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Trip Itinerary
a trip by Matthew HenningsenFrom: June 1st 2012
Until: July 22nd 2012
Thursday, May 31 FLIGHT OUT
6:15 AM Flight
TURKEY TOTAL: 1020 TL/$20/$583 40 TL per day on food
- Bus tickets and train ticket
Friday, June 1 – Istanbul – FOOD: 160 TL/ SIGHTS: 80 TL/ TRANS.: 30 TL/ VISA: $20/ Total: 300 TL/$20
10:15 AM Arrival
$20 – in Cash for visa
Get cash before leaving airport
Orange taxi to town – around 30 TL ($17) to hotel
Hotel Tulip House/196 Euros/49 per night/breakfast included/free wifi
Arrange transportation to Canakkale
Blue Mosque
Basilica Cistern
Sights:
• Ayasofya: 9-5, Tues.-Sun., 15 TL
• Sultanahmet Camii: free
• Topkapi Sarayi: 9-7, Wed. – Mon., 20 TL, get there early
• Basilica Cistern: 9-6:30, daily, 10 TL
• Grand Bazaar: 9-7, Mon.-Sat.
• Mosque of Suleyman: 9-4:30, daily, free
• Istanbul Archaeological Museum: 9-5, Tues.-Sun., 15 TL
• Bosphorus Cruise: 10:35, 1:35, daily, 12 TL
• Maybe Chora Museum: 9:30-4:30, Thurs.-Tues., 15 TLf
Saturday, June 2
Istanbul
Ayasofya
Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Grand Bazaar/Mosque of Suleyman/maybe Chora
Sunday, June 3 – Grand Bazaar closed
Istanbul
Bosphorus Cruise
Monday, June 4 – Ayasofya closed, Museum closed
Istanbul
Topkapi Sarayi
Grand Bazaar/Mosque of Suleyman/maybe Chora
Tuesday, June 5 – Canakkale – FOOD: 120 TL/ SIGHTS: 50 TL/ TRANS.: 35 TL/ TOTAL: 220 TL
Istanbul – Canakkale/go to otogar and take bus to Canakkale/around 35 TL
Hotel Limani – 81 Euros, 27 per night/breakfast included/free wifi
Sights:
• maybe Archaeological Museum: 9-5 daily, 5 TL
Wednesday, June 6 – BOOK METRO BUS for BERGAMA
Canakkale
Troy/8-7, daily, 15 TL
Take the minibus to Troy/around 10 TL round trip
Thursday, June 7
Canakkale
Canakkale-Eceabat ferry/7-midnight, every hour (30 mins. in summer)/25 min./5 TL roundtrip
Dolmus to Kabatepe/15 mins./8 TL roundtrip
Kabatepe Information Center/8-12, 1-5/3 TL
Mainly Northern Battlefield
Friday, June 8 – Bergama – FOOD: 120 TL/ SIGHTS: 30 TL/ TRANS.: 40 TL/ TOTAL: 200 TL
Canakkale – Bergama
Athena Pension/75 Euros/25 per night/breakfast included/free wifi
Book Metro bus in Canakkale/should be around 30 TL
Sights:
• Archaeology Museum/8:30-6:30/5 TL
• Red Basilica/Same/5 TL
• Asclepion/Same/10 TL
• Acropolis/Same/10 TL
Saturday, June 9 – ASK ABOUT BUS TO SELCUK
Bergama
Acropolis/Red Basilica
Sunday, June 10
Bergama
Museum/Asclepion
Monday, June 11 – All sights in Selcuk closed
Bergama – Selcuk/ FOOD: 120 TL/ SIGHTS: 100 TL/ TRANS.: 50 TL/ TOTAL: 300 TL
Bella Hotel/135 Euros/45 per night/breakfast included/free wifi
Go to otogar/14 TL for taxi/take bus to Izmir; 90 minutes; 8 TL/take bus from Izmir to Selcuk/10 TL/2 hours
Sights:
• Ephesus; 8-6:30, 20 TL; taxi (round-trip, 20 TL); the Slope Houses, 15 TL
• Ephesus Museum; 8-7, 5 TL
• Temple of Artemis; free
• Saint John’s Basilica; 5 TL
• Mosque of Jesus; free
• House of the Virgin Mary; round-trip cab, 30 TL
• Maybe go up to Sirince, dolmus from train station/round-trip 10 TL
Tuesday, June 12 – CHECK ON TRAIN TO AIRPORT
Selcuk
Wednesday, June 13
Selcuk
GREECE - 1070 Euros/$1440 25 Euros per day
