3-Day Trip to Delphi and Meteora from Athens
Athens, Greece
- 3 days (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Group discounts
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
See two of Greece’s most impressive UNESCO World Heritage sites on this 3-day tour of Delphi and Meteora from Athens. First, journey back to ancient Greece on a tour of Delphi. See the Temple of Apollo, visit the archaeological museum, and more. Next, continue to Meteora to admire the dramatic clifftop monasteries. This tour includes accommodation, select meals, and round-trip transport from Athens by air-conditioned coach, making logistics easy.
- This time-saving tour visits two UNESCO-listed marvels in one itinerary
- Enjoy guided tours of the sights, plus free time for independent exploring
- Round-trip coach transit from Athens makes getting there easy
- Hotels, sight entry, select meals and more all included in the cost
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
This Delphi and Meteora tour offers two accommodation options depending on your budget.
What's Included
- Professional English speaking guide
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- 2 nights of accommodation
- Free Wifi in the Amalia hotels and in the coach
- All Fees and Taxes
- Dinner (2)Dinner
- Breakfast (2)Breakfast
- Lunch meals
- Tips
Meeting and Pickup
You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup
Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
Day 1
Athens - Delphi
2 Stops
1
Delphi Archaeological Museum
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
2
Temple of Apollo
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Accommodation: Oernight 4 stars
Meals: Dinner
Day 2
Delphi (free morning) - Kalambaka
1 Stop
1
Delphi Ancient Town
6 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Accommodation: overnight 4 stars
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3
Meteora - Athens
1 Stop
1
Kalambaka
3 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Accommodation: Not included
Meals: Breakfast
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- A dress code is required to enter monasteries. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
- Very important: Children aged 5 to 12 years old must hold passport or ID in order to get the discounted price. Otherwise they will pay entrance ticket to the Archaelogical sites or Museums.
- Your guide will give you your entry tickets to the sites and museums
- Port , airport or private apartment pickup are not available
- From 1/1/2025 Environmental fee 10€ per room per night will be paid at the... EUR 20.00 per booking
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 45 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
3.8
based on 54 reviews
helen_h, Apr 2026
We believed we were on 3 day tour with the same people.We dont usually do tours but thought it would be a nice change to have some travel companions. It was us jumping on the middle of different tours. On the first day we went to Delphi and after check in at the hotel we were on our own for 23 hours until the next day when an existing tour came and picked us up. Luckily we paid for a taxi to be taken to Arachova for the morning which was great. We thought we should have lunch as getting picked up at 1.30 but once picked up we were taken to another spot for an hour lunch. It was disappointing to end up at Kalambaka in time for dinner and then left the next morning. The hotel was on the outside of town so could not look at what was supposedly beautiful town with an old city. Meteora was wonderful the next morning but then just a very long drive back to Athens. The guides were great on both tours. The food at both hotels we stayed in were cold and the rooms extremely warm. Staff however at both were lovely.
Brent_N, Sep 2025
The trip was wonderful! Really interesting, informative, yet relaxed and fun. We learned so much about Greek history, mythology, and culture. And the views and vistas were breathtaking!
Wayne_C, Oct 2024
Visiting the incredible ancient site of Delphi, spending time in quaint but beautiful town of Delphi, staying in the impressively appointed Amalia Hotel and then visiting the truly amazing monasteries of Meteora.
A thoroughly enjoyable, educational experience with friendly bus travellers and well versed, knowledgeable, articulate tour guides.
Thank you
Gary_S, Jun 2024
Wonderful trip to Delphi & the Monasteries. Tour was well organised, Tour guides were very informative. Accommodation was good.
RobertRaj_J, Jun 2024
The 3 days 2 nights trip is a waste of money and times. Will advice people to do a day trip to Delhi and then anor trip to Meteora. The understanding was you will be in the same group with same tour guide but no. You join the delphi day trip then they drop you at hotel in delphi at 2:30 pm. There was just me and an American couple doing this trip. Free and easy and delphi is a pretty small town but enjoyable. Next day join another tour group with anor guide. The whole 2nd day is wasted as you are just heading to town next to Meteora and reach there like 6pm. Designated dinner time so you have no flexibility. Worse thing hotel is like 7 km from town and you need to hire a taxi to town for euro 12 one way. 2nd day was a complete waste of a day !
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Dear Robert,
Thank you for your review.
This tour is relaxable and is clear written at the advertised itinerary that the morning of day 2 is free on your own and afternoon is the departure from Delphi to Kalambaka -Meteora(approx 5 hours driving).
Thank you
Hara
Igor_K, Jun 2024
Very bad trip, spent most time on the bus
The hotel they put you in in Metrora is more like a 2 star hostel - smelly and disgusting. Not much to see in Delphi. Overrated trip not worth your time and money
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Dear Igor,
Hotel Amalia is a 4 star hotel (last new revovation ends on April 2024) with perfect views, large rooms, swimming pool, restaurant with buffet dinner , non smoking so we really don't understand your bad comments.
