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Private Tour of Isthmus Canal, Ancient Corinth & Mycenae From Athens 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$559.20
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
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Overview
The Corinth Canal and ancient sites of Corinth and Mycenae offer a fascinating journey through Greece's rich history. This private tour combines stunning landscapes with significant archaeological wonders for an unforgettable experience.
- 🚗 Pickup from your chosen hotel, Airbnb, or apartment in Athens for your convenience.
- 🌉 Visit the Corinth Canal, a 19th-century engineering marvel that revolutionized Mediterranean trade.
- 🏰 Explore Acrocorinth, an ancient citadel featuring impressive gates and the remains of churches and mosques.
- 🏞️ Enjoy breathtaking views of the Geraneia Mountain and the Corinthian Gulf from the citadel's heights.
- 🏺 Discover the ruins of Ancient Corinth, including the Temple of Apollo, one of the earliest Doric temples in Greece.
- 🕌 Admire the Agora, where Apostle Paul preached, and see the ancient theatre and odeon in the archaeological site.
- 🍽️ Treat yourself to a "village style" lunch on a terrace overlooking the archaeological site and Temple of Apollo.
- ⚱️ Visit Mycenae, the legendary kingdom of Agamemnon, including the Lion Gate and the impressive Cyclopean Walls.
- 🛕 Explore the Treasury of Atreus and the Tomb of Clytemnestra, iconic tholos tombs from the Bronze Age.
- 🚍 Enjoy transportation in a private first-class vehicle with a fluent English-speaking driver and WiFi on board.
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Pickup from Athens & Piraeus
Private tour: Price per group
Pickup included
Private tour: Price per group
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
- Fluent English speaking and multi-lingual drivers
- Transportation by private first class vehicle
- Hotel/Port pick-up and drop-off service
- Bottled water & refreshing wipes
- Fully Private Tour
- Professional Tour Drivers with in-depth knowledge of Greek history
- WiFi on board
- Skip-the-line ticket service (on-request)
- Licensed tour guide to accompany guests into the site and museum (additional cost on request)
- Tips & Gratuities
- Airport pick-up and drop-off (additional cost)
- Food and drinks
- Entrance fees to the sites
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AthensPickup from your chosen Hotel, Airbnb or apartment in Athens
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Corinth CanalVisit the Isthmus Canal, one of the most important projects and 19th century engineering masterpieces, playing a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade. Visit Ancient Diolkos, a paved trackway in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth.
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AcrocorinthVisit Acrocorinth, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth. It is one of the most impressive and dominant acropoleis of the Peloponnese. Gates: A system of 3 circuit walls reinforced by towers. Keep Temple of Aphrodite: On the highest of the two picks of the mountain are traces of the temple of Aphrodite on the site. Frankish Tower: At the SW edge of the precipitous rock fortified during Frankish times forming the inner keep of the fortress. Remains of churches, mosques, houses, fountains and cisterns are preserved here.
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Peirene Spring: Located within the encircling walls, a gift of Asopus to Sisyphus.
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Views of Geraneia Mountain: Enjoying breathtaking views of the Corinthian gulf and the SW coast of the Peloponnese.
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Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos)Hadgimoustafa spring: a fountain built during the Ottoman empire. Ancient Corinth Archaeological Museum: Housing a large collection of artifacts from the local site and from smaller sites in the neighboring area. Temple of Apollo: One of the earliest Doric temples in the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland with monolithic columns, rare in the ancient world, built around 560 BCE. Agora: A rectangular construction 160 m long and 70 m wide, consisting of central shops, small temples and altar and the renowned podium or Bema from where Apostle Paul addressed the Corinthians in 52 AD. Roman buildings. Bema or Pedestal Theatre and Odeon/Asklepieion Lechaion road: Facing the Corinthian gulf leading to the port of Lechaion. St. Paul's church: Admiring a magnificent mosaic mural depicting Saul's vision from Christ as he was travelling to Damascus to persecute the Christians. Treat yourself to an authentic "village style" lunch on a magnificent terrace overlooking ancient Corinth's archaeological site and the temple of Apollo.
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CorinthStroll amongst the village shops where you can treat yourself and buy handmade souvenirs for your family and friends.
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MycenaeDrive to Mycenae.
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Archaeological Site MycenaeRich in gold! King Agamemnon's mythical kingdom sung in Homer's epics. It is the most important and richest center of the late Bronze Age. Grave Circles A and B: Royal cemeteries situated to the south of the Lion Gate and outside the Bronze Age citadel. The Cyclopean Walls: The main characteristic of the Mycenean walls is that they are made of huge limestone boulders. Only the mythical Cyclopes had the strength to move the enormous boulders that made up the walls of Mycenae and Tiryns. The Royal Palace: Consisting of domestic apartments, the Throne Room Suite, the Grand Staircase, a collection of rooms for officers or palace officials and the Forecourt.
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Lion GateThe Lions Gate: The main entrance of the Bronze age citadel of Mycenae erected during the 13th century BC.
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Citadel and Treasury of AtreusThe Treasury of Atreus: A large tholos or beehive tomb constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. Tomb of Clytemnestra: A Mycenean tholos type tomb built in 1250 BC named after Clytemnestra the wife of king Agamemnon and leader of the Greeks in Trojan war.
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Archaeological Museum of Ancient MycenaeThe Mycenean Archaeological Museum: The most important Mycenean artifacts are exhibited here. You will be dazzled by the gold grave goods, burial masks, jewellery, weapons, worship idols and frescoes.
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AthensReturn to your chosen Hotel, Airbnb or apartment in Athens
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Private Tour of Isthmus Canal, Ancient Corinth & Mycenae From Athens 20% OFF
Athens, Greece, Europe
$559.20
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
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!