Christian Guides, Top-Tier River Ship, Private Buses, and Daily Mass
Fr. Julian Cardona, Jim Gecsei, and a Christian guide will meet your party at the airport and accompany you every step of the way as you explore the footsteps of St. Paul, including stops in Athens, Corinth, Philippi, Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini, and more!
Land and Air from Knoxville $5220.00
Land Only $3695.00
Single Room Supplement $1095.00
Footsteps of St. Paul Pilgrimage to Greece with Jim Gecsei and Fr. Julian Cardona
September 23 – October 4, 2025
Tour Code: 25MI09GRJG
Included on Your Trip
YOUR COMPREHENSIVE TOUR INCLUDES
• Roundtrip airfare from Knoxville to Thessaloniki x Athens to Knoxville (Group rates will be confirmed in November 2024)
• Airline surcharges, fuel, and Airport taxes are subject to change until the time of ticketing
• First-class hotels for 6 nights
• Service charges and hotel taxes
• Open hot buffet breakfast daily
• 4 hotel dinners (standard 3-course menu; beverages may be purchased at an additional cost)
• All meals on the cruise (breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight buffet)
• All beverages on the ship, including beer and wine, during lunch and dinner
• Farewell dinner in an Athenian restaurant accompanied by wine
• All transfers with a private A/C motor coach as per itinerary
• Professional English-speaking Christian tour guide throughout (on the land portion only)
• Entrance fees are included to sites specifically listed (outside view means no entrance is included)
• 2 Shore excursions for Patmos and Ephesus (Private for groups of 30 or more only)
• Outside cabins XC and XD category
• Port taxes
• Baggage handling for one suitcase per person only included at the hotels
• Parking fees for buses
• Local hotel taxes
• Select International Tours Travel Portfolio
• Confirmation of daily private Mass
• Whisper sets
RATES DO NOT INCLUDE
• Trip Protection and Medical Insurance (highly recommended)
• Tipping /Gratuities for the guide(s), driver, and wait staff (please refer to the suggestions we will provide for you with your final documents) Suggested budget $200- $220.00
• Any items not explicitly mentioned in the listed inclusions
• Beverages at meals unless otherwise noted
• Meals not specifically listed at the end of each day (B. L. D.)
• Church donations (budget $2.00 – $5.00 per Mass)
• Airport transfers for land-only passengers unless at the airport at the same time as the group
• Excess luggage charges
• Personal expenses
• Airline Seat assignments and assistance with flight pre-check-in
• ETIAS European and Israeli Travel Authorization
BAGGAGE CHARGES NOT INCLUDED IN TRIP COST:
• Any airline baggage charges
• Baggage handling at train stations, airports, and hotels in excess of one suitcase per person
• Any charges incurred due to excessive luggage including the cost of an additional baggage vehicle or porterage charges
