Destinations · Europe
Greece
Greece lets students read ancient, Byzantine and modern history in a single landscape of islands, mountains and coast. It is a strong fit for courses in history, philosophy, archaeology and cultural studies.
Overview
Greece as a classroom
Greece is where much of Western political thought, philosophy, drama and science took shape, and the sites of that history are still visible in Athens, Delphi and Olympia. Byzantine churches and monasteries, Ottoman-era quarters and a modern republic add further layers. Students learn how archaeology, national identity and tourism interact, and how an economy built on shipping, agriculture and travel responds to crisis. The same landscape is useful for study in geography and the environment.
ARAMFO has run faculty development seminars on the cultural and historical aspects of Italy and Greece from an architecture, art and history perspective, and offers student programs across Greece and the wider Balkans. Every faculty-led course is customized to the professor's syllabus and travel dates.
Good to know
- Language
- Greek; English is widely spoken in tourist areas.
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Best season
- April to June and September to October
- Typical length
- 10-14 days (customizable)
Highlights
What students will see and do
- Acropolis and ParthenonThe fifth-century BCE temple to Athena on the Athenian hilltop is the best-known monument of classical Greece.
- Ancient Agora of AthensThe marketplace and civic center where Athenian democracy and philosophical debate took place.
- DelphiThe UNESCO site on Mount Parnassus was home to the Oracle of Apollo and a center of the ancient Greek world.
- OlympiaThe sanctuary in the western Peloponnese is the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games.
- MeteoraMonasteries built on tall sandstone pillars in central Greece are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
- Crete and KnossosThe Minoan palace site near Heraklion reveals one of Europe's earliest advanced civilizations.
Faculty-led travel courses
Courses that fit Greece
Professors build their own syllabus; ARAMFO arranges the visits that bring it to life.
Art, Architecture & HistoryStudents could study classical architecture, Byzantine art and the conservation of ancient sites in Athens and beyond.
Education & Teacher PreparationA course could examine how Greece teaches its ancient heritage and how museums and archaeological sites serve as classrooms.
Geography & Environmental StudiesStudents could study island and coastal ecosystems, Mediterranean climate, and how tourism and earthquakes affect settlement.
Psychology, Sociology & Social WorkA course could study the origins of democratic and philosophical thought, and modern Greek society, migration and economic recovery.
Programs
ARAMFO programs in Greece
Programs ARAMFO has run or published here. Each can be adapted into a faculty-led travel course for your own students, on your dates.
On the ground
Academic and professional visits
Visits are chosen with the professor to match the course. ARAMFO also arranges flights, housing, meals, local transport, guides and entrance fees.
- Archaeological site tours with archaeologists
- Museum and conservation briefings
- University lectures with Greek faculty
- Visits to local cooperatives, markets and cultural organizations
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