Post on 02-Jan-2016
GREECEENTERING THE LABYRINTH
Orientation
1. What?
Three Courses, 3 credits each: Anthropology 293 English 216 History 205
2. When? April 28th – July 21st
Trip to Greece:
May ? – June ? (29 days)
Pre-Trip: eight, 3 hour seminars
April 28th – May 24th
Post Trip: one 3 hour seminar
July 21st
3. Who?
North Island College Students
Faculty: Anne Cumming
Dan Hinman-Smith
Jim Anderson
5. Where?
Day 1 and 2: Fly from Comox, arrive in Athens take bus to Cape Sounion and spend
one night
Erectheum in
Athens
Sounion: 1 night
Athens: ‘1’
Sounion: ‘2’
Day 3: In the morning, tour the Temple of
Poseidon in Sounion
Day 3:
Take bus and ferry to Skyros
Skyros
Skyros: 2 nights
Skyros: ‘3’
Day 4:
Spend day touring Skyros
Faltaits Museum Skyros Town
Day 5:
Take ferry and bus to Delphi
Delphi: 4 nights
Delphi: ‘4’
Day 5:
Stop at Marathon, the site of the great battle of Athenians and Persians
Day 5:
and Rhamnous
Day 5:
and possibly Thermopylae…
Day 6: Delphi
Visit the sanctuary of Apollo
Day 6: Delphi
… the
Delphi Museum
Day 6: Delphi
… and the
sanctuary of
Athena
Day 7
Free day: optional hike to Corycian Cave
Day 8: free day… possibly involving a trip to ‘Kira’
Day 9
Take bus and ferry for the island of Tinos
Tinos: 3 nights
Tinos: ‘5’
Tinos, Mykonos, and Delos
Day 10
Spend the day exploring Tinos…
Day 11
Day trip to Mykonos
Day 11
… and Delos
Day 12
Ferry to Naxos
Naxos: 3 nights
Naxos: ‘6’
Day 13… touring Naxos
• Temple of Demeter • Aria Spring and Cave of Zeus • Independent walking and exploration of
Chalki and/or Apeirathos • Apollonas kouros
Temple of Demeter
• Apollonas kouros
Cave of Zeus
Day 14:
Free day on Naxos
Day 15: Ferry trip to Crete
arrive in Kato Archanes
Archanes: 3 nights
Kato Archanes: ‘7’
Day 16: Knossos Area Day Tour
• Palace of Knossos • Herakleion Archaeological Museum • Amnisos • Cave of Eileithyia
Knossos
Day 17: Archanes Area Day Tour • Phourni • Anemospilia • Mount Juktas peak sanctuary • Gortyn
Phourni
Anemospilia
Day 18: Bus trip to Kato Zakros
Zakros: 2 nights
Kato Zakros: ‘8’
Day 18:
• Gorge of the Dead Hike (8 kilometers) • Palace of Zakros
Gorge of the dead, Zakros
Palace of Zakros
Day 19: Free day at Zakros
Day 20: Travel To Hania • Panayia Kira • Melidhoni Cave
Hania: 2 nights
Hania: ‘9’
Day 21: Hania • Independent exploration of Hania
Day 22: Samaria Gorge (optional)
Day 22: night ferry to Piraeus
Piraeus: ‘11’
Day 23: Piraeous To Nafplion
Nafplion: 3 nights
Nafplion: ‘10’
• Heraion of Perachora
Nafplion: 3 nights
Day 24: Argolid Tour • Mycenae and Museum • Tiryns
Day 24: Mycenae and Museum
Day 24: Tiryns
Day 25: Nafplion Free Day • Independent exploration of Nafplion
Nafplion
Day 26: Travelling To Athens In The Path Of Theseus
• Troezen • Epidaurus • Traces of Siris the Pine-Bender? • Crommyon • Cliff of Sciron • Eleusis
Day 26: Epidaurus
Epidauros
Day 27: arrive in Athens
Athens: 3 nights
Athens: ‘1’
Day 27: Athens
• Hadrian's Arch and 1st Cemetery of Athens • Walk Sacred Way from Dipylon Gate to
Erechtheum • Acropolis Tour (including Parthenon,
Theatre of Dionysus) • Areopagos • Acropolis Museum
• Acropolis tour
Day 28: The Labyrinth Of History • National Archaeological Museum • Night-Time Historical Light Show At The Pnyx
Day 29: Return to Comox Valley
The End