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From Thessaloniki: Vergina & Veria Full-Day Tour

4.3 / 5

37 reviews

Activity provider: Key Tours
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    From Thessaloniki: Vergina & Veria Full-Day Tour

    Activity provider: Key Tours

    4.3

    37 reviews

    From US$ 65.16 per person

    Visit the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Macedon at Vergina. Explore the city of Veria, a town well-known for its religious history as St.Paul preached there on his 2nd missionary journey.

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    Duration 9 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Visit the ruins of the first capital of Macedon at Vergina
    • Have the chance to see the inside of a Royal Tomb
    • Follow the most important pilgrim route in Greece
    • Visit the city of Veria where St. Paul preached
    Full description
    Following early morning pick-up from Thessaloniki, enjoy your trip by luxurious air-conditioned bus to the archaeological site of Vergina, best known as the site of Aigai, the first capital of Macedon. Explore the tomb of King Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, protected by Unesco and considered one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century. Our knowledgeable guide will escort you on a journey through the Hellenistic period, visiting the museum, where artifacts of incredible beauty excavated from the archaeological site are on display. After a short coffee break, we will continue our day in Veria, the capital of Imathia municipality, a town well known for its wealthy religious history as St. Paul preached there on his 2nd tour. Admire the interesting Byzantine and Meta-Byzantine churches, stroll around the old quarters among which, the Jewish one and of course taste the local sweet called revani. After our last visiting point and the departure, you will be dropped off at your accommodation at the estimated time of arrival.
    Includes
    • Transportation by luxury bus
    • English-speaking guide throughout the tour
    • Pick-up/drop off service from/to central points in Thessaloniki
    • All taxes
    • Entrance fees (€15 per person, *half price during winter season)
    • Lunch
    • Gratuities (optional)
    • Personal expenses
    Not suitable for
    • Wheelchair users

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    Look for the statue of Eleftherios Venizelos. A representative will be waiting for you, having a list with your name on it.

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    Know before you go

    • The visit to the archaeological site and museum in Vergina is approximately 2 hours
    • The return to Thessaloniki is at around 06:00 PM
    • There will be a lunch break of approximately 2 hours
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    Overall rating

    4.3 /5

    based on 37 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.7/5
    • Transportation
      4.4/5
    • Service
      4.5/5
    • Organization
      4.5/5

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    Excellent well paced tour. Punctual pick up, comfortable journey. Excellent sites. Would definitely recommend. The guide was very clear and knowledgeable about the sites we visited and she spoke lots of languages fluently, she was very easy to understand. Also the lunch stop had good food!

    March 23, 2023

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    Picked up from Galerius Arch by a long hair lady tour-guide from Keytours/Filos Tours at 8.35am. She apologized for the 10 mins late due to another UK couple having problems. We went on 13/5, Friday and there were only 6 of us in the minibus. After some 45 mins, we arrived at Pella Archaeological Museum, paid 8 euros. The visit was nice, however, Vergina (12 euros) was the highlight! In between, we had a one hour lunch break in Vergina and there were some 4 restaurants, reasonably priced! We had 6 days in Thessaloniki and did only one day tour but we felt this tour was really worth it for 7-8 hours of fun.

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    March 23, 2023

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    An extremely well organized trip to Pella and Vergina. Our guide was exceptionally well prepared to inform us about all aspects of life in the Hellenistic period and of ancient Macedonia in particular. Superb museums, and above all Philip the Second's grave. An absolutely memorable experience that will stay with us for many, many years.

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    March 23, 2023

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