Thursday, June 14 – Izmir to Athens/ FOOD: 100 Euros/ SIGHTS: 45 Euros/ TRANS.: 30 Euros/ TOTAL: 200 Euros
Take the train to the airport/one of the 3 in the morning/5 TL
1:00 PM from Izmir/8:50 PM in Athens
Hotel Kimon, 270 Euros, 54 Euros per night/no breakfast/free wifi
Bus X95, 1 hour, 4 Euro/to Syntagma
Sights:
• Acropolis; 12 Euro Pass; 8:30-8; get there early
• Acropolis Museum; 5 Euro; 8-8 – closed Monday
• Theatre of Dionysos; 8-8
• Ancient Agora; 8:30-8
• Maybe Keramikos; same
• Temple of Olympian Zeus; same
• National Archaeological Museum; same, Mon. 1:30-8; 7 Euro
• Goulandris Museum; Mon/Fri/Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5/7 Euro
• Byzantine and Christian Museum; 8:30-7:30; 4 Euro
• National Art Gallery; Mon, Wed-Sat, 9-3, Sun 10-2; 6 Euro
• Temple of Poseidon; 8-8; 4 Euro; leave early/coastal buses (12 Euro roundtrip)/from Mavro. bus
• Weekly Metro. Pass – 10 Euro
Friday, June 15 – PICKUP TICKETS AT DANAE OFFICES!!!!!!! OR ON MONDAY!!!!
Athens
Acropolis/Acropolis Museum/Theatre of Dionysos/Olympian Zeus
Saturday, June 16
Athens
Ancient Agora/Keramikos/National Arch./Get bus tickets for Cape
Sunday, June 17 – ASK ABOUT BUS TO NAFPLION
Athens
Syntagma/Museums
Monday, June 18 – Acropolis Museum closed/Byzantine Museum
Athens
Temple of Poseidon
Tuesday, June 19/ FOOD: 60 Euros SIGHTS: 20 Euros TRANS: 30 Euros TOTAL: 110 Euros
Athens – Nafplio – CHECK ON BUS TO MYCENAE
Go to Bus 51 to Bus Terminal A (2 Euros)/12 Euros – One way
Isioni Pension/120 Euros/40 per night/free breakfast/free wifi
Sights:
• Palamidi Fortress: 8-7, 4 Euros
• Archaeological Museum; 8:30-3, 2 Euros
Wednesday, June 20 – CHECK ON EPIDAVROS
Mycenae, Nafplio
Take bus to Mycenae/roundtrip, 6 Euros
Sights:
• 8 Euros, 8-8/also the museum
Thursday, June 21 – CHECK ON GYTHIO
Epidavros, Nafplio
Take bus to Epidavros/roundtrip, 6 Euros
Sights:
• 8-7:30, 6 Euros
Friday, June 22
Nafplio – Gythio TRANS: 50 Euros FOOD: 60 Euros SIGHTS: 5 Euros TOTAL: 120 Euros
Aktaion City Hotel/150 Euros/50 per night/free breakfast/free wifi – CHECK ON MYSTRAS/MONEM.
Take bus from Nafplio to Tripoli/1 1/2 hour/7 Euros
Take bus from Tripoli to Gythio/2 hours/10 Euros
Saturday, June 23 – CHECK ON BUS TO OLYMPIA
Mystras, Gythio
Take bus to Sparta (one hour, 8 Euros roundtrip)/bus to Mystras (30 min., 4 Euros roundtrip)
Sights:
• 5 Euros/8-7:30
Sunday, June 24
Monemvasia, Gythio
Check out Gythio bus schedule, and hopefully a direct connection to Monemvasia (or have to connect in Sparta) – should be around 20 Euros roundtrip
Monday, June 25
Gythio – Olympia/ TRANS: 20 Euros FOOD: 40 Euros SIGHTS: 10 Euros TOTAL: 75 Euros
Hotel Pelops/96 Euros/48 per night/free breakfast/free wifi – CHECK ON BUS TO DELPHI
Take bus to Tripoli/2 hours/10 Euros
Tripoli to Olympia/3 ½ hours/10 Euros
Sights:
• Archaeological Museum/9 Euros/8-8
• Ancient Olympia
Tuesday, June 26
Olympia
Wednesday, June 27 FOOD: 40 Euros SIGHTS: 10 Euros TRANS: 30 Euros TOTAL: 80 Euros
Olympia – Delphi
Olympic Hotel/80 Euros/40 per night/free breakfast/free wifi
Bus to Pyrgos (2 Euro, 30 min.), Pyrgos to Patras (2 hours, 10 Euros), from Patras take the bus to Thesso. stopping at Itea (around 15 Euros), and then Itea to Delphi (2 Euros, 30 mins.)
