Ganymedes

ARGOLIS ONE DAY (Corinth Canal, Mycenae, Nauplion, Epidauros)

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ARGOLIS

ONE DAY

From April to October

Every Tuesday – Wednesday - Thursday & Saturday
November to March every Tuesday & Saturday

Dep. 08.45 – Ret. 19.00 (Lunch included)

Leave by the coastal road along the Saronic Gulf to the Corinth Canal, which connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea, (short stop). Drive to Mycenae, (Acording to legentd, built by Perseas who brought Cyclopes from Asia.) the Homeric city of Atreides, the city "rich in gold" of the ancient poets. Visit the Lion's Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, and the Royal Tombs of Agamemnon the leader of the Greeks during the Troy war. Depart for Nauplion through the fertile plain of Argolis, by the town of Argos, Nauplio a picturesque town nestling at the foot of a cliff crowned by the mighty ramparts of the Palamidi Fortress (short photo stop), leave for Epidauros, to visit the Theatre (4th century B.C.) famous for its astonishing acoustics. Lunch in Mycenae. Return to Athens by the National road connecting Epidauros with Corinth.