"Paul's Journeys" Trip
with Pastor Dave

8/26 Air Canada:
LAX > Montreal (AC 774): 8:05am – 4:34pm (5 hrs 29 min)
Montreal > Athens (AC 922): 8:50pm – 12:50pm (9 hr, next day)
 
9/11 Air Canada:
Rome > Montreal (AC 893): 11:30am – 2:30pm (9 hr)
Montreal > LAX (AC 777): 4:45pm – 7:40pm (5 hr, 55 min)

Athens: 8/27 – 9/1

Wednesday, 8/27: Arrive in Athens
Private transfer from ATH airport to hotel, based on 1 piece of luggage per person.
Overnight: 2 nights hotel accommodation at Fresh Hotel in a double standard room with daily breakfast.

Thursday, 8/28: Private tour of Athens and Ancient Corinth
After breakfast we will tour the city of Athens. Athens is one of the most glorious cities in the world and the cradle of western civilization as we know it today. We will visit the main points of interest: the Acropolis, the Parthenon, and Mars Hill (Areopagus) where Paul preached the truth to the Gentile nation.

After that, we will head toward ancient Corinth (Acts 18:1-18), where Paul came and worked, established a thriving church, and wrote two of the New Testament epistles. We will see all the sites associated with his ministry: the Agora, the Temple of Apollo, the Roman Odeon, the Bema, Gallio’s seat, the pillars, stairs, and place of public worship where Paul preached. All of these visits will enhance the understanding of 1 and 2 Corinthians.

Before ending the tour and returning to Athens, we will visit the ancient Greek port of Cenchrea (Acts 18:18; Paul’s second missionary journey), and the ruin of the early Christian 5th Century Basilica.
Overnight: Athens; breakfast

Friday, 8/29: Athens – Thessaloniki City Tour
After breakfast, journey to Thessaloniki, the city of Thessalonica where Paul preached the gospel in the second and third missionary journeys. For the early Christians of this city he wrote epistles to the Thessalonians. We will visit the Cathedral of St. Demetrius, the Protector Saint of the city, the Agora, the Church of Saint Sofia, the White Tower, and the Byzantine fortress of the city, the triumphal Arch of Galerius starting at the Via Egnatia, once a strategic artery of the Roman Empire.
Overnight: Thessaloniki; Breakfast/dinner

Saturday, 8/30: Thessaloniki – Philippi – Kavala
Breakfast and travel to Philippi, the town where Paul delivered his first sermon in Europe, sowing the seeds of Christianity. (Acts 16:11-12) “And from there (He went) to Philippi, which is the leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman Colony. We remained in this city some days…” (Acts 16:11-12). Paul arrived here with Silas and Luke on the winter of AD 49-50. There the first Christian baptism was performed, of a woman named Lydia. Although they were prosecuted and arrested, they received God’s help to escape from prison (Acts 16:25-26) where there was the conversion of the jailer (Acts 16:31). We will visit the Roman Theatre, probable site of the prison where Paul and Silas were arrested. We will continue towards the city of Kavala, the ancient city of Neapolis (Acts 16:11) where Paul landed with his disciples, Timothy and Silas. It was later renamed Christoupolis, meaning city of Christ, because it was the first European city to accept Christianity. We will visit the Roman Aqueduct and the ruins of the Acropolis.
Overnight: Thessaloniki; Breakfast/dinner

Sunday, 8/31: Thessaloniki – Athens
Breakfast and back to Athens. Afternoon at leisure.
Overnight: Athens; breakfast

Monday, 9/1: Private transfer from hotel to Piraeus port, based on 1 piece of luggage per person. End of services.

Athens Pre-Trip Rate per person based on double occupancy $1560.00

Package includes:
3 nights accommodation in Athens on BB basis
Private transfer from Athens International Airport to Athens city center hotel
Private full day tour of Athens and Ancient Corinth including professional English-speaking guide
Private 49-seater bus (8 hrs max) ending back at the hotel
Entrance fees, Acropolis, Corinth
Private 3 Day/2 night tour to Thessaloniki – Philippi – Kavala including:
Professional English-speaking guide for the whole tour
Private 49-seater bus
2 nights hotel accommodation in Thessaloniki on HB basis (dinner)(beverages excluded)
Entrance fees at the sites mentioned
Private transfer from Athens hotel to Piraeus port for embarkation to their cruise
All transfers and tours with modern A/C bus
Services of English-speaking escort for all transfers
One small bottle of mineral water per person per day

Royal Caribbean “Voyager of the Seas”

Cabin Prices (double occupancy, vary by stateroom):

Interior – $1484.00 per person
Ocean View – $2818.00 per person

*Private Tours and Excursions: Our group has scheduled private tours for 9/3 (Ephesus, +$177) and 9/7 (Pompeii/Herculaneum, included in Rome tour price below). You can also book tours off the ship on the other days at your own expense, or book a private tour separately with a small/large group (to be discussed).

