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Kalavryta and Cave of Lakes Full Day Tour
Athens, Greece, Europe
$646
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Overview
A day tour to the Corinth Canal, Mega Spilaio Monastery, Kalavryta, and the Cave of the Lakes offers a unique journey through the diverse beauty of the Peloponnese. Travelers admire the impressive engineering of the Corinth Canal, explore the dramatic cliffside setting and spiritual heritage of Mega Spilaio Monastery, experience the traditional mountain charm and history of Kalavryta, and discover the stunning underground lakes and rock formations inside the Cave of the Lakes. Blending nature, history, culture, and breathtaking scenery, this tour reveals an authentic and less touristy side of Greece.
Why choose Hellenic Private Tours? We offer flexible services tailored to your needs, professional English-speaking drivers, and modern Mercedes sedans, minivans, and minibuses fully licensed for tourist use. With excellent client feedback, dedicated customer support, and experienced licensed tour guides available upon request, we ensure a comfortable and memorable travel experience.
Why choose Hellenic Private Tours? We offer flexible services tailored to your needs, professional English-speaking drivers, and modern Mercedes sedans, minivans, and minibuses fully licensed for tourist use. With excellent client feedback, dedicated customer support, and experienced licensed tour guides available upon request, we ensure a comfortable and memorable travel experience.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Private Tour: 1-3 Guests
Experience the unique Cog Raillway and the sites of Kalavryta in a private tour by a luxurious Mercedes sedan or similar
Private -Luxury -Stressfree
Duration: 12 hours
Bottled Water
Mercedes sedan or similar: 3-passenger seater
Fully air-conditioned
Smoke Free
Pickup included
Experience the unique Cog Raillway and the sites of Kalavryta in a private tour by a luxurious Mercedes sedan or similar
Private -Luxury -Stressfree
Duration: 12 hours
Bottled Water
Mercedes sedan or similar: 3-passenger seater
Fully air-conditioned
Smoke Free
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Athens Hotel/Piraeus Port pickup and drop-off included
- Professional Drivers (Not licensed to accompany you into the sites)
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- WiFi on board
- Bottled water
- Kastria Cave of the Lakes
- Gratuities
- Airport pickup/drop-off on request (additional fee varies by vehicle type)
- Lunch
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Corinth CanalThe Corinth 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. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 kilometers (4 miles) in length and only 21.4 meters (70 ft) wide at its base, making it impassable for most modern ships. Nowadays it has little economic importance and is mainly a tourist attraction. The canal was initially proposed in classical times and a failed effort was made to build it in the 1st century AD. Construction started in 1881 but was hampered by geological and financial problems that bankrupted the original builders. It was completed in 1893 but, due to the canal's narrowness, navigational problems and periodic closures to repair landslides from its steep walls, it failed to attract the level of traffic expected by its operators.
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Mega Spileo MonasteryThe Holy Monastery of Mega Spileo stands 10 km from Kalavryta, on the main road near Zachlorou. Built into a sheer rock face at 924 m, it offers sweeping balcony views. Resembling a fortress, the eight-story complex encircles a cave with the monks’ cells. Tradition says it was founded in 362 AD by brothers Symeon and Theodore after a shepherd girl found a wax-and-mastic icon of the Virgin Mary in the cave, believed to be painted by Apostle Luke. Burned by the Iconomachs in 840, it was rebuilt in 1285 by Emperor Andronikos Palaiologos, yet fires in 1600 and 1934 destroyed its library and relics. Rebuilt again, it was torched by Nazi troops in 1943 after the Kalavryta massacre; twelve monks and staff were killed. Today it endures: a 17th-century church with notable frescoes, mosaics, and a bronze relief door, plus a museum of carved crosses, manuscripts, and Gospels. The monastery celebrates August 15, honoring the Virgin Mary.
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KalavritaKalavryta is a mountainous town on the northern side of Peloponnese. This town has historical importance as one of the cruelest massacres took place there during World War II, when the Nazi troops killed the entire male population. As tradition says, it was also in Kalavryta, at the Monastery of Agia Lavra, where the Greek Revolution against the Ottomans was declared on March 25th, 1821. Holidays in Kalavryta are great for the winter season due to the close ski center that has opened on the slopes of Mount Helmos. At Kalavryta the visitor has the potentiality to stroll around the town, taste its local products and enjoy his lunch or his coffee.
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Kastria Cave of the LakesIn the village Kastria of Achaia lies the famous “Cave of the Lakes”. It is a rare creation of Nature. Apart from its labyrinth of corridors, its mysterious galleries and its strange stalactite formations, the “Cave of the Lakes” has something exclusively unique that does not exist in other well known caves. Inside the cave there is a string of cascading lakes forming three different levels that establish its uniqueness in the world. The cave is an old subterranean river whose explored length is 1980 meters. In winter when the snow melts, the cave is transformed into a subterranean river with natural waterfalls. In the summer months, part of the cave dries up revealing a lace-work of stone-basins and dams of up to 4 m. in height. The rest of the cave retains water permanently throughout the year in 13 picturesque lakes.
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Kalavryta and Cave of Lakes Full Day Tour
Athens, Greece, Europe
$646
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!