2-days Argolis And Olympia Private Tour From Athens

Day 1

1. 1

   Corinth Canal

   Our first stop is Corinth Canal.This Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island.

   20 min
2. 2

   Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos)

   Corinth was a city-state on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.

   35 minAdmission not included
3. 3

   Archaeological Site Mycenae

   Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece.In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia.

   35 minAdmission not included
4. 4

   Stop 4

   Akronafplia is a rocky peninsula on a small hilland its located in the city of Nafplio.It use to be a very important fortress made by Venetians but occupied by various conquerors over time .From there we will enjoy the breathtaking view to nafplio city and the sea.

   10 min
5. 5

   Nafplio

   Nafplio is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was an important seaport held under a succession of royal houses in the Middle Ages as part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplia, held initially by the de la Roche following the Fourth Crusade before coming under the Republic of Venice and, lastly, the Ottoman Empire. The town was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. Nafplio is now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis.

   35 min
6. 6

   The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus

   The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a part of archaeological site of Epidaurous and is located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius. It is built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern Lygourio, and belongs to the Epidaurus Municipality. It is considered to be the most important ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics.

   30 minAdmission not included

Day 2

1. 7

   Archaeological Site of Olympia

   In the morning after our breakfast we will visit the archaeological sites and the museum of ancient Olympia, the birthplace of Olympic Games.You will see the ancient stadium that hosted the Olympic Games every four years from 776 b.c to 393 a.c,the Palaistra, where the athletes used to train for the wrestling events. Furthermore, you will visit the ruins of the temple of Zeus, where the statue of Olympian Zeus, one of the seven wonders of the world. In the end, you will see the workshop of Phedias, the great sculptor and architect who artworked some of the greatest statues of his time.Some of them are the goddess Athena Parthenos, Athena Promahos and Olympian Zeus. Early in the evening we will return to Athens.

   120 minAdmission not included
2. 8

   Archimedes Museum

   You will explore a lot of Archimedes inventions which changed the ancient History.

   15 minAdmission not included