Mount Athos - daily roundtrip

Visit the holy mountain in the Aegean Sea and its beautiful ancient monasteries on board of M/Y Antigoni.

M/Y Antigoni is a comfortable motor yacht built in the traditional style of unsinkable greec fishing boats.The boat has been owned and being operated by the Austrian-born Gisela Giarenis and her husband Jorgos since its construction in 1986.

daily from April to Oktober,
9:00 – 17:30 Uhr

The tour to Mount Athos starts at 9 a.m. at Ormos Panagias, the small port of Agios Nikolaos, Sithonia, Chalkidike, Greece.

Ormos: http://www.halkidiki.com/agios-nikolaos/ormos.htm
Agios Nikolaos: http://www.halkidiki.com/agios-nikolaos/index.htm

During the first three hours of a wonderful journey alongside the Sithonia peninsula and her romantic shores, dolphins frequently escort M/Y Antigoni. Mount Athos is coming closer and his 2033 meters (approximately 6500 feet) become more and more impressive.

When arriving near the south end of the peninsula, Antigoni turns back north and passes closely by the following eight (out of a total of twenty) monasteries:
Agios Pavlos (St. Paul), Dionysos, Gregorios, Simon Petras, Xiropotamos, Panteleimon, Xenophon und Dochiaros.

http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/C2.A.html
http://www.macedonian-heritage.gr/Athos/monasteries.html

After this, Antigoni stops at the romantic small island of Amouliani, which has been spared from mass tourism, for lunch-break (from 2:30 top 4:00 p.m.). Visitors are invited to refresh themselves at the restaurant at the harbor and enjoy fresh seafood or go for a swim.

The remaining way back lasts 90 minutes. At 5:30 p.m. the excursion ends where it started – in Ormos Panagias.

While the large ferry-boats with hundreds of passengers only take the time to pass by two monasteries closely enough to enjoy, so that they can make two roundtrips per day, you will enjoy that Antigoni stays close to the cost much longer, so that you can see the wonderful architecture and landscape of the spiritual heart of Greek orthodoxy much better.
Instead of stopping in Ouranopolis like the large ferryboats do, Antigoni suggests a lunch-break at the romantic island of Amouliani which is spared from mass tourism, as no large ferries can land there.


Price: € 30/Person, children up to 12y: € 15

Because M/Y Antigoni has a maximum authorized capacity of 24 people for its day trips to Mount Athos, RESERVATION is necessary.