hopping options or more archaeological exploration in this fascinating country.

Pre-and-Post Cruise: Athens, Greece

ATHENS, GREECE

Package Includes:

  • Total of 2 nights accommodation; 4-Star hotel
  • Private transfers; small group* tours as per itinerary
  • Continental breakfast daily, other meals as indicated
  • Hotel taxes and service charges**

Not included:

  • International or domestic airfare; airport or departure taxes
  • Gratuities to guides and drivers
  • Items of a personal nature
  • Travel insurance
  • Reciprocity and/or local taxes if applicable
  • Visas required for entry into the country as necessary. Please discuss this with your travel agent to determine your requirements prior to departure.

*Small group tours consist of up to 25 people. 


Itineraries are fully customizable. Pricing available upon request, based on two (2) passengers travelling together sharing one room.
Subject to availability at time of booking. Blackout periods apply. Not valid during trade shows, bank holidays and other special events.
International airfare not included. **European city/tourist taxes collected locally unless otherwise indicated.
For full terms and conditions, click here.

3 days

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On their recent trip to Italy:

"We did a 28-day holiday in Italy from mid-September to mid-October with Gateways and I just want to let you know that it was a fabulous trip. We did provide input into what we wanted to do and where we wanted to go and then Gateways came up with an itinerary for us. We tweaked the schedule a couple of times, but were very happy with our plan before we left Canada.  I wanted to thank you for organizing a trip that didn't have any glitches. Every hotel, transportation or tour that was booked occurred exactly as it should have. We were very happy with our guides, accommodations and train tickets/private rides.  We had a great dinner/wine-tasting/creating your own wine outing at a vineyard in Tuscany on our 40th anniversary. We got to walk up the Leaning Tower of Pisa, take a gondola in Venice, float into the Blue Grotto and so much more. Really enjoyed the trip to the lemon farm/pizza-making excursion in the hills outside of Sorrento. And I'm very glad that we had someone picking us up at the train station in Venice and getting us on a private water taxi to get to our hotel and back to the train station because it eliminated the chance of wasting a couple of hours trying to get on the right ferry with all those people getting off the train at one time...this thank you would have come a couple of months ago, [our travel agent] just responded to my original email to give me your name and email."
Mr. & Mrs. C., Alberta
January 29, 2024