In you package you visit , enter and guided in the archaelogical site & museum of Delphi on day 1, on day 2 you had free morning to see Delphi on your own (as per advertised itinerary) and then departure for Meteora . on Day 3 you visited Meteora monasteries and returned back to Athens.
In the rate was included all :overnights, dinners, breakfasts , guide, transportation , entrance tickets , luggage service except lunch meals , drinks and tips .
Kind regards
Hara
Gina_G, May 2024
Pros - Great knowledgeable and informative guides - Rose in Delphi and Yiota for Meteora. The bus drivers were very good also. The places we saw were fantastic - archeological site of Delphi, Delphi Museum, the scenery, Thermopylae, Meteora and entrance to two of the monasteries in Meteora. The bus rides were always broken up in segments of 2 hours or less so we had a fair amount of stops.
Neutral - the Amalia Hotels were not necessarily great but had a pool, a bar, lots of lounging areas, etc. The rooms were clean but dated. The food at the restaurant/buffet was just ok - not great. However, we noted that these hotels seem to be where ALL the tour groups went. If you join any bus tour (with any company), this is where you go. The Amalia Hotel in Meteora was just a bit nicer than the one in Delphi.
Cons - The way this tour works, after the visit to the archeological site and museum of Delphi, you have free time from around 2pm on Day 1 to 1:30pm on Day 2. It’s basically a full day in the small town of Delphi. It’s just too much time unless you’re happy to lounge at the pool most of the day. The hotel is also at the edge of town and it takes a few minutes walk up/down hills to get to the center of town. It would have been nice to have a shuttle or another activity or some other option of things to do during this free time.
On Day 2, after being free the whole morning, you are picked up to go to Meteora at 1:30 pm. Unfortunately, we weren’t told that the first stop would be a 1hr lunch at a taverna. It would have been nice to know this ahead of time but our guides changed in Delphi so we don’t know who should have told us. Maybe it should be in the itinerary listed for the trip.
The trip to Meteora was through the mountains and while very scenic, it was long and with so many switchbacks, some got motion sickness. So, be sure to bring medicine.
One of the best things to do in Meteora is to see the sunset. However, this trip gets there around 7pm with the included buffet dinner around 8pm. Sunset was around 8:40pm for us so you won’t see the sunset unless you make your own independent arrangements and perhaps skip the included buffet dinner. The day 3 schedule is tight and you have to be up and on the bus early so perhaps it’s why viewing the sunset late the night prior isn’t included. The pool also closes at 8pm so not much chance to enjoy that either.
All in all, a trip worth doing to see these wonderful places.
Tristan_H, May 2024
We had very mixed feelings about this trip. The monestaries were beautiful and absolutely worth the trip/drive. However our first guide for the Delphi portion was not very pleasant and provided a stilted incomplete history. We also skipped a stop due to poor time management.
We loved the relaxing 24 hour stop in the Amalia hotel in Delphi - but primarily because we were a week + into our trip. It might feel like a waste of time if you don't want to relax.
Our second guide was wonderful and the bus drivers were quite professional. The food was VERY disappointing because the dinner/breakfast you pay for is buffet which is fine but then we stopped for lunch the last two days at places the tour picked and had to pay for restaurants we didn't want to eat at. The lunches were poor quality and overpriced.
Response from Host, May 2024
Dear Tristan,
We are thanking you for your kind review.
Unfortunately the lunch meals always are on the way in local restaurants therefore not included in the package.
Thank you
Hara Kritikidou
Customer Service Manager
Xiao_G, Sep 2022
I paid for an upgrade for first class hotel but I found out that everyone is going to same hotel and there is no upgrade for hotel or rooms. I asked for partial refund for the difference but they're not doing anything. In addition, there is almost no activities on the 2nd day while we were in Delphi, wasted a lot of our time.
Response from Host, Sep 2022
Dear Xiao,
You booked and paid for first class hotels.
You stayed at hotels Amalia Delphi and Kalambaka , both of them first class =4 4stars. The tourist class hotels were hotels Hermes in Delphi and Orfeas in Kalambaka .
As for second day , our advertised program is clear that you have free morning on own in Delphi.
thank you
Hara Kritikidou
Customer Service Manager
Alexander_L, Apr 2022
Both the archeological site of Delphi and Meteora are beautiful and full of history, definitely worth a visit.
LoisC244, May 2019
Our 3-day trip to Delphi and Meteora was unforgettable! We loved the archeological sights in Delphi, the beautiful monasteries and view in Meteora, as well as all the extra details of the trip--nice people on the bus, great and knowledgeable guide, beautiful hotels, fantastic meals--especially the lunch at the seaside in Itea near Delphi!
