Athens Trip Overview
Take this Epidaurus & Mycenae One Day Tour from Athens and explore two Unesco World Heritage sites with a professional guide and optional lunch.
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Duration: 10 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Take this Epidaurus & Mycenae One Day Tour from Athens and explore two Unesco World Heritage sites with a professional guide and optional lunch.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
Depart from Athens via the coastal National highway for the strategically important Corinth canal (short stop).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Archaeological site of Mycenae, Mykines 212 00, Greece
After the Corinth Canal, you enter the region of Argolis, land of Homer’s Golden Mycenae, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Dated back to the 2nd century B.C., Mycenae was one of the major centers of Greek civilization and a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. Avoid and skip the lines of the archaeological site, home to the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon. You will see the Cyclopean Walls, the Lion’s Gate, the Royal Tombs, including Agamemnon Clytemnestra’s, and the Treasury of Atreus, a magnificent 14th-century B.C. structure.
Time will then be taken for a traditional Greek optional lunch at a nearby restaurant.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Citadel and Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae Greece
After the Corinth Canal, you enter the region of Argolis, land of Homer’s Golden Mycenae, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Dating back to the second century B.C., Mycenae was one of the major centers of Greek civilization and a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. Visit the archaeological site, home to the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon. You will see the Cyclopean Walls, the Lion’s Gate, the Royal Tombs, including Agamemnon Clytemnestra’s, and the Treasury of Atreus, a magnificent 14th-century B.C. structure.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese
Afterwards, stop in the beautiful sea port of Nauplion, the first capital of modern Greece with its Venetian fortress of Palamidi and the fortified islet of Bourtzi (short stop).
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: The Great Theatre of Epidaurus, Ethniki Odos Isthmou Archaias Epidavrou, Epidavros 210 52 Greece
Continue on to Epidaurus and visit the ancient theatre.
The UNESCO’S world heritage listed monument is reputed to be the birthplace of Apollo’s son Asklepios, the healer and was the most celebrated healing center of the classical world.
Epidaurus is probably most famous for its theatre, one of the best preserved classical Greek buildings and still used today due to its amazing acoustics.
Your day trip ends back to Athens late in the afternoon.
Duration: 1 hour
