Aegean Aurae · Greece 2026

Where Gods
Walked the
Earth

Athens, Delphi & the Cyclades — the complete cultural companion
for 8 adults, 8 teenagers, and one 110-foot gulet

June 2026 · Mykonos to Mykonos · 8 Islands · 11 Destinations

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Three thousand years ago, these islands were the center of the known world. Gods were born here. Philosophers argued in these squares. Empires made their most important decisions on these hillsides. Marble was pulled from these islands and carved into art that still stops people cold in museums around the world. This is your guide to all of it — the real stories, the mythology, the history, and the facts that will make you see every stone differently.

Delphi ruins
Day Trip from Athens

Delphi & Arachova

The center of the ancient world. Every empire consulted the Oracle here.

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Temple of Poseidon Sounio
Athens · Evening Day 2

Cape Sounio

A temple above the sea for 2,500 years. Byron carved his name into the marble.

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Mykonos windmills
Embarkation + Final Stop

Mykonos, Delos & Rhenia

Where Apollo was born. The trading capital of the ancient world. 10,000 people once lived on a barren rock the size of a town.

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Paros harbor Naousa
First Sailing Stop

Naousa, Paros

The Venus de Milo was carved from this island's marble. So was the Nike of Samothrace.

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Sifnos white village
Second Sailing Stop

Sifnos

Tried to cheat Apollo. Lost everything. Still has the best food in the Cyclades.

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Sarakiniko Milos volcanic landscape
Third + Fourth Stop

Milos & Polyegos

A volcanic island that looks like the moon. The most uninhabited major island in the Aegean next door.

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Greek island cliff village
Weather-Dependent Stop

Antiparos
or Serifos

One has a cave 85m deep. The other is where Perseus grew up and Greece's first workers' revolution was crushed in blood.

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Ermoupoli Syros neoclassical harbor
Sixth Sailing Stop

Syros · Ermoupoli

The 19th century's richest Greek city. They built a replica of La Scala here in 1864.

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