Greek Island Hopping, Sea & Stone

Arrive at Athens Eleftherios Venizelos, about 40 minutes by road to the centre and transfer privately to your base. Time today to walk Plaka and up to a rooftop with the Acropolis lit above you.

• Private transfer via Athens Eleftherios Venizelos
• Walk Plaka and up to a rooftop with the Acropolis lit above you
• Time to settle in before dinner

Up to the Parthenon, Erechtheion and Propylaea at opening time, when the marble is cooler and quieter, then the Acropolis Museum below with the sculptures in context.

• Acropolis at opening time
• Acropolis Museum
• Areopagus hill viewpoint

The Agora where the city's civic life happened, the Temple of Hephaestus, then Monastiraki, Psyrri and the Anafiotika lanes on the Acropolis slope.

• Ancient Agora and Temple of Hephaestus
• Anafiotika island-style lanes
• Monastiraki and Psyrri

Either the coastal drive to the Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion for sunset, or a longer day inland to Delphi's sanctuary and museum on the slopes of Parnassus.

• Temple of Poseidon at Sounion
• Or Delphi sanctuary and museum
• Coastal or mountain drive

Cross by fast ferry or short flight from Athens or another Cyclades island. On arrival, walk Chora's whitewashed lanes and out to the windmills for sunset.

• Cross by fast ferry or short flight from Athens or another Cyclades island
• Walk Chora's whitewashed lanes and out to the windmills for sunset
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

The old town's deliberately confusing lanes, the Kato Mili windmills, the Panagia Paraportiani church and the waterfront houses of Little Venice.

• Kato Mili windmills
• Panagia Paraportiani
• Little Venice waterfront

A short boat to the UNESCO-listed sanctuary island, birthplace of Apollo in myth and one of the Aegean's most complete ancient sites. Boats are cancelled when the meltemi wind blows hard.

• Delos archaeological site with a guide
• Terrace of the Lions
• Site museum

Arrive by ferry into Athinios or fly in, then climb to the rim villages. On arrival, settle on the caldera rim and take your first sunset from the terrace.

• Arrive by ferry into Athinios or fly in, then climb to the rim villages
• Settle on the caldera rim and take your first sunset from the terrace
• Timings reconfirmed locally the day before

The rim walk between Fira and Oia, around ten kilometres with exposed sections and no shade, plus the villages at either end. Most walk it early and return by road.

• Fira to Oia caldera path
• Oia castle ruins at sunset
• Fira's cliffside lanes

The Bronze Age town of Akrotiri, buried by eruption and preserved under a modern roof, then the red and black beaches on the southern shore.

• Akrotiri excavation site
• Red Beach viewpoint
• Perissa or Kamari black sand

An early caldera morning before the transfer down to the port or airport. Private transfer to Santorini airport or Athinios port in good time for your onward flight.

• An early caldera morning before the transfer down to the port or airport
• Late check-out arranged where the hotel allows it
• Private departure transfer