Greece: The Source is designed as an immersive cultural journey that moves beyond conventional luxury travel. It is not about excess, but access. Not about tourism, but perspective. Through private visits, exceptional hosts, shared meals, and carefully curated experiences, guests encounter Greece as a living force that continues to influence the way we see, create, and move through the world.

Why John Varvatos

For John Varvatos, this journey is more than a return. It is a tracing back to source.

For decades, his work has drawn from a visual language shaped by proportion, structure, sensuality, rebellion, and restraint. Beneath the surface of his design world lies a deeper thread; one that leads back to Greece, where ideals of form, beauty, craft, and human expression first took shape in ways that continue to define the modern imagination.

Hosted by John Varvatos, this journey invites guests into Greece through a uniquely personal and creative lens. It is an experience shaped not only by heritage, but by curiosity, aesthetics, and a desire to understand how the past continues to inform the present.

John Varvatos

Host and creative lens for the journey, bringing a deeply personal exploration of heritage, design, and influence.

Joyce Varvatos

Offering perspective at the intersection of contemporary art, collecting, and creative life.

Dakis Joannou

One of Greece’s most influential contemporary art collectors and patrons, opening a rare view into the worlds of collecting, patronage, and artistic conversation.

Lena Korres

Bringing insight into the relationship between Greek landscape, ritual, botanicals, and modern wellness culture.

Giorgos Korres

Offering a contemporary perspective on Greek apothecary tradition, botanical science, and design-led wellness.

Michalis Pantelidis

Greek designer and textile artist, guiding guests through a rare, hands-on silk atelier experience rooted in craftsmanship, heritage production, and contemporary Greek design.

George Orfanakos

Providing scholarly access and insight into the ancient world through one of the most respected research institutions in Greece.

Mina Stone

Bringing a distinctive perspective on the relationship between food, art, and contemporary Greek hospitality, informed by her work in New York, including her restaurant at MoMA PS1.

Iosif Sikianakis

Offering an insider’s view into Greece’s culinary tradition through market-driven cooking, local ingredients, and the deeply rooted rhythms of regional food culture.

Gregory Pappas

Storyteller and curator of the journey experience, helping bridge people, place, and meaning throughout the program.

Private lunch and collection at the home of Dakis Joannou

An intimate encounter with one of Greece’s most important collectors, offering insight into patronage, taste, and contemporary art.

After-hours visit to the Acropolis Museum

A rare opportunity to experience one of Greece’s most important cultural institutions in a quieter, more intimate setting.

Ancient Agora and Ancient Corinth access with the American School of Classical Studies

A deeper look into classical Athens through scholarship, excavation, and the lived reality of the ancient city with the director of the school and working archaeologists.

Korres and the living landscape

An exploration of Greece’s botanical intelligence, ritual traditions, and contemporary wellness culture through the world of Korres.

Pindus mountain immersion with Lena Korres

A powerful shift in geography and perspective through the landscapes, flora, and cultural traditions of northern Greece.

Hydra by private yacht and visit to the DESTE Slaughterhouse

A day that brings together island light, sea, and contemporary art in one of Greece’s most visually compelling settings.

Craft ateliers and tactile experiences

Selected opportunities to engage with craftsmanship through workshops in silk, mosaic, pottery, and other traditional forms.

Athens

The journey opens in Athens, where antiquity, contemporary culture, art, design, and daily life exist in constant dialogue.

Pindus Mountains & Metsovo

In the mountains of northern Greece, the experience turns inward toward landscape, nature, silence, and local traditions rooted in the rhythms of the land.

Ioannina

A city of layered histories, memory, and cultural convergence, offering a more reflective and textured understanding of Greece.

Athens Riviera

The journey returns south to the sea, where restoration, conversation, and beauty unfold against the coastal edge of Athens.

Hydra

On Hydra, art, architecture, and island life come together in a final chapter defined by light, reflection, and a sense of rare access.

Where You’ll Stay

Accommodations have been selected to reflect the spirit of the journey: elegant, design-conscious, and deeply connected to place.

Guests will stay in carefully chosen properties that bring together comfort, atmosphere, and a strong sense of character — from refined Athens hospitality to the mountain calm of Metsovo and the coastal elegance of the Athens Riviera.

• Reserve Your Place

Athens: The Dolli Hotel

Pindus Mountains:
Grand Forest

Athens Riviera:
One & Only Aesthesis

What’s Included

• Luxury accommodations throughout the journey
• Private ground transportation and all local and domestic travel arrangements
• Private yacht experience to Hydra
• Curated meals and hosted dining experiences
• Museum and site admissions
• Special access visits and private appointments
• Expert guides, scholars, and featured hosts

Everything mentioned on the itinerary is included in the package

• See The Itinerary

Not Included:

International airfare, travel insurance, personal incidentals, and any items not specifically listed in the final program.