Sights:
• Delphi Site/Museum; 10 Euro; 8-7:45
Thursday, June 28 – BUS TO KASTRAKI
Delphi
Friday, June 29/ TRANS: 20 Euros FOOD: 60 Euros SIGHTS: 12 Euros TOTAL: 100 Euros
Delphi – Kastraki
Doupiani House/135 Euros/45 per night/free breakfast/free wifi
Bus from Delphi to Lamia (5 Euros), bus to Trikala (11 Euros), bus to Kalambaka (2 Euros), to Kastraki (2 Euros)
Sights:
• Moni Agiou Nikolaou; 2 Euros, closed Sunday, 9-3:30
• Moni Varlaam; 2 Euros, 9-4
• Moni Megalou Meteorou; 2 Euros, 9-5
• Moni Agias Varvaras; 2 Euros, 9-6
• Moni Agias Triados; 2 Euros, 9-5
• Moni Agiou Stefanou; 2 Euros, 9-1:30, 3:30-5:30
Saturday, June 30 – CHECK ON TRAIN BACK TO ATHENS
Meteora
Sunday, July 1
Meteora – Moni Agiou Nikolaou closed
Monday, July 2 TRANS: 33 Euros FOOD: 20 Euros TOTAL: 55 Euros
Meteora – Athens/Piraeus
Piraeus Dream Hotel/60 Euros/free breakfast, free wifi
Kastraki to Kalambaka (2 Euros)/by train (25 Euros); 4 ½ hours, try early train; prefer the train but the bus also works; 4 ½ hours, 30 Euros, arriving at Terminal B; then take the metro to Piraeus, 1 Euro
Tuesday, July 3 FOOD: 40 Euros TRANS: 60 Euros SIGHTS: 5 Euros TOTAL: 110 Euros
Athens – Mykonos
Piraeus to Mykonos ferry; 7:35 AM to 13:05 PM – 34 Euros
Dina’s Rooms/120 Euros/60 per night/no breakfast/free wifi
Sights:
• Delos; 5 Euros; 8:30-3; 15 Euros roundtrip, 30 min.
Wednesday, July 4
Delos, Mykonos
Thursday, July 5 FOOD: 40 Euros TRANS: 42 Euros SIGHTS: 20 Euros TOTAL: 105 Euros
Mykonos – Santorini
Loizos Apartments/110 Euros/55 per night/no breakfast/free wifi
Ferry to Thira; 14:55 to 17:35; 52.50 Euros; then take bus from port to Thira (4 Euro roundtrip)
Sights:
• Museum of Prehistoric Thera; 3 Euro, 8:30-8
• Bus to Kamari, 2 Euro, bus to Ancient Thira (4 Euro roundtrip); 4 Euro, 8-2:30; then take bus to Oia and then back, 4 Euros
Friday, July 6
Santorini
Saturday, July 7
Santorini – Crete SIGHTS: 10 Euros FOOD: 40 Euros TRANS: 65 Euros TOTAL: 115 Euros
Kastro Hotel/110 Euros/55 per night/free breakfast/free wifi
Ferry to Iraklio/17:55 to 19:30/51 Euros
Sights:
• Archaeological Museum; 10 Euros; 8-8
• Knossos; 8-7; 5 Euros roundtrip
Sunday, July 8
Crete
EGYPT TOTAL: 5000 EP/$15 for visa/around $200 for Abu Simbel tour
160 EP per day
Monday, July 9 Crete – Cairo FOOD: 640 EP SIGHTS: 730 EP TRANS: 100 EP TOTAL: 1500 EP/$15
11:20 AM – 12:10 PM: HER to Athens/on Aegean Air
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: Athens to Cairo/on EgyptAir
Nile Season Hotel/$200/$50 per night/free breakfast/free wifi
Take taxi to airport in HER/12 Euros
Get a visa and cash/$15/free airport shuttle to hotel
Arrange taxi for pyramids
Sights:
