Educational Tours & Trips in Greece

Visit Santorini's volcanic vineyards and taste Assyrtiko, Athiri, and Aidani wines at family-run wineries, where you'll see the koulara vine training method. Walk Oia's whitewashed lanes and blue-domed churches, then head to Naxos' Venetian castle to try rare Malvasia blends.

Visit Knossos Palace, one of Greece's oldest cities, and Heraklio's museum with Minoan artifacts. Walk through Rethymno's Venetian mansions and see Arkadi Monastery, then check out Chania's Venetian lighthouse and Ottoman-style buildings. Stops include Ancient Malia and fishing villages.

Walk through UNESCO-listed Agios Demetrius Church in Thessaloniki's Old Town and check out the Archaeological Museum with ancient artifacts from Macedonia. Later, visit Dion at Mount Olympus' base to see temples and mosaics, then tour Pella's palace ruins where Alexander the Great was born.

See Greece's Byzantine heritage at UNESCO-listed Meteora where two monasteries sit on cliffs with 14th-century frescoes above Kalambaka. Study ancient Macedonian history at Vergina's Royal Tombs Museum with Philip II's golden larnax and walk through Pella's archaeological site.

Tour the Acropolis with a licensed archaeologist on a private visit in Athens, then learn to play the lyre with a master musician on Filopappou Hill. Hike through ancient Eleutherna to see Homeric-era ruins, try traditional Cretan pottery in Margarites, and join an olive oil tasting.

See Greece's ancient landmarks including the Acropolis in Athens and UNESCO-listed Knossos Palace, the 4,000-year-old center of Minoan civilization in Crete. Sail through the Lesser Cyclades on a full-day cruise from Naxos with Greek BBQ lunch and swimming in the Aegean Sea's turquoise waters. Take part in a hands-on cooking class with a women's cooperative in Archanes, learning traditional Cretan dishes, and watch traditional folk dances in Chania while staying at properties like Holiday Suites Boutique Hotel and Galaxy Hotel.

See the UNESCO-listed Acropolis with an archaeologist guide in Athens, walking among the Parthenon's white marble columns from 447 BC. Visit Delphi's Temple of Apollo, considered the world's center by ancient Greeks, and tour its museum. Later, hunt truffles with trained dogs near Kalambaka.