Arrival Time

The CARONIA is due to reach anchorage in the port for Athens about 8am. Tenders will begin taking passengers ashore at 8.30am. The trip from ship to shore and vice versa takes about 15 minutes. In the afternoon the last tender will leave the landing place at 6.30pm.

Departure Time

The CARONIA will sail at 7pm sharp for Naples.

Schedule of Shore Arrangements

Shore Excursion S-28
One Day Sightseeing Tour of the principal places of Athens

Automobiles will leave the landing place at 9am.
Among the famous monuments that will be visited are…

• the Parthenon and Erectheum on the Acropolis
• the National Museum
• Temple of Jupiter and Arch of Hadrian
• Temple of Theseus
• Theatre of Dionysus
• Tower of the Winds
• Olympic Stadium
• Odeum of Herodes Atticus
• The Royal Palace
• House of Parliament
• Cathedral
• Cave of Socrates, and Mars Hill will also be seen

This party will be divided into two groups, with the automobiles numbered 101 and up travelling in one direction, and the automobiles numbered 201 and up travelling in the reverse direction.

Luncheon

Will be served at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, one of the best known hostelries in the Balkans.

Return to the landing place will be made about 5pm.

Optional Tour O-56

Full Day Drive to Daphni, Eleusis and Corinth.

Automobiles numbered 501 and up will leave the landing place at 8.45am. Proceeding over the highway which follows the ancient Sacred Way, visit the Convent at Daphni, built in the Byzantine style about 800 A.D., thence to Eleusis where the ruins of the several temples are seen. Continue to Old Corinth, 60 miles from Athens.

The ruins of the old city include the market place, the fountains of Pirence and Glance, the Hall of Music, the Temple of Apollo.

Luncheon

Will be served at Loutraki.

Return to the landing place about 5.30pm.

Departure

The CARONIA will sail from Piraeus, Athens promptly at 7pm on Wednesday, 04 April for Naples. Please notify your Bedroom Steward of your final return on board.

CAVE OF SOCRATES

in which the great philosopher is believed to have been imprisoned and died, after drinking the legendary hemlock, is cut in the hillside opposite the entrance to the Acropolis.

OLYMPIC STADIUM

completed in 1896 for the resumption of the ancient Olympic Games, occupies the site of the stadium erected in 143 A.D. by Tiberius Claudius Herodus Atticus. Seating 44,000 persons, it was the goal of the famous 26-mile run from Marathon. The modern stadium accommodates 60,000 persons.

ROYAL PALACE

set in lovely gardens, is passed on the way from the Grande Bretagne Hotel to the Olympic Stadium.

CATHEDRAL OF ATHENS (Greek Orthodox)

like practically all Greek churches, is built in the traditional Byzantine style which was general during the period of the Byzantine Empire (330 to 1453 A.D.). The altar is separated from the nave by an altar-screen called the “iconostasis”, in which the icons (images of the Saints or scenes from the Scriptures) are set.

HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT and
MONUMENT TO THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

face Constitution Square, opposite the Grande Bretagne Hotel.

EVZONES

Among the different costumes worn by the Greek peasants and islanders the “fustanella”, with its white pleated kilt, is the most striking.

The fustanella, formerly worn universally in Southern and Central Greece, has been adopted as a national costume and is worn by the Evzones who form the Royal Guard, and who act as sentries at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Royal Palace. In Greek, “Evzone” means “well-girt”.

Facts and Figures about Greece

• Area : 50,133 square miles
• Population of country : 7,700,000 (estimated in 1948). 52 per cent. agricultural, 48 per cent. urban
• Population of Athens and suburbs 800,000 (estimated in 1948)
• Principal Ports : Piraeus, Thessaloniki (Salonika) and Volo
• Highest mountain : Olympus, 9,585 feet
• Other famous mountains : Parnes, 4,636 feet; Pentelicus, 3,635 feet, Hymettus, 3,369 feet; Aegaleus , 1,532 feet; Lycabettus, 1,112 feet

Some Important Dates in Greek History

• 29 May, 1453 - Fall of the Greek Empire of Constantinople
• 25 March, 1821 - Revolt of the Greeks against the Turks. (This day is celebrated every year as Greek Independence Day)
• 03 February, 1830 - Recognition of Greece as an independent State by the Protecting Powers (Great Britain, France and Russia)
• 28 October, 1940 - Italian invasion of Greece
• 06 April, 1941- German invasion of Greece
• 14 October, 1944 - Liberation of Greece