Start exploring Greece summer programs

Dates:

Not confirmed for 2027

Length:

Unknown

Cost:

Contact program for pricing

Location:

Peloponnese, Greece

Grades:

High school students

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Jan 1, 2027

An intensive introduction to Ancient Greek taught on location in Greece's Peloponnese, combining language study with exploration of the region's ancient sites.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,650

Location:

Athens, Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students design an original architectural concept and build a 3D model. Visits to the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center and an urban scavenger hunt through Anafiotika/Plaka. Excursions to Nafplio and the mountain villages of Corinthia.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,500

Location:

Athens, Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students build an art portfolio using traditional (ceramics, fresco) and modern (photography, documentary) mediums. Excursion to Tatoi (former royal estate) and a performance at the Athens Epidaurus Festival.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,750

Location:

Athens, Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Students collaborate on a drama script performed live or on film. Visits to the Ancient Agora and Temple of Poseidon for writing inspiration.

Dates:

Jul 8–28, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$8,800

Location:

Athens, Greece / Rome, Italy

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

Traveling program across two capitals. Students collaborate on a drama script performed live or on film. Visits the Acropolis, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Villa Borghese (Character Creation Workshop), and Cinecittà World film studio. Excursions to Nafplio and Florence. Only the Academic Merit Award scholarship applies - the need-based Global Navigator Scholarship is NOT available.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 16–Jul 28, 2027 (3 weeks options)

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$6,700

Location:

Athens, Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Deadline:

Jan 20, 2027

12 hours of service-learning: coastal dune restoration work with local NGOs on Aegina island. Water quality assessment, snorkeling, and tide pool exploration. Excursions to Cape Sounion (Temple of Poseidon) and Vouliagmeni Beach.

Dates:

Jul 11–25, 2027

Length:

2 weeks

Cost:

$5,500

Location:

Athens and Nafplio, Greece

Grades:

All high school grade levels, including graduating seniors

Format:

Residential

Deadline:

Priority Mar 1, 2027

A two-week introduction to Ancient Greek for high schoolers, from complete beginners to experienced students, with a week in Athens and a week in Nafplio, reading Homer, Plato and later texts and visiting Corinth, Epidaurus and Delphi, alongside modern Greek food, music and dance.

Dates:

Jul 22–29, 2027

Length:

8 days

Cost:

$3,415–$3,795

Location:

Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential

8-day island-hopping trip through Athens, Paros, and Santorini. Students visit the Acropolis, take a ferry between the islands, join a cooking class, and spend time on the water, including a boat tour around Paros.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 16–Aug 5, 2027 (9 days options)

Length:

9 days

Cost:

$3,495

Location:

Kefalonia Island & Athens

Ages:

14-18 (completed grades 8–12)

Format:

Group Housing

~20 hours of hands-on loggerhead sea turtle conservation fieldwork in partnership with Wildlife Sense (a Mediterranean Action Plan-recognized research organization): dawn nesting-beach surveys, harbor turtle monitoring, seagrass habitat snorkel mapping, and beach cleanups. Since 2018, Rustic Pathways students have helped protect 340+ loggerhead nests. Includes a full-day boat tour and a Cave of Melissani visit. Max 20 students; domestic Athens-Kefalonia flight included in tuition.

Dates:

9 sessions between Jun 27–Aug 12, 2027 (10 days and 12 days options)

Length:

10 days–12 days

Cost:

$5,299–$5,999

Location:

Greece (Athens, Naxos & Santorini)

Grades:

7–12 (varies by track)

Format:

Residential

Small-group Greek islands trip through Athens, Naxos, and Santorini. Students scuba and snorkel, sea kayak, and take a Greek cooking class.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 14–Jul 24, 2027 (12 days options)

Length:

12 days

Cost:

$5,999–$6,199

Location:

Greece

Ages:

14-18 (completed grades 8–11)

Format:

Residential

12-day residential program in Greece. Students spend the session on one itinerary, traveling with the group.

Dates:

June 16 - July 1, 2027 (single session)

Length:

16 days

Cost:

$7,750

Location:

Athens, Lefkada, Kefalonia

Grades:

Completing grades 9-12

Format:

Group Housing

Coastal conservation in Greece. Participants bring their own snorkel gear. Tents hold 2 to 4 students. 20 to 30 service hours.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 4–Jul 26, 2027 (17 days options)

Length:

17 days

Cost:

$7,495

Location:

Albania, Montenegro, Greece

Grades:

11th-12th grade

Format:

Residential

Multi-country Balkan/Mediterranean adventure trip.