Dinner: We have booked the early dinner (5:30-6:30pm) to allow for you to watch the shows, etc. If you stay later in port, dinner will be on your own, or at the cruise buffet later.

Monday, 9/8: Arrive in Rome
Private transfer from Civitavecchia port to hotel with assistance, based on 1 piece of luggage per person.

Half-day private tour of ancient Rome including the Colosseum, Forum and Trevi Fountain
Overnight: 3 nights hotel accommodations at Hotel Quirinale 4* in standard double rooms with daily breakfast.

Tuesday, 9/9: Private half-day tour of the Sistine Chapel and Vatican (4 hours)
The tour: Take a journey through Vatican City’s highlights on this guided tour. Explore the Vatican Museums, and see the spectacular Sistine Chapel. This excursion into the Vatican’s legendary art and architecture starts at the Vatican Museums, which house the most important ancient art collection in the world.
Your guide will lead you to the best galleries to see frescoes, statues, tapestries, and historical maps. There, you will also find the Borgia Apartment, La Pinacoteca Vaticana, and the beautiful Vatican Library. Continue to the Sistine Chapel to admire masterpieces by Michelangelo, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, and Perugino – gazing up at Michelangelo’s ceiling is an experience you’ll remember for the rest of your lives.
Includes: private bus and local assistance + entrance fee.

Wednesday, 9/10: Full day tour “In the Footsteps of Saint Paul” – with private bus, local guide + entrance fees to Mamertine Prison (and Abbey of 3 Fountains and Saint Paul outside the walls)
This is a private tour on St. Paul’s life and witness in Rome, you will visit the main sites related to the Saint with the help of a private expert guide and a private driver and in a comfortable air conditioned  car or minivan.

Our tour on the footsteps of St. Paul in Rome aims to show you the most important sites where the Apostle Paul spent time when he was brought to Rome in front of the Emperor Nero on request of St. Paul himself. During the 3 hour- tour you will stop in the Mamertine Prison, an ancient roman prison from the 5 century B.C. used by the Romans to imprison those condemned to death before the final execution. The prison is a very famous place all round the world because the Apostles St. Peter and St. Paul were both prisoned here and they baptized many prisoners, gave them the strength and faith. St. Paul was executed under the Emperor Nero in the 67 A.D. because of the Christian’s persecution.
Go to the Abbey of the 3 Fountains along the Laurentina Road, where St. Paul was martyred, he knelt on his knees and he was beheaded and his head bounced three times on the floor and from the ground three sources gushed out as a miracle. For a long time, people used to collect the water but then this had to be stopped due to pollution.

From the Abbey of the 3 Fontane, you will go to the Vatican Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, where there the tomb of the Saint is located. The Basilica is one of the 7 Basilicas with the privilege of extra-territoriality and it is spectacular. Once inside you will see St. Paul’s tomb.

Thursday, 9/11: Private transfer from hotel to FCO airport, based on 1 piece of luggage per person. End of services.

Private Tours and Rome Post-Trip Package Rate per person based on double occupancy: $1616 (based on <40)< p="">

Package Includes:
Private tour on cruise Day 7 to Pompeii and Herculaneum

Private transfer from Civitavecchia port to hotel with assistance, based on 1 piece of luggage per person.

3 nights hotel accommodations at Hotel Quirinale 4* in standard double rooms with daily breakfast.

Please note that rate includes also 1 dinner compulsory at Hotel Quirinale with 3 course menu and ½ mineral water included.

Private-Half day tour of the Sistine Chapel and Vatican – 4 hours

Full day Tour “In the Footsteps of Saint Paul” with private bus, local guide + entrance fees to Mamertine Prison (and Abbey of 3 Fountains and Saint Paul outside the walls)

Private transfer from hotel to FCO airport, based on 1 piece of luggage per person

**Please note: These are quotes, and reservations have not been made. Hotel is subject to availability at time of booking. The rate is not guaranteed until time of booking.