We visit Corinth Epidavros, Mycenae, Nafplio as travelers, not as tourists. We get as excited as you to travel, to enjoy the history, culture, scenery.
Schedule is flexible, but most importantly our drivers are seasoned travelers and are dedicated to helping you live the tour of your life, that is suited to your needs and lifestyle, allowing all passengers to enjoy the scenic drive, stopping wherever you desire.
This private tour starts with convenient pickup from your location and then takes you via Corinth Canal to Peloponnese. Drive via the coastal scenic road to Epidavros. Visit Asklepius sanctuary & famous ancient Theater. Continue to Historical town of Nafplion. Have lunch in front water. Next we visit the Acropolis of Mycenae & Agamemnon palace with the famous Lions Gate. Last we visit Ancient Corinth.
You have the options of a full payment at the time of your booking or reserve your tour with a deposit only 50% at a lower rate (than Option/ Full Pay). See additional info
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Your driver provides informative books, map, audio documentary with historical details as you travel
✔ Professional English speaking experienced tour driver throughout the day
✔ Guaranteed to skip the long lines (as Ancient Corinth, Mycenae, Epidavros)
✔ Bottled water
✔ In-vehicle air conditioning
✔ Private Transportation & includes: (Fuels, Toll Roads, Parking Fees)
✖ Entrance Fees to all sites & museums (Corinth -Mycenae-Epidaurus: Winter 16€ Summer 32€ /Up 6y free)
✖ Licensed Archaeologist guide up request (Additional charge https://www.toursbylocals.com)
✖ Gratuities
Pickup Locations
1. Foivos Hotel Athens
2. Alter Athens Hotel
3. Ruby Rooms Athens
4. Zenith Hotel
5. Athens City Plaza
6. Wyndham Athens Residence
7. Apollo Hotel
8. Titania Hotel
9. Athens Zafolia Hotel
10. Philippos Hotel
11. The Editor Athens Hotel
12. Vision Omonia
13. Anixis
14. Crowne Plaza Athens - City Centre, an IHG hotel
15. Novotel Athenes
16. Hotel Tier Collection
17. Hotel Byron
18. Bob W. Eolou Athens
19. Ambrosia Suites
20. Exarchion Hotel
Additional Info: For Private Tours: Traveler pickup/drop off is offered from/to your hotel/apartment in/ from Athens center up to 7 km, at the arranged time of your tour departure or your tour return.
We recommend that the tour starts at 8.00 am or earlier in summer time
If for any reason this is not convenient, you can adjust the time according to your needs.
Additional charge is applicable *15€ per way from longer pickup/drop off locations, more than 7 km from Athens city center.
*Piraeus Port (distance 12km), *Piraeus Cruise Terminal (Distance 13km)
This charge does not Include: **Airport (distance 36km) or **Lavrio Port (distance 75km)
**This is under prior agreement with the agent's office
Itinerary
1
Corinth Canal
Drive from your hotel via Corinth canal to Pelponnese. The marvelous man-made Corinth canal connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas, as well as the Peloponnese peninsula with the central part of Greece.
More than 2500 workers digging 6.400m for twelve years (from 1881 to 1893) Stop for photography, walk across on a pedestrian bridge and admire the canal from 80 m high
Duration: 15 minutes
2
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus 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 perfect ancient Greek theater with regard to acoustics and aesthetics.
Entance fee includes Museum ticket.
Duration: 30 minutes
3
The Temple of Asclepius was a sanctuary in Epidaurus dedicated to Asclepius. It was the main holy site of Asclepius. The sanctuary at Epidaurus was the rival of such major cult sites as the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia and Apollo at Delphi. The temple was built in the early 4th-century BC. If still in use by the 4th-century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian Emperors issued edicts prohibiting non-Christian worship.
Duration: 30 minutes
4
Epidaurus Archaeological Museum
The museum has a substantial collection of inscriptions and Greek and Roman sculptures. The main collection of inscriptions has been housed in the special hall to the northeast of the main building since 1958 as has a storeroom for the sculptures, a pottery room, and a restoration workshop.The museum also displays bronze medical instruments providing an informative insight into medical practice at the sanctuary of Asklepios.