Dates:

3 sessions between Jun 27–Jul 25, 2027 (17 days options)

Length:

17 days

Cost:

$8,290

Location:

Greece, Italy

Grades:

7-8 (Completed)

Format:

Residential

Middle school trip through Greece and Italy. Students visit Corinth, Kefalonia, and Athens, then Rome and a family farm in the Italian countryside.

Dates:

June 30 - July 17, 2027

Length:

18 days

Cost:

$9,995–$10,495

Location:

Spain, France, Italy, plus Greece or Croatia

Grades:

High school

Format:

Residential

18-day tour of Spain, France, and Italy.

Dates:

June 13 - July 3, 2027

Length:

3 weeks

Cost:

$7,995

Location:

Greek Isles and Southern Italy

Grades:

9-12, no language prerequisite

Format:

Residential

A 3-week classical-history and archaeology program spanning the Greek Isles and southern Italy, with planned visits (subject to change year to year) to Santorini, Mykonos, Crete, the Ruins of Ephesus, the Amalfi Coast/Positano, and Pompeii. Major class options: Classical History & Archaeology, Fine Art & Drawing, Western Religion & Traditions. Minor options: Western Philosophy, Digital Photography, Mediterranean Cuisine. Academic structure: each student picks a major (meets every weekday morning) and a minor/elective (meets three afternoons a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday), plus weekend day-trips to other cities in the region.

Dates:

Jul 15–24, 2027

Length:

10 days

Cost:

$4,045–$4,495

Location:

Greece

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential

Sea turtle conservation service program in Greece.

Dates:

Jul 22 – Aug 1, 2027

Length:

11 days

Cost:

$5,125–$5,695

Location:

Greece

Grades:

Current grades 7-8

Format:

Residential

Island-hopping itinerary across the Greek islands.

Dates:

6 sessions between Jun 17–Aug 2, 2027 (12 days options)

Length:

12 days

Cost:

$5,395

Location:

Venice, Lake Garda, Jesolo & Verona, Italy; Athens & the Peloponnese, Greece

Ages:

14-18 (completed grades 8–12)

Format:

Group Housing

A six-days-per-country split, joined by food: a Venetian mask-making workshop, Lake Garda's Lazise, an Italian cooking class on the coast at Jesolo, and Verona's Roman Arena, then a flight to Athens for the Acropolis, a Peloponnese day (Corinth Canal, Nafplio, Mycenae), Delphi and the mountain village of Arachova, and a final Athens day of markets, street art, a Greek cooking class and dance lesson.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jul 10–Aug 1, 2027 (13 days and 23 days options)

Length:

13 days–23 days

Cost:

$5,845–$10,495

Location:

Greece and Italy

Grades:

Current grades 7-8

Format:

Residential

Group adventure through Italy and Greece. The 25-day trip adds a Greek Islands finale in Naxos and Santorini.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 28–Aug 3, 2027 (13 days options)

Length:

13 days

Cost:

$5,845–$6,495

Location:

Greece and Italy

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential

Community service combined with time in the Greek islands and Italy.

Dates:

Jul 15–29, 2027

Length:

15 days

Cost:

$6,565–$7,295

Location:

Greece and Portugal

Grades:

Current grades 9-12

Format:

Residential

Two-country combination trip through Greece and Portugal.

Dates:

2 sessions between Jun 24–Jul 24, 2027 (17 days options)

Length:

17 days

Cost:

$8,390

Location:

Italy, Greece

Grades:

9-12 (Completed)

Format:

Residential

History and culture trip through Italy and Greece. Students visit Salerno, Pompeii, Capri, and Rome, then Athens and Nafplio.

Dates:

12 sessions between Jun 21–Aug 9, 2027 (17 days and 25 days options)

Length:

17 days–25 days

Cost:

$7,699–$10,799

Location:

Italy & Greece (Milan, Cinque Terre, Perugia, Athens)

Grades:

7–12 (varies by track)

Format:

Residential

Group adventure through Italy and Greece, from Milan and the Cinque Terre through Perugia to Athens.