DAY 1 (October 27) 
- Travel to Athens from your home city.
- Airfare not included.
DAY 2 (October 28)
- Airport transfers are provided for you if you are arriving October 28th between 10am and 7pm. We will provide busses approximately every two hours as arrivals require. If you need a different time, our staff at the airport will assist you with a taxi. Taxi fares are approximately 40 Euros (extra cost).
If you are outside our normal arrival times, we will be happy to arrange for a private taxi/driver to meet you at the airport and bring you to the hotel. The rate for the private taxi and driver is 60 Eurors per taxi.
- Staff introductions and orientation. Beverages and hors-d'oeuvres served.
DAY 3 (October 29)
- 7:30 am. The day begins with an early morning 30-minute run followed by a buffet breakfast (included).
- Morning: leave for the town of Marathon where we will view the start of the marathon and the earth mound tomb of the Fallen Athenians located on the Marathon battlefield. Then we will drive on the course for a firsthand preview.
- Lunch on your own in one of the sidewalk cafes in the Plaka. Our guide will escort you.
- Shopping opportunity in the Plaka. Option: Marathon Expo.
- 5:00 pm. Return to our hotel.
- Evening free.
DAY 4 (October 30)
- Buffet breakfast, but no early run.
- 8:30 am: City tour of Athens and the Acropolis.
- Lunch on your own.
- Race number distribution and orientation.
- 6:00 p.m. Pasta Dinner at the hotel.
DAY 5 (October 31)
- RACE DAY!
- After a light breakfast (included), we'll leave for the starting line in plush, chartered buses. All the pre-race details are taken care of so you can save your energy to run the Marathon, not use it up getting there! We depart from the hotel at 7:00 AM.
- The Marathon starts at 9:00 am. May the spirit of Pheidippides run with you.
- Fruit and high-energy snacks for everyone on the bus, at the half way point and at the finish line.
- After the race, we'll enjoy a gala awards banquet and party at the hotel. A local D. J. and Greek folk dancers will be on hand to set the tone.
DAY 6 (November 1)
- Sleep late and enjoy a lazy morning. Buffet breakfast (included) at the hotel.
- 10:30 am: Late morning we will visit the Ancient Agora of Athens (next to the Acropolis). We will see the Theseion, the best preserved building of ancient Athens and the Agora Museum.
- Lunch on your own at one of the Plaka sidewalk cafes.
- 5:00 pm Return to the hotel
- Free evening to relax, or perhaps enjoy a stroll on the beach.
DAY 7 (November 2)
- Departure from Athens.
- Departure transfers are also provided from 3:30am until 12pm on Nov. 2nd and 3rd.)
We will provide busses approximately every two hours as departures require. If you need a different time, our staff at the hotel will assist you with a taxi. Taxi fares are approximately 40 Euros (extra cost).
Price:Runner: $2,800.00- Includes $1,000 donation to AHEPA
Spectator: $1,950.00- Includes $150.00 donation to AHEPA
(Per person, double occupancy. Single supplement $240.00)
Airfare is not included.
Additional Race Support
All of our packages include; race entry fee and processing, race number and goodie bag distribution at our hotel, our own sweep vehicles, our own support station at the half, additional snacks and refreshments at the half and the finish and runner tracking from the start to the finish.
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