Greece: Aviation - Study Abroad Association

Greece: Greece: Aviation and History

13 days

TBD

Arrive in Athens, Greece
Airport Transfer – Private Bus
Orientation Walking Tour – The group will become oriented with their neighborhood, the public transportation systems, nearby pharmacies, markets, ATMs, etc. Additionally, an in-depth safety briefing will be provided for what to do incase of an emergency.
Welcome Dinner at Hellenic American University – The group will be taken for an authentic Greek dinner with a wide variety of menu options to cater all diets.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Acropolis Hills and Museum – The Acropolis Museum is consistently rated as one of the best museums in the world. Devoted to the Parthenon and its surrounding temples, it is cleverly perched above Athens like a luminous box.
Lecture and Discussion: “Athens: The Cradle of Democracy”
Lunch Break in Plaka
Explore Plaka and the old City of Athens – Plaka is considered the area that developed around the ancient Agora of Athens and is the oldest district in Athens, as it has been continuously inhabited for around three thousand years. Structured Free
Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Guest Lecture at University – Topic to be determined
Greek Cooking Class & Group Lunch – The class starts with a quick tour to the local markets to check and buy fresh products, the group returns to the kitchen where everyone has individual cooking utensils to cook a traditional three-course meal, appetizer/ main course/ dessert.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Transfer to Dekeleia Military Airport
Hellenic Air Force Academy Visit – The Hellenic Air Force Academy is a military academy responsible for supplying the Hellenic Air Force with military pilots, aeronautical engineers, air traffic and air defence controllers.
Hellenic Air Force Technical NCO Academy
Hellenic Air Force Museum – The Hellenic Air Force Museum was founded in 1986 and since 1992 has been located on Dekelia Air Base in Acharnes north of Athens. In opposition to the War Museum of Athens it displays air force history and is active in restoring and presenting old aircraft.
Lunch at the Officers’ Club (included) – Return to Athens

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Roman Agora & Hadrian’s Arch: “The Roman period in Athens: Military Operations”
Lunch Break
Greek Parliament: “The Change of the Guards”
Explore the area of Monastiraki: “Traditional Greek Coffee Experience” (included)

Breakfast & Day Briefing
National War Museum – Opened to the public in 1975, the Athens War Museum preserves Greek military relics and documents the numerous conflicts the Greek nation took part in throughout the centuries.
Lunch Break
National Historical Museum – The National Historical Museum is a historical museum in Athens. Founded in 1882, is the oldest of its kind in Greece. It is located in the Old Parliament House, which housed the Hellenic Parliament from 1875 until 1932.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Museum Ship Averof – It’s hard to understate the value of the Averoff in Greece’s naval history. It led Greece into victory during the Balkan Wars of 1910-1912, and assisted in the transport of refugees from Asia Minor in 1922.
Lunch Break
Walk in the Coastal Area of Flisvos
Stavros Niarchos Foundation and Cultural Center (walking distance)
Group Dinner (included)

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