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My 3 week holiday is split in to 3 parts. Part 1 – The drive from the UK to Greece (6 days); Part 2 – The holiday in Greece (13 days); Part 3 – The return journey to the UK (5 days).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UK to Greece<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Autobahn in the Austrian mountains at sunset (stock photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Friday 17th May – Cirencester to Antwerp<\/strong>
Departure from work at 17:00.
Ferry – Dover to Calais (P&O Ferries, Pride of Kent). Departure 22:20, arrival in Calais 00:05.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 18th May – Antwerp to Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber<\/strong>
Visit to Schlo\u00df Drachenburg in K\u00f6nigswinter (near Bonn).
Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber is the village where the Vulgarian village scenes in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang were filmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 19th May – Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber to Sindelsdorf<\/strong>
Staying the night with relatives in Southern Bavaria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 20th May – Sindelsdorf to Sterzing (Vipiteno) via Innsbruck<\/strong>
Visit to Ambras Castle in Innsbruck.
Take the Brenner Pass to cross the Alps in to S\u00fcdtirol, a German speaking region in Northern Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 21st May – Sterzing (Vipiteno) to Venice<\/strong>
A day of driving to get to the coast. Staying in Fusina, not far from Venice. If time allows I could get the waterbus in to Venice itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 22nd May – At Sea<\/strong>
Taking the ferry from Venice to Igoumenitsa (Minoan Lines, Cruise Europa). Departure 04:30 am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holiday in Greece<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ermoupoli (\u0395\u03c1\u03bc\u03bf\u03cd\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b7), Syros – one of my destinations during this holiday. Photo from my visit to Syros in 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 23rd May – Arrival in Greece: Igoumenitsa to Potos (\u0397\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1 – \u03a0\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2)<\/strong>
Arrival in Igoumenitsa around 08:00 – arriving in Greece by car for the first time.
Drive to Stavros (East of Thessaloniki), aiming to get there around lunch time. Continue on to Keramoti to get the ferry to Thassos, then drive down to Potos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 24th and Saturday 25th May<\/strong>
Holiday in Potos, Thassos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 26th May – Potos to Porto Rafti (\u03a0\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 – \u03a0\u03cc\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf \u03a1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c4\u03b7)<\/strong>
A fairly long day of driving. Returning to the mainland then driving South until I reach the \u0391\u03c4\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u039f\u03b4\u03cc\u03c2 (Attiki Odos – Athens’ version of the M25), then following signs to Porto Rafti, a sea side town not far from Athens’ Airport and Rafina Port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 27th May – Porto Rafti to Tinos (\u03a0\u03cc\u03c1\u03c4\u03bf \u03a1\u03ac\u03c6\u03c4\u03b7 – \u03a4\u03ae\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2)<\/strong>
Ferry from Rafina to Tinos (Golden Star Ferries, Superferry). Departure 07:55, Arrival 11:35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 28th & Wednesday 29th May<\/strong>
Holiday in Tinos<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 30th May – Tinos to Syros (\u03a4\u03ae\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 – \u03a3\u03cd\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2)<\/strong>
Ferry from Tinos to Syros (Blue Star Ferries, Blue Star Paros). Departure 15:00, Arrival 15:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 31st May & Saturday 1st June<\/strong>
Holiday in Syros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 2nd June – Syros to Glyfada\/Athens (\u03a3\u03cd\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 – \u0393\u03bb\u03c5\u03c6\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1\/\u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1)<\/strong>
Ferry from Syros to Piraeus (Blue Star Ferries, Blue Star Paros). Departure 16:00, Arrival 19:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 3rd June – Glyfada to Lefkada (\u0393\u03bb\u03c5\u03c6\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1 – \u039b\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1)<\/strong>
Take the tram in to Athens in the morning, maybe.
Drive to Lygia in Lefkada, for my final night in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday 4th June – Lefkada to Igoumenitsa (\u039b\u03b5\u03c5\u03ba\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1 – \u0397\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03af\u03c4\u03c3\u03b1)<\/strong>
Morning in Lefkada then drive North to Sivota (Thesprotias), hopefully in time for final beach visit of the holiday. Evening meal in Sivota.
Continue to Igoumenitsa and check-in for the ferry to Venice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 5th June – At Sea<\/strong>
Ferry from Igoumenitsa to Venice (Minoan Lines, Cruise Europa). Departure 01:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Return to the UK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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View of Lake Iseo, Italy, the Alps. My return journey will pass this region of Italy (stock photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 6th June – Venice to Castro<\/strong>
Arriving back in Venice around 1am – Stop in a hotel near the port for a few hours then get on the road after breakfast.
Visit to Parco Sigurt\u00e0, Botanical gardens at Valeggio sul Mincio near Verona.
Continue on to the village of Castro, close to Lake Iseo in Lombardy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 7th June – Castro to Bregenz via Vaduz<\/strong>
Driving from Italy in to Swizerland, and briefly in to Liechtenstein to stop at its capital city, Vaduz. Continuing to Bregenz in Austria at the Eastern end of Lake Constance (Bodensee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 8th June – Bregenz to Boppard-am-Rhein via Stuttgart<\/strong>
Returning to Germany to drive up to the Rheinland, stopping at Stuttgart on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 9th June – Boppard-am-Rhein to Cirencester<\/strong>
A long day of driving through Germany, Belgium, France and the UK to get back to Cirencester by (hopefully) 10pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to Work on Monday…<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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