• Egyptian Museum; 60 EP, 9-6:45/Royal Mummy Room; 100 EP, 9-6:20
• Coptic Cairo; Coptic Museum, 50 EP, 9-4; Hanging Church; St. Sergius, 8-4; Ben Ezra/Dress Code
• Giza Plateau; 50 EP, 8-6
• Khufu; 100 EP
• Khafre; 30 EP
• Menkaure
• Mosque of Ibn Tulun; 8-6; Gayer-Anderson Museum, 30 EP, 9-5; Khan Misr Touloun, 10-5; Al-Azhar Mosque, 24 hours; Khan Al-Khalili; Fishawi’s/Dress Code
• Average taxi anywhere in Cairo no more than 20 EP
Tuesday, July 10
Cairo – Focus on the Pyramids
Take taxi from hotel to the pyramids (Khufu); 40 EP roundtrip
Maybe Coptic Cairo after
Wednesday, July 11 – Arrange taxi for tour
Cairo – Focus on Museum
Then to Islamic Cairo
Thursday, July 12 Arrange taxi to airport
Cairo – Focus on Around Cairo/hire taxi for the day, 200 EP
• Saqqara; 52 EP, 8-5; North Saqqara; Pyramids of Abu Sir, maybe South Saqqara
• Meidum; 32 EP, 8-4
• Dahshur; 25 EP, 8-5
Friday, July 13 Cairo – Luxor SIGHTS: 770 EP TRANS: 264 EP FOOD: 640 EP TOTAL: 1675 EP/$280
11:30 AM – 12:40 PM
Get taxi at hotel and go to airport/60 EP
In Luxor, arrange transfer with hotel/25 Euros
Pavillon Winter Luxor/160 Euros/40 per night/free breakfast/wifi not free/
Sights:
• Karnak; 65 EP; 6-6
• Luxor Temple; 50 EP; 6-10
• Luxor Museum; 80 EP; 9-1, 5-10
• Mummification Museum; 50 EP; same
• Inspectorate Ticket Office; 6-5
• Temple of Hatshepsut; 30 EP; 6-5
• Ramesseum; 35 EP; 6-5
• Valley of the Kings; Ay, 25 EP; Ramses VI, 50 EP; Tut, 100 EP; 6-5; other 3 tombs, 80 EP
• Tombs of the Nobles; 6-5; around 150 EP
• Medinat Habu; 6-5; 30 EP
• Take ferry to West Bank; 2 EP round-trip; 20 EP per day for bike rental, at hotel
Saturday, July 14
Luxor
Sunday, July 15
Luxor
Monday, July 16 Arrange taxi to Aswan
Luxor
Tuesday, July 17
Luxor – Aswan FOOD: 800 EP SIGHTS: 350 EP TRANS: 600 EP TOTAL: 1750 EP/$300/not including $200 for tour
Movenpick Resort Aswan/$324/$81 per night/no free wifi/
Have Luxor hotel arrange taxi to Aswan, seeing: around 400 EP for the trip
• Esna; Temple of Khnum; 20 EP; 6-6
• Al-Kab; 30 EP
• Edfu; Temple of Horus; 50 EP; 7-10
• Kom Ombo; 30 EP; 7-9
Wednesday, July 18 Arrange Abu Simbel Tour
Aswan
Sights:
• Nubia Museum; 50 EP; 9-1, 5-9
• Northern Quarries; 30 EP; 7-6
• Aswan Museum; 25 EP; 8:30-6
• Sharia as-Souq
Thursday, July 19
Aswan – Abu Simbel Tour/make in Aswan/should be no more than $200
Friday, July 20 Arrange airport taxi
Aswan
• Philae; 50 EP, 7-5/organize taxi trip to High Dam and Philae; 200 EP; boat, 20 EP roundtrip
Saturday, July 21
Aswan – Cairo FLIGHT
1:40 PM – 3:05 PM
Taxi to the airport/40 EP
Sunday, July 22
6:35 AM Departure from Cairo
6:54 PM arrival in Denver
Until: July 22nd 2012
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