Los Angeles Times

Yoga and service

- — Anne Harnagel

Interested in doing for others as well as for yourself? Perillo’s Learning Journeys’ wellness vacations combine travel with yoga, cultural immersion and community service projects. Its nine-day tour of Greece (Costa Rica, Hawaii and India are other wellness destinatio­ns) begins in Athens with yoga classes, a half-day city tour and an excursion to Cape Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon. Three days on the island of Santorini are filled with yoga and meditation, a catamaran excursion to the Santorini caldera, created by an ancient volcano, and a Greek dance lesson. On Crete, participan­ts will paint, work in the gardens or assist as needed at Angel’s House, which aids abused women, orphans and the homeless. Other highlights on Crete include a visit to the Knossos archaeolog­ical site, home to legendary King Minos, and a traditiona­l Greek cooking lesson.

Dates: April 18-26, May 9-17, June 27-July 5, Oct. 3-11, 2015.

Price: From $2,850 per person, double occupancy; single supplement available. Includes accommodat­ions for two nights in Athens and three nights each on Santorini and Crete; all breakfasts and dinners, health and wellness manager, daily yoga and meditation, and island transporta­tion. Internatio­nal airfare not included.

Info: Perillo’s Learning Journeys, (888) 884-8259, www.learning journeys.com/wellness/greece.

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