Greek Heritage Tours
In Greece, billboards tell foreign visitors they are coming “home.”
Home in this sense refers to Greece’s distinguished status as the cradle of Western Civilization. Ancient Greece’s contributions to a breathtaking wide array of fields – science, theatre, philosophy, art, politics, athletics, drama, military history, literature, medicine --- came to benefit the entire world. This is why Greece is “home” to all foreigners.
For Greeks in diaspora, however,“home” also means the place of your roots, your ancestral heritage, your blood origins. Your connection with this sacred land has a deeper meaning than for anyone else in the world. For this, Aegea regards you as an extra special guest.
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Customized Trips. Greeks aboard, we honor your intimate relationship with Greece by designing customized tours with distinctive features:
- authentic Greek activities that bond you with your culture, such as, traditional Greek dancing, visiting workshops of artisans who work in olive wood or hand embroidery, meeting beekeepers to learn the secrets of Greek honey making
- an itinerary that includes a visit to the birth place of your parents or grandparents and exploring the exceptional places of that region
- “voluntourism” where you work with a local organization on eco-oriented projects that sustain and preserve Greece’s natural beauty, such as, building or repairing footpaths, cleaning up a beach or helping with the olive harvest.
- home cooked meals reminiscent of your yiayia’s cooking
When you fill out the Vacation Profile Contact Form, be sure to tell us in the Message box where your family is from in Greece.
Customized trips require a 500 euros deposit (est. $630 USD) to develop the itinerary and 650 euros ($820) if initiated within 120 days of trip departure. This is not a development fee but rather is applied to the final trip price. Review the information in Pricing for more details about customized trips.
Set Itineraries. You can find set itineraries in Leisure Vacations, Cycling Excursions and Walks & Hikes. The routes and day-to-day destinations are already designed with a basic price. The dates and optional activities or upgrades are up to you. Set Itineraries are right for you if you are not inclined to spending time and research with us customizing an itinerary from scratch.
Scheduled Tours have fixed dates and are featured on the Home page. A scheduled tour that will appeal to our Greek American guests is Greek Easter in Santorini.
Celebrate Greek Orthodox Easter
March 31 to April 6, 2010 in Santorini