Itineraries

12 days, 4 islands/stops

CRETE: 2 nights

- pick-up rental car

-Malmo historic hotel in Chania

Day 1

- Land and settle in and walk around

- Dinner at : To Maridaki

Day 2

- Balos beach (in the AM): go early to find parking

- Lunch: Gramvousa (Gramboussa) Restaurant: opens at 12:30)

- Elanfonossi beach

- Dinner Res: Tamtam Restaurant @ 7:30 outside

Day 3

- Visit Rethymo in the AM then head to airport

- Drop off car

- Aegean Air Flights: CHQ- ATH & ATH- JTR: @ 5:15

SANTORINI: 3 nights

-San Antonio Hotel

Day 3

-Scheduled San Antonio hotel pick-up from airpot

-Go to Fira for the evenings to check out beautiful shops and churches and have a drink at Franco’s Cafe

Day 4

-Drive to Fira and view three bells then drive to Oia and check-out windmill/ domes and shop (to view the blue domes: go down the side street next to Alexandros Jewelry)

-Grabbed drinks at Apsithia and enjoyed the view

-Dinner Res: Sunset Tavern at Ammoudi Bay @ 7:30 pm - drive down

-Walked around Oia and took photos of blue domes in the evening and grabbed baklava/ Kataifi/ orange pie at Medevio

Day 5

-Hike Fira => Oia (6 miles, 1-way) 6AM-10AM = 4hrs (Need to take bus/ shuttle to Fira from hotel)

-Relax at the hotel pool

-Dinner Res: Cliffside Restaurant (San Antonio) @ 7pm

Day 6

-Ferry: Minoan Lines: Santorini to Paros (check-in online 48hrs prior)

PAROS: 2 nights

Saint Andrea Sea Side Resort

Day 6 continued…

-Check-In

-Lunch @ Archipelago

-Explore Nausau

-Dinner: drove to Aliki and enjoyed dinner along the water @ To Balcony tou Aki in Aliki

Day 7

-Drove to Golden beach (25 min drive) from Nausau

-After drove to explore Lefkes

-Lunch: @ Flores

-Checked-out Monastery beach

-Dinner: Kafeneion- does not take reservation- try to get there by 7

Day 8

-Ferry: PAROS - MYKONOS

MYKONOS: 2 nights

-Myconian Korali

Day 8 Continued…

-check-in to hotel

-picked up rental car and explored Old Town

-Res at Scorpio Sunset Beach for 6:30

-Dinner @ Bakalo

-After Dinner drinks: Aglio E Olio – very close to Bakalo

Day 9

- Drove to Lunch @ Kiki’s Tavern: Go 30 mins before opening. Swim in the lagoon afterwards

-Drove to Panormas Beach.

-Head to the hotel and relax

- Apertivo:  The Belvedere Hotel – grab a drink and enjoy the view

-Dinner Res:  Pasta Fresca Barkia  @ 8:30pm

Day 10

-Ferry: Mykonos —> Piraeus:

ATHENS: 2 nights

Hotel Grande Bretagne

Day 10 continued

-taxi to the hotel and check-in

-Visit: Agora area: and walk around

-Tram up to Lycabettus

- Dinner @ O Thanasis

Day 11

-Acropolis @ 8AM

-Acropolis Museum

-Lunch @ Zisis, Fish in a cone

- walk around Psirri

-Drinks at the Hotel GB Rooftop Bar

-Dinner @ Kostas

Day 12

-fly home

Driving trip from San Sebastian to Lisbon

SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN: 3 nights Lasala Plaza Hotel

Day 1

-Land at EAS airport, land @ 5:05 pm

-Dinner: Pintxo Crawl:

- Atari Gastroleku

- SSCA: “best” croqueta in the city, and aranxitas, 2 euro wine

- Casa vergara: Carmelized foie

- Ganbara: Uni bowl, grilled beef sirloin, T-bone steak, grilled foie

- Cervecerias la mejillonera: Tigres, marinera, calamor bravo (throw shells on the ground)

- La cuchara: veal, suckling pig*, goat cheese, risotto

- La vina: basque cheesecake

- La cepta: mixto de jamon iberico, white asparagus*

- Ttvn-ttvn taberna: cheesecake

- Itxar pena: cute bar- serves food (tzakolina), artichoke salad

- Boulevard gelato: torto de yema

- Oiartzun. Rum raisin gelato

- Bodega donostiarra: pulpo and sardines

- Sunday, March 5th:

