2-Day Delphi and Meteora Tour from Athens

Posted By : Alice_I
We had a lovely 2 day tour to Delphi and meteora with our wonderful guide Mariana and our driver Tomas! The tour is both relaxing and tiring—relaxing bc you spend a lot of driving time on the bus to rest your legs and there are beautiful stops for the sites, but tiring bc you’re stuck on a bus for a long time… (double edged sword!)

Here’s a bit of the breakdown of our tour:
Day 1 - Delphi site seeing and meteora hotel
7:40am: Pick up at hotel
8:20am: Meet at the key tours office to transfer buses and hit the road around
2 hour drive
10:15-10:35 bathroom and coffee break (1 snack and 1 gum = 16 euros, so bring your own snacks and water!)
Drive through Parnassus/Arachova
11:24-1:25: Delphi (ticket provided - used for Delphi and museum) w guided tour and then free time to take photos and visit the museum
1:35-2:50: Lunch break (self paid at Symphony)
4-4:10: Pass of Thermopyles (no bathroom break) to see King Leonidas monument
4:45-5:10: 20-25 min Bathroom and coffee break at Kanelis Village
5:10-6:45: 2 hour drive to meteora kalabaka
Check into hotel (Divani for 4 star and Orfeas for 3 star. They are literally across the street from one another.)
730: dinner at the hotel buffet style

Day 2 - meteora
810am: check out and get into the bus
830: Stop for photos of st Nicholas (not great photos since you’re on the bottom)
845-10:20 Varlaam monastery - they let women borrow skirts! Guided tour and free time to take photos
10:30 short photo stop to view some monasteries
10:40-11:45 St Stephen’s monastery - free skirts for women to borrow. guided tour. (Tip: when you get photo time, leave the monastery and go up the side of the road a bit to get a great picture of the monastery)
2 hour drive
1:30-2:30pm: Lunch at Kanelis Village cafeteria style (self pay… it is pricey!)
2 hour Drive
4:20 Cafe break and bathroom
445- 6:45pm: Back to Athens and hotels!

overall, a lovely time on the tour. Hopefully the review was helpful with the timetable for those who need to know when the bathroom and snack breaks are! We had a total of 33 passengers and it was a lovely time we everyone.
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Posted On : 2023-12-30 22:49:46

Posted By : YooJin_C
Perfect weather, great food, clean and nice coach, the best sceneries of Delphi and Meteora with fun and intelligent tour guide Marianna!
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Posted On : 2023-12-28 07:53:53

Posted By : Eliana_Maria
I had a great experience joining this tour. There were only 9 participants in my group, led by the tour leader, Nichos, who is a licensed historian. He was very passionate in explaining the sites we visited and welcome any questions we have. I saw how the other tour leaders rushed through their explanation and other groups always moved faster than ours. But Nichos took time to explain above and beyond.

Delphi and Meteora themselves are amazing places, but learning all the history behind them makes the visit even more interesting. Visiting these two places without a guide is probably not worth it.
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Posted On : 2023-12-19 13:38:58

Posted By : Erica_W
One of the highlights of our trip. Would definitely recommend this one, Keytours were amazing. Angelicca was fantastic and very knowledgeable and lots of fun. Bus ride was comfortable. Hotel was really nice, clean and comfortable. Food stops great. Especially the stop near Delphi. Must visit the museums on each site very interesting.
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Posted On : 2023-11-28 20:35:46

Posted By : Peggy_A
Our tour guide provided us will plenty of information and helped to make the trip very enjoyable. The scenery, driving through the mountains, was spectacular
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Posted On : 2023-11-17 01:51:26

Posted By : Robert_J
There was a serious miscommunication at the start of the trip. Our confirmation and ticket indicated that we were to be picked up at our hotel in Athens at 8:30. I got a call at 8:35 from the operator of the tour wanting to know where we were! Fortunately, the terminal where the operator expected us to have been was just a block away, and we made the quick hike to catch the bus. After that the two guides did their jobs. The First Class hotel was adequate, and the included buffet dinner was also acceptable. Overall good value for money, but be sure to get the departure details confirmed.
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Posted On : 2023-11-05 16:12:01

Posted By : Shaukat_A
Just like a good bread makes a good sandwich, a good tour guide can make your tour interesting. Simon (Kimon in Greek), our tour guide was excellent. He made sure that all of us were punctual on time. During the tour of the historical sites and during the bus rides, he educated us about the local area and the history of Greece.
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Posted On : 2023-10-25 14:08:26

Posted By : Ted v
We really enjoyed the trip. Comfortable coach.
Good driver
Knowledgeable tour guide with Sophia & Anna.
Good hotel, food, good stops along the way.
We enjoyed the experience and learned a lot about the areas we travelled through.

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Posted On : 2023-10-20 07:11:02

Posted By : Annie_S
Weather was almost perfect this time of year. We did get a bit of drizzle on day 2 of Meteora so bring a light rain coat just in case.
Most people chose the 3 Star hotel and it wasn’t all that. Staff was not pleasant and only talked to you if you appproached them. “Fresh” orange juice was TANG. The dinner so NOT good and very greasy. Hind sight I should have gone out to eat locally instead of buffet style. Anna was a great and knowledgeable guide but both guides made it difficult to get excited about being there. It was great to see Delphi and Meteora but was far too much riding in the bus w horrible stops to get lunch.
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Posted On : 2023-10-17 13:16:51

Posted By : wanchingkitteey
Tour to Delphi and Meteora is a good experience, the guide is very informative and nice. But the accommodation and meals have room for improvement.
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Posted On : 2023-10-12 15:51:54