I traveled for 17 days to Greece with 3 friends. We arranged with Athens Tour 365 for an airport pick-up on arrival. Peter picked us up in Athens and drove us to our hotel. He was a lot of fun and very informative.
A few days later, we were picked up on Monday morning and spent 5 days with Andreas, the owner of the company. He was absolutely wonderful. Although he has pre-planned trips you can take, we had our own agenda and he got us everywhere we wanted to go PLUS! He is a very safe driver, always was aware of our comfort, made sure our belongings were safe, recommended authentic places to eat in each town, was professionally dressed each day, and provided videos for us to watch enroute to our destinations (ie on Mycenae, Delphi, Olympia). When we provide a time for him to pick us up, he was always prompt and on time. Though we had the basic route picked out, he provided excellent, interesting side trips or food stops along the way.
Our route:
Monday: Athens to Corinth canal to Corinth to Mycenae to Nafplion
Tuesday: Nafplion to Epidavros, back to Nafplio to the beach then to the fort
Wednesday:Nafplion to Olympia, taking the route through the mountains thru Vytina, Stemnitsa, Demitsana. Though I think he got a little nervous when we lost GPS, overall the day was one of our favorites. We were usually the only tourist in sight in these small towns at this time of year.
Thursday: spent the morning in Olympia and then drove to Delphi with a few stops along the way including Galaxidi and an amazing pastry shop in Antirrio.
Friday: morning in Delphi and then drove to Athens, stopping at Hosios Loukas Monastery and Levadia enroute. We ended the day at another fantastic pastry and ice cream shop Konstantinidis in Athens enroute to the airport.
Late Friday afternoon we said a reluctant goodbye to Andreas. He had become a friend on this trip and we felt so safe and well taken care of. In fact we felt like some rich ladies (we are not) with our own personal, professional chauffeur, as he took such good care of us. When we then visited three islands for the 2nd half of our trip we missed Andreas!
THANKS Andreas and Athens Tour 365 for such a fantastic experience visiting Greece.