Homecoming Journeys is a travel initiative of the Greek America Foundation, offering carefully curated experiences in Greece that connect people more deeply to the country’s culture, history, food, landscapes, traditions, and people.
Each journey is designed around a specific theme or host, creating a more personal and intimate way to experience Greece. Some journeys may focus on food and local producers. Others may explore wellness, history, art, heritage, nature, or contemporary Greek life. What they share is a commitment to access, authenticity, and storytelling, bringing participants into contact with Greece that exists beyond standard tourism.
Through shared meals, local encounters, meaningful conversations, and thoughtfully planned experiences, Homecoming Journeys invites participants to see Greece not only as a destination, but as a living culture. These journeys are created for people who want to experience Greece with greater depth, purpose, and connection.
Why this project?
From Gregory C. Pappas, President & Founder
Homecoming Journeys brings people closer to the culture, places, people, and values that inspire the Greek America Foundation’s programs. Through meaningful travel, we create opportunities for deeper connection to heritage, to community, and to the living spirit of Greece today. These journeys are another way we share Hellenic culture: not from a distance, but through lived experience.
Current Journeys
Our first Homecoming Journeys are now open for booking through WeTravel. Each experience is intimate, carefully curated, and designed to bring travelers into deeper contact with Greece through food, culture, place, movement, memory, and meaningful connection.
CorePower Yoga Mykonos Yoga & Wellness Retreat
Mykonos, Greece
September 14-20, 2026
A week of light, balance, and effortless beauty in the heart of the Cyclades, led by CorePower instructors Beth O’Reilly and Dave Porter and created through Homecoming Journeys by the Greek America Foundation.
Highlights include daily yoga, a luxury private villa stay in Mykonos, private chef cooking experiences, a Delos excursion, a catamaran cruise with lunch, curated meals, meaningful downtime, and seamless logistics.
Mina Stone’s Culinary Journey to Western Crete
Athens & Chania, Crete
October 18-25, 2026
A high-touch culinary journey through Athens and Western Crete with chef, author, and culinary voice Mina Stone, created around food, memory, local producers, cooking, olive oil, Chania, and the living culture of Crete.
This journey blends unforgettable meals, hands-on culinary experiences, local access, cultural depth, and the Greek America Foundation’s trusted presence on the ground.