Response from Host, Jun 2019
Hello from Chat Tours,
Thank you very much for your great review.
You have chosen one of the best tours of our schedule as it combines visits of Delphi and Meteora and leisure time in between .
We will be glad to see you again in Athens and offer you our high-quality services .
Always at your disposa,
Angelina Skyla
Andrea_H, May 2019
Everything was amazing except the Hotel in Meteora was disappointing. The tours were well organized & we had two great guides - Joy in Delphi & Effie in Meteora. Drivers were incredible too, including Nik who stopped the bus to save turtles crossing the road. Hotel in Delphi was good - food good, service was great. Location was wonderful & spectacular views. Hotel in Meteora was disappointing. Wifi was terrible, zero sound buffering in rooms & loud, echoing hallways. Pool closed too early too (8 pm), which didn’t help us as we arrived just past 7 & then dinner was served. Hotel is also outside town, so nothing to do. Sheets are scratchy, as was the toilet paper! However, it seemed all worth it the next day when we went to the monasteries & were blown away by the breathtaking scenery. I would recommend this tour, just don’t have high expectations of the hotels.
Response from Host, Jun 2019
Hello from Chat Tours,
Thank you for your kind words.
We are very glad about your comments for our professional guides and drivers.
As far as the hotel accommodation is concerned , we use Amalia Hotels that are 4-star hotels with all advantages related to them and we do not have regurarly any complaints .
We are looking forward to seeing you in our beautiful city and offer you our high-quality services.
Always at your disposal,
Angelina Skyla.
L8697PJjennifers, Sep 2018
It was a great way to end my 3 week visit to Greece and the islands! I appreciated the constant communication prior to the trip, to help us reconfirm with the local tour operator CHAT Tours, and everything was clear. I was amazed by the beauty of the landscape and mountains throughout this tour, which was unexpected. Our tour guides (one in Delphi and another in Meteora) were fantastic and very knowledgable. I'm not normally one for big group tours, but everything was made easy, and I'm glad I chose the 3 day vs. the 2 day version of this trip, so that we had 24 hours in Delphi to explore additional sites and wander the village, have cappuccinos on patios overlooking the amazing views, and swim in the Amalia Hotel pool. It was well organized and admissions and entries to sites were handled for us. The downside was the long drive home, the volume of tour buses at these sites, and the busy rest stops. These are heavily visited UNESCO Heritage Sites, and I hadn't realized that, or the distances prior to the trip. It would have been handy to have a road map of Greece with me to track the journey and help me remember the little towns we went through.
Gerald C, Sep 2017
Sites and guides were excellent. Food was good. Long bus rides in comfortable buses. On 3 day trip there is too much free time, two day better use of time or four day. Hotels were clean but very hard mattresses. Delphi and Meteora are sites not to be missed.
Gerhard, Aug 2017
To summarize I would say a great tour - but not without flaws. Seating on the bus was somewhat chaotic - especially if you join the bus at the end of the pick up from your hotels - you end up sitting apart from your travel companion without any sympathy from the tour guide - worse was when we were shunted from Chats tours to another tour operator after the Delphi overnight stop - it ended up wasting hours of idleness . The Amalia hotels used on the tour was great - most outstanding was the hotel in Kalambaka as far as standards go but unfortunately very far out of town - impossible to walk to town, so one is very much confined to the hotel grounds. The sights on tour was great : Delphi visit was amazing although too short - great pity that there was no stop at the beautiful town of Arachova - it is a major oversight of the tour organizers to not include a stop-over here. Meteora is mind blowing - a must see for anyone visiting Greece. The tour and route from Delphi to Kalambaka Meteora includes beautiful mountain scenery. The stop at Thermopylae and the statue of Leonidas is very informative thanks to the great tour guide. Even with the flaws I would still recommend this tour with a 5-star rating.
Prudence R, Aug 2017
A very special trip to discover Delphi and Meteora - thoroughly recommend as it takes you into the ancient history of this great country. A really special tour. Walk up to the monasteries as they are absolutely unique.
ac.rg.williams, Aug 2017
This trip was excellent value for money. Whilst we were split across a couple of groups to complete our experience, the times and rendezvous points were made quite clear, and the staff were punctual. So we had two tour guides: the first, Stathos ? created a great narrative, first as we left Athens toward Delphi and then at Delphi itself as we took 'the sacred route' to the temple of Apollo. This gave the information context and sequence. Our second guide, Irini, was also excellent - informative, easy to understand and thorough. The coach travel takes you through some amazing scenery from fantastic mountains to broad plains, allowing comfortable viewing of parts of Greek countryside that might not otherwise be visited, and the sites themselves make an excellent combination. The accommodation was comfortable - with the swimming pools being most welcome - although they were not of the quality advertised, especially with respect to the food which tended more to mass production than a dining experience. Delphi and Meteora are remarkable places visiting with knowledgable guides adds enormously to the experience and this tour is very good value for money.
