Athens Trip Overview
We begin our tour from Athens in the morning via the National Athens-Lamia road, passing the cities of Thebes and Livadia, heading to the mountain of Parnassos. First stop at Arachova, a cosmopolitan village, known for its handicrafts, wine and cheese.Second stop will be Delphi. Delphi, is also known as the center of the world. We will visit the Apollo Temple, the Delphi Archaeological museum, Castalia and the Ancient Theater. After having lunch in Delphi, we will continue to drive for one hour through beautiful and natural scenery, of fields and natural gardens. Taking the Rio Antirio Bridge, which is outside of Patra, we reach Ancient Olympia, where we will stay overnight. The next day we leave the hotel at 9.00am to visit the archeological site of Ancient Olympia and museum spending 2 hours in the area. We will partake in lunch in Ancient Olympia and then we are off to our last stop, before our arrival to Athens, which is the Corinth Canal.
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Duration: 2 days
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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We begin our tour from Athens in the morning via the National Athens-Lamia road, passing the cities of Thebes and Livadia, heading to the mountain of Parnassos. First stop at Arachova, a cosmopolitan village, known for its handicrafts, wine and cheese.Second stop will be Delphi. Delphi, is also known as the center of the world. We will visit the Apollo Temple, the Delphi Archaeological museum, Castalia and the Ancient Theater. After having lunch in Delphi, we will continue to drive for one hour through beautiful and natural scenery, of fields and natural gardens. Taking the Rio Antirio Bridge, which is outside of Patra, we reach Ancient Olympia, where we will stay overnight. The next day we leave the hotel at 9.00am to visit the archeological site of Ancient Olympia and museum spending 2 hours in the area. We will partake in lunch in Ancient Olympia and then we are off to our last stop, before our arrival to Athens, which is the Corinth Canal.
Itinerary
Day 1: Athens-Olympia
Stop At: Arachova, Arachova, Boeotia Region, Central Greece
We begin our tour from Athens in the morning via the National Athens-Lamia road, passing the cities of Thebes and Livadia, heading to mountain Parnassos.
We stop at cosmopolitan Arachova village, known for its handicrafts, wine and cheese
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Delphi, Delphi, Phocis Region, Central Greece
Second stop will be Delphi. Delphi, also known as the center of the world. We will visit the Apollo Temple, the Delphi Archaeological museum, Castalia and the Ancient Theater.Continuing driving for one hour through a beautiful natural scenery, within fields and natural gardens, passing outside Patra, we reach Ancient Olympia.
Duration: 3 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Ancient Olympia
Stop At: Olympia, Olympia, Elis Region, West Greece
Arriving at the hotel, we will overnight in Ancient Olympia, so before that there will be free time, dinner and rest. Next day we leave the hotel at 8.00am to visit the archeological site of Ancient Olympia and museum spending 2 hours in the area.The return to Athens will be around 4.00pm.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea and it cuts through the Isthmus of Corinth, separating the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland. It is 6.4 kilomotres in length and 21.4 meters wide, making the access impossible for modern ships. Currently, it is used mostly as a tourist attraction. The initial idea for constructing the Corinth Canal was tyrant Periander’s in the 7th century BC, who eventually abandoned that project and constructed Diolkos instead, an overland portage road where ships would be able to move overland across the Isthmus of Corinth. The first Governor of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias, revived the idea of the construction of the modern Canal after the formal independence of the country in 1830. The construction begaun in 1880, however, due to financial reasons, the construction was completed in 1893.
Duration: 20 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
