Day 01
Sparta
- Pickup from your chosen hotel in Athens
- Drive to Sparta
- Visit the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia a cult center associated with the rites of passage the young Spartans underwent through their rigorous training / agogi.
- Visit the Sanctuary of Apollo of Amyklae, a significant political and religious center of Sparta throughout antiquity.
- Explore the Menelaeinn at ancient Therapni. Here is attested from at least the 8th century BC the cult of the mythical King of Sparta Menelaus and his wife Helen of Troy!
- Visit the Spartan Archaeological Museum. Its neoclassical building was constructed between 1874 and 1876 in the center of the city and it has been declared a 'listed' building for it's architectural and historical interest.
- Visit the archaeological museum houses thousands of finds from the ancient acropolis of Sport known as the Lakedaemonia. The collection's pieces date from the Neolithic Age to the late Roman Period.
Mystras
- Visit the Palace of Despots
- Must see Byzantine churches... Cathedral of Agios Demetrios , Church of Agioi Theodori, Church of Agia Sofia, Church of Panagia Hodegetria, Church of Panagia Pantanassa, Monastery of Panagia Perivleptos
- Visit the Mystras Archeological Museum
- Drive to Monemvasia
- Check-in at your chosen hotel
- Late lunch at a traditional restaurant inside the "Rock"
- Free time to stroll through the cobblestone alleys of the medieval city