- Lunch: Ganbara: stop by for crab tartlet/ stuffed croissant/ sit-downL fresh boletus a la plancha with a free-range egg yolk (beer: amber ale Arraun)

- Dinner: La Vina - res @ 8pm

- Monday, March 6th:

- Lunch: La Cepa- best jamón OR Antonio Bar

- Dinner: La Cuchara de San Telmo

- Tuesday, March 7th:

- Check-out to head to Bilbao

Good Shepherd of San Sebastian Cathedral

- Maria Cristina Zubia (bridge), walk north and up into Gros, eat at Baga Biga or

Bodega Donostiarra Gros

- Explore Gros, then walk back over Kursaal Zubia, eat at Gorrita Taberna

- Explore Old Town, lots of landmarks and places to eat

- Explore La Concha Beach and Igeldo Mendiko Behatokia, grab a bite to eat

* pick up rental car (consider enterprise because may need to drop off in Vigo, then bus to Brago, then re-rent (avoids a $800 one-way fee). Bus is about 1:20mins, $15

* -check rome2rio website for this travel information

* Other option is bus from Vigo to Oporto Airport (Porto) - 2.5hr bus and about $10

BILBAO, SPAIN: just a stop (1:10 drive),

- Tuesday, March 7th: suggest leaving in the morning to have time in Bilbao and drive to Leon.

- Puppy

- Guggenheim museum

LEON, SPAIN (1 NIGHT): (3:00 drive) 03/07- 03/08: Parador de Leon- booked by Katie, 208.67(USD), through chase portal

- Tuesday, March 7th:

- Check-in after visiting Bilbao

- Dinner:____

- Wednesday, March 8th:

- Dinner:

Drop off car in Vigo, take bus to Brago, rent new car (enterprise)

Explore Barrio Humeo (old town) morning

-Plaza mayor and Calle ancha

-Calle ancha will lead you to Leon cathedral (west) and Basilica de San Isodoro (north), eat at Bar la Ribera

Afternoon -

Day 2: - Convento de san marcos

- Casa Botines

PORTO, PORTUGAL (2 NIGHTS): (4:00 drive) 03/08-03/10: NH Collection Porto Batalha, Navi’s Amex portal, $263.36, $8.10 due at hotel, Amex Hotel Collection - credit available to use at hotel

- Wednesday, March 8th:

- Autna Bus @ 12pm- Vigo—> Porto

- Dinner:

- Thursday, March 9th:

- Dinner:

- Friday, March 10th:

- Dinner:

- Don lopo: store down an alley

- Majestic cafe: French toast and porto combo: 13e

- Casa guedes: (2 locations) simple pork sandwich- 4euro and beer with sprite or roasted pork with soft cheese

- ***O diplomante: seasonal and salty pancakes with fancy cappuccinos- 1 block from Lello bookstore

- Cafe Santiago: francesinha

- Adega sao nicolau: octopus fillets with rice

- O galeria: art

- B| code (clothing store): meme road brand, American vintage, farm rio

- BHR ponte Pensil- at the bridge. Best view of the river- sit and grab a drink

- Monumento a Almedia Garret, can walk along the Avenido dos Aliados as there is a lot of good architecture

- West is Rua Santa Catarina - notable walking street, would do this first after the Monumento, then travel south west to Livraria Lello, then to bento station

- Sao bento station - 20,000 tiles of porto’s past, continue south

- Porto Cathedral

- Ponte de D. Luis

-Food: Tapabento, Farinha (pizza)

- other places: Bolsa Palace

Stopped at Aveiro: cute canals

- costa nova for coffee and sweets

FATIMA - just a stop (2:00 drive)

- Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima

- Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity

- As you drive south, Caves Mira de Aire - underground cave apparently worth the visit

OBIDOS - just a stop (1:00 drive)

- Igreja de Santa Maria

- Castelo de Obidos, apparently a very good restaurant inside the hotel

LISON, PORTUGAL (2 NIGHTS): (1:00 drive) 03/10- 03/12: The Ivens, Autograph Collection, Booked via Marriott (direct) by Navi, Eur 620.00

- Friday, March 10th:

- Dinner:

- Saturday, March 11th:

- Dinner: Reservation @ Belcanto @19:00 (150e/ person if not canceled 24hr in advance)

- Sunday, March 12th:

- Dinner:

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