Ticket: Winter 6€ / Summer 12€. Under 19 y free./ Over 65 y. reduced
Duration: 15 minutes
5
Nafplio
Nafplio is a historical coastal town in the Peloponnese 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 the most picturesque town in mainland of Greece
Duration: 30 minutes
6
Citadel and Treasury of Atreus
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb is a large tholos constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons, with approximate dimensions 8.3 x 5.2 x 1.2m the largest in the world. The tomb was used for an unknown period. Mentioned by Pausanias, it was still visible in 1879 when the German amateur archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the shaft graves under the 'agora' in the Acropolis at Mycenae. The tomb has probably no relationship with either Atreus or Agamemnon, as archaeologists believe that the sovereign buried there ruled at an earlier date than the two, but it was named thus by Heinrich Schliemann.
The grave is in the style of the other tholoi of Mycenaean Greece, of which there are nine in total around. However, in its monumental shape and grandeur it is one of the most impressive monuments surviving from the Mycenaean period.
Combined Ticket ( Tomb & Site/ museum): Winter 6€ /Summer 12€. Under 6 y. free / Over 65 y. reduced
Duration: 15 minutes
7
Archaeological Site Mycenae
The Acropolis of Mycenae, with its strategic position for the control of the Argolid Plain, is the kingdom of the mythical Agamemnon and the most important and richest palatial center of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. Its name was given to one of the greatest civilizations of Greek prehistory, the Mycenaean civilization, while the myths related to its history, its rulers and their family members (such as Klytaimnestra, Ifigeneia, Elektra, Orestes) have inspired poets, writers and artists over many centuries, from the ancient to the contemporary times. Significant stages in monumental architecture are still visible in the property, such as the massive defensive walls, the cor-belled tholos tombs and the Lions Gate.
Duration: 45 minutes
8
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Mycenae
The Museum is built next to the citadel at Mycenae. While the most important Mycenaean artifacts are exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, a variety of other objects unearthed in the vicinity are exhibited in its three halls. It provides context to the excavations and it is easily visited after a tour of the archaeological site
Entrance fee: Same ticket.
Duration: 30 minutes
9
Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos)
Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC. The Romans demolished Corinth in 146 BC, built a new city in its place in 44 BC, and later made it the provincial capital of Greece.
Walking in the remains of the ancient City of Corinth is like to walk back in time. For Christians, Corinth is well known from the two letters of Saint Paul in the New Testament, First and Second Corinthians. Corinth is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as part of the Paul the Apostle's missionary travels.
Combined ticket 8€ for summer or 4€ for winter / kids up to 6 free - up to 25 half price (museum included in ticket)
Duration: 30 minutes
10
Archaeological Museum of Corinth
Visit Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth. The museum was built in 1931/32 by the architect W. Stuart Thompson and was extended in 1950. It contains collections of prehistoric finds, various items ranging from the Geometric to the Hellenistic period, Roman and Byzantine finds, excavation finds from the Asklepieion of Corinth, and a collection of sculptures and inscriptions..
Entrance fee: Same Ticket with the site
Duration: 30 minutes
11
Athens
Return to Athens/ your hotel
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• You Have the options of 3 different Vehicles types: Sedan (up to 2 adults + 2 kids - up to 10 years old free) - Minivan ( from 1 to 7 persons - 2 kids/ up to 10 years old free ) - Minibus ( from 1 to 14 persons - 2 kids/ up to 10 years old free). Price varies by Group Size or Vehicle type.
• The driver is not a licensed tour guide to accompany you on your walk inside any site or museum. If you require an archaeologist guide to tour the sites with you, you need to hire one additionally. Your driver provides informative documentary & historical details as you travel.
• Your tour is private & flexible and available from/ to Athens or from/ to Nafplio. However we only request to have in mind the agreement hours. But if you like to extend it, please make a fair arrangement with your tour driver/ leader. Additional charge per hour is 30€ (Sedan) - 45€ (Minivan) - 60€ (Minibus).
