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Course Dates: May 13, 2024 – July 11, 2024
Travel Dates: May 13 – 26, 2024
Watch this video of Rhodes, which is one of the stops on your program!
“Πάμε Ελλάδα!,” means “Let’s go to Greece!”
Join SPC faculty for an amazing and educational program to Greece.
This program highlights the connection that is kept alive by the Sister Cities agreements that the City of Tarpon Springs holds with various cities/islands in Greece. Students will get to tour some of the Sister Cities such as Kalymnos, Halki, and Symi.
We will walk up the Sacred Way, past the Treasuries, the Temple of Apollo, the Theater of Dionysus, and the Stadium where the Pythian Games were once held.
Explore amazing sites like the Sacred Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael the Panormitis, the medieval site of Chrysocheria Castle and the Monastery at Agios Savva, one of the main monasteries on each of the islands in Greece.
Think you can’t afford to study abroad? Scholarships and other ways to fund your study abroad program are available including a Greece Tarpon Springs Scholarship. Explore scholarship options now.
Available courses – Students must enroll in at least one course from the list below. Note: Please talk to an advisor to ensure you have met all college enrollment requirements AND course prerequisites.
Professor: Basil Moutsatsos
Lead faculty contacts
After you submit the application online, we will review your application and e-mail you with details of scheduling your interview with the Greece program lead faculty, Basil Moutsatsos (727)302-6437.
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