MS_Z, Nov 2016
Delphi and Meteora are both great locations to visit, and putting them in one trip also limits the time you spend in the bus travelling though the views are amazing on the way. Our guides for both locations were entertaining and knowledgeable. The Amalia hotels where we stayed were also very nice, though the Kalabaka Meteora site was somewhat out of the town proper. On the other hand, we thought that the trip itinerary allocated too much time at Delphi. That portion of the tour was not taxing enough to require a night stop, and the major sights were covered in the walking tour though the guide skipped the Athena Pronaia temple. We felt later that it would have been more efficient to take the 2-day version of this trip far cheaper, too!, since the extra day adds no guided activities.
WILLIAM_M, Oct 2016
Combining 1,2,3 and 4 day tours created problems, different guides, a pack of 48 people trying to follow and hear commentary in museums and churches was totally impossible. The use of headsets would have helped.
The overcrowded bus led to seat battles. Some tour companies use a seat rotation system to overcome impolite clients. This may have helped.
The first guide , a lady , was good, this was before the various groups were combined, the second man whilst funny, always started, before the 48 had assembled. This also included daily instruction in a hotel lobby.
For me , 48 people is far too large for me.
William McBain
Alexios V, Aug 2016
Knowledgable and friendly tourguides take you through tow of the most majestic and inspiring sites of Greece.
JamesF_V, Aug 2016
very nice tour. 3 day tour could just as well have been done in 2 days, Delphi and Meteora were amazing places.
SandyYvette_A, Jul 2016
The 3-Day trip is nicely paced and we have more than enough time to rest and explore both Delphi and Meteora. The guides Vicky and Joy are awesome in sharing the historical facts and we do enjoyed the journey very much.
MarieCharlotte_P, May 2016
Great tour well scheduled with knowledgeable tour guides. Very comfortable and beautiful hotels along the way. The only change I would make to this tour is probably to spend a bit less time in Delphi and more around the Meteora. Otherwise I would definitely recommend this type of tour especially when having a limited time in Greece.
jimjenkins444, Oct 2015
To see Delphi and trhen Meteora is one of those rare sites in the world. The trip to Delphi was very good and the ruins were excellent but the highlight was to see the monasteries at Meteora perched on the very top of the mammoth rocks. Nothing like it. Also, the guide Irene was one of the best we have every had. We would recommend this trip without qualification
Barbara M, Sep 2015
excellent hotel in Delphi but in Kalambaka our room in the Amalia had a non-functioning toilet flush, a sink stopper that once down we couldn't get up, a tv we couldn't figure out , and a door to the patio we couldn't open -- and the food was pretty mediocre.
similarly, our guide at Delphi, Coreena, was outstanding Meteora only ok
buses comfortable
Rafal N, Aug 2015
The trip was quite nice. The hotels we were staying at were quite good, and the tour was conducted in a very relaxed pace that was exactly what I was looking for. Take note that it may not necessarily be conducted with 1 bus. I got dropped off at a hotel in Delphi by on bus that was doing 1 day trip to Delphi, and the next day after lunch I have gotten picked up by the bus doing 4 day trip. That was ok, although it would have been nicer if it has been communicated in the tour description.
Mayuski, Jul 2015
It was a first for us and we enjoyed our trip around Greece. The 1st leg of the tour from Athens to Delphi was a real treat. Our guide Evie was a 'fire-cracker' and made everyone feel welcomed and excited about the trip. Her storytelling and positivity kept us all engaged at all time. On the 2nd leg of our tour we joined a different group. Meteora was also impressive, but it was Delphi that took our breaths away also because you had to climb up the hill in the heat. Both hotels were pleasant and beds were comfortable. The only downside was the food, which was less of a greek buffet and more of a international mix of pastas and meats.
All together it was an interesting experience and one we enjoyed.
Tripti S, Jun 2015
For 6 to 8 hour journey buses r not comfortable. They are either not equipped with washrooms or don't let us use in bus. They are not luxury buses for sure. We were lucky to get good idea on day 1, however day 2 n 3 our guide didn't provide that much information. Also this trip can be done in 2 days if u don't have sufficient time. Delphi and Meteora were really beautiful. Hotels were not that great. Delphi hotel had beautiful view.
JENTARRAR, Jun 2015
Well organized - not rushed - plenty of time to explore on your own.
Hotels were good - the food was very good buffet style.
Evangelos P, Oct 2014
Was disappointed. Not impressed with the way that the tour was conducted, nor the tour guide(s) especially the one to the Meteora. I would not recommend.
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