Classical Greece Odyssey: 3 Days of Myth, History & Magic

My spouse and I used this company to combine a few of their options for our 8 day trip. We did the full day in Athens, 3 day classical Greece and half day Sounion. All of our drivers and licensed tour guides were absolutely amazing! We had Vasilis for our driver for the 3 day tour and half day in Sounion and we was the best we could have hoped for. He pointed out so many sites along our drive, helped us find great spots for taking photos, got us reservations for the best views at local restaurants and shared so much information both about the archaeological sites as well as current sites and knowledge. By the end of our time it felt like saying goodbye to an old friend. We'd absolutely recommend this company!

I made a last minute decision to tour Greece for a few days, and David from Warm Penguin efficiently put the itinerary together for me. Yanis was assigned to be my private chauffeur for the 3 days and the airport transfers. He is such a deft driver and knowledgeable about the places we went to. I will definitely book my future Greece tours with Warm Penguin.

We were very impressed with WarmPenguin and our driver Elias and recommend this tour as the best way to see the most UNESCO sites and still survive the heat. Elias was so accommodating and professional in getting us to each place, staying as long as we wanted, and being ready with cold drinks and an air-conditioned vehicle when we were ready to move along. He has the giving heart of many in Greece, always hoping to make our vacation perfect. We appreciated his attitude of "Yes, of course, let's go..." and his knowledge of historical Greece. Due to a scheduling difficulty on our end (and flexibility by David and WarmPenguin), we ended up taking the 3-day tour in two segments. The Delphi and Meteora overnight trip is a must-do and we liked the Amalia Hotel. We had to miss the Olympia portion, but here are our thoughts on the Peloponnese sites, all superb: first stop, Corinth Canal is an overlook with a very interesting history with nearby food and bathroom options; second stop, Ancient Corinth is a medium-sized archaeological site with a well-thought-out museum. The Apollo monument is worth the stop. Third site, Epidaurus, is one of those places that is good to experience. Be sure to find the center block in the theatre and try projecting your voice. We ate at a wonderful and breezy seaside restaurant with traditional Greek food, stopped only briefly in Nafplio at our request so we could see the fortress above the city. What a view! Nafplio and that area is the kind of place to book a return vacation. Finally, Mycenae, which like the other sites is still half-buried but beautiful nonetheless. My kids list this as one of their favorite places of our entire trip. It's that feeling you get when you know the history and mythology, stand at the actual site, and then realize how truly old it is. In fact it was centuries old when the Parthenon was built. We found the tour descriptions, photos, and time estimates on TripAdvisor to be completely accurate, although we changed up the order. It's a trustworthy tour company and a full three days of exploring some of the best Greece has to offer.

Excellent, professional, flexible - all around perfect - highly recommend! Fantastic driver and knowledgeable tour guides at the sites.

From the time our driver picked us up at our hotel to the time he dropped us off 3 days later we could not have been taken better care of. The sights were amazing the food was great and the Amalia hotels we were wonderful. Our guide Tolis was friendly, funny and very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this tour and company

We had a fantastic time and will defo recommend Warmpenguin. We felt very much looked after from start to finish. David was very flexible and knowledgeable My daughter is very much interested on Classical Civilization and Mythology and she loved this tour. The level os expertize was fantastic. Also our amazing driver (Yannis) was very professional and we truly enjoyed his company.

From the planning stages David demonstrated a high degree of local knowledge and flexibility. The tour itself was flawless, with our driver Yiannis being perfectly congenial and insightful, providing helpful suggestions along the way for fine-tuning our experience. The local guide at Delphi was intelligent, funny and wonderful to be with. Overall a near flawless experience handled with the utmost professionalism and flexibility.

You know when you go to the shops to buy a pint of milk and come back with 3 bags of shopping? That's pretty much what happened when I started customising this tour 😂 Think it was 9 days in the end 🙄 WarmPenguin did a great job of pulling everything together with very little notice. The tour packed a lot in, and that's exactly what we were looking for. It covers all the major sites without any wasted days. We also added a day in the middle for a break, and some days either end for exploring Athens and the Saronic islands. For getting to know Athens, we had a great e-bike tour with Dimitris of Athens by Bike - but I'll write a separate review for that... We also recommend Lake Vouliagmeni (you need an hour or two at least) and Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sounio(n) - get there for sunset if possible. Anyway, back to the tour... The hotels were nice, the tour was great, the car was immaculate every morning - but the real star of the show was Yannis our driver 🤗 He was extremely knowledgeable about the local history, he gave us plenty of background and insight without wasting any of our valuable sightseeing time. He was always there when we needed him, always on time, courteous and eager to help in any way he could. Three months on, and we are still chatting with him via WhatsApp and hope to see him again some day.

Without exaggerating this 3-day private tour was the highlight of our trip in Greece. This tour included visits to some of Greece's most important sights as well as visits to some of Greece's most picturesque little towns. The whole trip was perfectly planned and made the whole experience completely stress-free. When scheduling our trip, David, who was our contact with the tour company went above and beyond to make sure that the trip was tailored the way we exactly wanted it. Even though we were trying to schedule this trip from the US and there is a significant time difference with Greece, David's responsiveness was remarkable (we would get responses to our queries in the wee hours of the morning in Greece) which made planning a breeze. Our driver, Apostolis ("Tolis") picked us up from our hotel right on time and made the experience a memorable one. We immediately hit it off and he went above and beyond to make sure we had the best time possible. We shared a lot of laughs and he is the best representation of Greek hospitality. We have taken private tours abroad and it makes a huge difference when your driver/guide is good. Tolis was just fantastic - with his positive energy and knowledge for the sights we were visiting he definitely kept us going! He was so eager to make sure we had the best time possible that he would even offer to take us places even after we reached our overnight destination for the day - thankfully so, as the 999 steps to go up the Palamidi in Nafplion would not have been fun to climb on foot... As part of this tour we had also arranged for tour guides to walk us around the ancient sights. This was a fantastic choice as it made the experience even more memorable. All of the tour guides (that David booked for us) were fantastic. They had great energy and were really invested in keeping our interest and showing us the must-see highlights of each sight. The lunch stops at each location were fantastic as well. These were not stops at your typical tourist-trap-restaurants. The food was exceptional and the views even more so. The highlight as far as restaurants were concerned for us must have been taverna "Vakhos" in Delphi; the food was out of this world. We had the opportunity to eat on the restaurant's terrace overlooking a cliff with a view of the entire valley filled with olive trees - it was like starring in a sea of green. Truly a remarkable view! The hotel selections for our trip were also great. This included a bigger conference-style hotel in Nafplion (with all the amenities one would expect) to the more B&B style hotel in Galaxidi with a beautiful picture-worthy garden where you could enjoy your breakfast and coffee. Breakfast was included for both hotels. Overall, I cannot stress how pleased we were with this trip. This was an exceptionally organized trip that with Tolis' amazing company during the trip we will look back on for years to come. We are already looking to schedule our next trip with the same company next time we are in Greece (we just hope Tolis will be available to be our driver!). Book this trip and you will not regret it!

It was a great tour to the classical hotsots of Greece. Due to Corona on all visited sites were only a few tourists what I never had before. The hotels were at nice places in walking distance to the city center, so that we could enjoy Greece evening life easily. Our driver did a great job and had always interesting stories about ancient history and modern Greece to tell during our journey - thank you for this experience Yanis!