Day 1: Athens
Arrive in Athens and transport to the hotel. Enjoy dinner at a traditional restaurant in the historical area of Plaka. Return to the hotel for a brief presentation of the journey. Overnight stay.

Day 2: Athens
Have breakfast and depart for a guided city tour. Start at the Panathenaic Stadium, which was built in 329 B.C. and used for the organization of the Panathenaea, the celebration in honor of Goddess Athena. It was restored for the organization of the first Olympic Games of modern times (1896), the 1906 Interim Games and the 2004 Olympic Games. Then, visit the Zappeion Hall (the first building in modern times built for Olympic purposes), the Ethnikos Sport Club (where the event of tennis was held in the 1896 Olympic Games), the Greek Parliament, the Academy, the University of Athens, and the Panellinios Sport Club (one of the oldest sport clubs in Greece, member of which was Dimitros Vikelas, the first President of the IOC). Return to hotel for a presentation on the contribution of Greece to the establishment of the IOC and the Olympic Movement. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Athens
Have breakfast and depart for a guided city tour, starting with the Acropolis. There, you will have the opportunity to admire magnificent monuments, such as the Parthenon (built in the 5^th century B.C.), the Temple of Athena, the Erechtheion, the Propilaia, the Ancient Agora, the Theatre of Dionysus, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, and the Pnyka (the exact place where democracy was born). You will also visit the New Acropolis Museum.

After lunch, visit the Headquarters of the Hellenic Olympic Committee, where you will attend a presentation on the organization of the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Values. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens (OAKA), one of the best sports complexes in Europe, will follow. The Main Olympic Stadium was inaugurated in 1982 on the occasion of the 13^th European Athletics Championship and was used for the 2004 Olympic Games. There, you will attend a presentation on the complexity and simplicity of mega sports events. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Ancient Nemea, Nafplion
Have breakfast and depart for Peloponnese. Make a stop at the Isthmus of Corinth, a 6 km long canal dividing Peloponnese from mainland Greece. Then, visit Ancient Nemea, where the mythical Hercules killed a mighty lion. There we will visit the stadium, where in antiquity the Nemean games were held, and the ruins of the Temple of Zeus. Your next stop will be at Nafplion, one of the most scenic cities in the country, which was the first capital of the independent Greek state (1828-1833). Arrive at hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Sparta
Have breakfast and depart for Sparta, kingdom of Menelaus and Helen. Paris of Troy abducted Helen and took her to his homeland, triggering a war that lasted 10 years and is echoed until our days. There we will have a guided tour in the archaeological site and then we will visit the Department of Sport Management. Arrival at the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Ancient Messina, Ancient Olympia
Have breakfast and depart for Ancient Messina for a guided tour in the archaeological area and museum. Then, depart for Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. There, have a guided tour in the Stadium, which could accommodate about 45,000 spectators. The modern profession of sport management originates in the work of the people who were assigned the responsibility of preparing for the Games. In Olympia stood the statue of Zeus, made of ivory and gold, which was considered to be one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. Arrival at the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 7: Ancient Olympia
Have breakfast and depart for a guided tour in the facilities of the International Olympic Academy, where the Official Archives of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games are kept. There, attend a presentation of the organization of the 2004 Olympic Games. Then, enjoy a guided tour in the Archaeological Museum. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Delphi
Have breakfast and depart for Delphi, crossing the Rio – Antirrio Bridge along the way, one of the world’s longest cable bridges. Arrive at your hotel in Delphi, then have a guided tour of in the archaeological site and the ancient stadium, where the Pythian games were held. Pythia, or the Delphic oracle, was an important oracle in the pre-classical Greek world (as early as 1400 B.C.). During classical times, Delphi served as the major site for the worship of the god Apollo. Return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 9: Delphi
Have breakfast and then go on a guided tour in the Museum of Delphi. Then, visit the European Cultural Center of Delphi. Enjoy free time and then return to hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 10: Marathon
Have breakfast and depart for Marathon, a town with natural beauties and a rich cultural and historical past. This is where the significantly outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians in the famous Battle of Marathon (490 B.C.). The victory endowed the Greeks with a faith in their destiny and set the foundations for the western civilization. Check in at the hotel and then have a guided tour, starting from the artificial Marathon Lake, which provided water to Athens for many years. The dam constructed for the creation of the lake was entirely made of marble, making it unique in the world. Then we will visit the Archaeological Museum of Marathon, which hosts findings from the neolithic to the late Roman period. The start of the Authentic Marathon Race will be your next stop, followed by the Tymvos, a 9 m. high and 50 m. wide tomb that covers the bodies of the 192 Athenians who fell in the battle of Marathon. Our next stop will be the Museum of Marathon Race, where all the Marathon racers' medals, as well as the one Spyros Louis won in the 1896 Olympic Games, are kept. There we will attend a presentation on the Marathon Race. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 11: Athens, USA
Depart for Athens airport and return home.