Athens is a modern city with a great historical past. The city is the economic and industrial hub of Greece, as well as its political and cultural centre. In Athens you will admire the House of Parliament, Constitution Square, and the most celebrated of all Greek ruins, atop the Acropolis, the Parthenon. There is also time to explore Athens at one's leisure. During this 5-night stay memorable excursions are included. The first to the islands of Hydra, Poros and Aegina, the second to Delphi, located on the slopes of Mt. Parnassus, and a third to Cape Sounion, where you will visit the Temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea, overlooking the blue Aegean.