Program Outline
Empiria Learning provides comprehensive and interactive programs for junior high and high school educational trips to Greece.
We create customized, immersive programs in collaboration with the particular needs and desires of teachers, students, and schools. As your guides and chaperones, we offer our years of experience as educators and tutors, and deliver on original in-country partnerships.
Our experience and contacts throughout Greece in cultural, educational, and political organizations and bodies help you create unique programs that inspire students and cultivate analytical thinking, confidence, leadership, and collaborative learning skills.
Our experience and contacts throughout Greece in cultural, educational, and political organizations and bodies help you create unique programs that inspire students and cultivate analytical thinking, confidence, leadership, and collaborative learning skills.
Your Guides
Dr. Nikos Michailidis
Dr. Nikos Michailidis completed his PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University, and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Boğaziçi University in Turkey, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Panteion University in Greece. He has years of experience as a professor at Princeton University and the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and is a dedicated educator and mentor. His particular interests and skills are in speech-writing, political analysis, Greek philosophy, and ethnography. Dr. Michailidis has contributed think-pieces to the biggest newspapers in Greece and has also been a political pundit on news programs in Greece.
Dr. Vicky Hioureas
Dr. Vicky Hioureas completed her PhD in History from Princeton University, and holds Master’s degrees in Classics and Late Antique and Byzantine Studies from the University of California, Irvine and King’s College London, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. Classical literature, philosophy, history, and argumentation are some of her greatest interests, and she enjoys sharing this passion with her students.
Your Guides
Dr. Nikos Michailidis
Dr. Nikos Michailidis completed his PhD in Anthropology from Princeton University, and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from Boğaziçi University in Turkey, and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Panteion University in Greece. He has years of experience as a professor at Princeton University and the University of Missouri, St. Louis, and is a dedicated educator and mentor. His particular interests and skills are in speech-writing, political analysis, Greek philosophy, and ethnography. Dr. Michailidis has contributed think-pieces to the biggest newspapers in Greece and has also been a political pundit on news programs in Greece.
Dr. Vicky Hioureas
Dr. Vicky Hioureas completed her PhD in History from Princeton University, and holds Master’s degrees in Classics and Late Antique and Byzantine Studies from the University of California, Irvine and King’s College London, and a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California, Los Angeles. Classical literature, philosophy, history, and argumentation are some of her greatest interests, and she enjoys sharing this passion with her students.
Testimonials
Sample Itinerary
DAY 1
Arrival at Athens International Airport.
Bus transfer to Old Epidaurus (2-hour drive).
Check-in at hotel and dinner (depending on time of arrival).
DAY 2
Breakfast at the hotel.
Board the bus and drive to Epidaurus (30-minute drive) for our first guided visit. After this visit, we will proceed to Ancient Mycenae (45-minute drive) for our next guided visit.
Drive to Nafplio (25-minute drive) for lunch and free time.
Drive back to Old Epidaurus (45-minute drive) for free time at the beach and dinner. There is a possibility of attending a theatrical performance at the ancient theater, depending on the program (TBD).
DAY 3
Breakfast at the hotel. Check-out from the hotel and drive to Athens (2-hour drive).
Drop off luggage at the hotel and proceed with our guided visits at the Parthenon, the Theater of Dionysus, and the Museum of the Acropolis.
Lunch.
Check-in at the hotel, free time, followed by dinner.
The summer program in Greece had an incalculable impact on Tristan. He returned home more mature, independent, and sociable—he made deep friendships with his classmates and has really come out of his shell
Christina, mother of student