Glifada Trip Overview
Our tours showcase the beauty of our country, riding through the breathtaking scenery of long mountain ridges, national parks and the most colorful spots in Greece while revealing the historical facts of the Ancient Hellenic World with the broader geographical meaning of the term.
This tour is tarmac-only, but there is an adventure off-road variant upon request and will always include a professional Tour Leader on a motorcycle (contact for this option). You will be visiting the most important archeological sites of each region, some of which listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites, ride in small groups at the best available routes, not to be found on the tourist maps!
All tours can be ridden with own motorcycle or with one provided from us.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 days
Starts: Glifada, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Glifada, Greece, Greece
Our tours showcase the beauty of our country, riding through the breathtaking scenery of long mountain ridges, national parks and the most colorful spots in Greece while revealing the historical facts of the Ancient Hellenic World with the broader geographical meaning of the term.
This tour is tarmac-only, but there is an adventure off-road variant upon request and will always include a professional Tour Leader on a motorcycle (contact for this option). You will be visiting the most important archeological sites of each region, some of which listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites, ride in small groups at the best available routes, not to be found on the tourist maps!
All tours can be ridden with own motorcycle or with one provided from us.
Itinerary
Day 1: Glifada, Athens – Nafplio
Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Argous 105 Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth 200 07 Greece
Corinth (Greek: Κόρινθος) was a city-state (polis) on the Isthmus of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta. Since 1896, systematic archaeological investigations of the Corinth Excavations by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens have revealed large parts of the ancient city, and recent excavations conducted by the Greek Ministry of Culture have brought to light important new facets of antiquity.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Archaeological Site Mycenae, Mycenae 21200 Greece
Visit in both sites (Lion’s Gate and Tomb of Atreus)
Archeological site fees apply.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: The Great Theatre of Epidaurus, Ethniki Odos Isthmou Archaias Epidavrou, Epidavros 210 52 Greece
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus is a theatre in the Greek city of Epidaurus, located on the southeast end of the sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek God of medicine, Asclepius. It is considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese
Nafplio (Greek: Ναύπλιο) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece 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 now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis.
* Day’s overnight destination.
Duration: 10 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 2: Nafplio – Monemvasia
Stop At: Elliniko Pyramid, Ellinikou 15 Argos, Elliniko 212 00 Greece
Visit the pyramid that was constructed 2000 years before the Pyramid of Heops
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Parnon, Kosmas 230 58, Greece
Parnon or Parnonas (Greek: Πάρνων/Πάρνωνας) is a mountain range, or massif, on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas valley. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains. The western part is in the Laconia prefecture and the northeastern part is in the Arcadia prefecture. The Parnon range separates Laconia from Arcadia. Its summit offers panoramic views of southeastern Arcadia and South Kynouria and much of Laconia that includes the northern and the central portions and reaches as far as the Taygetos mountains. It also views a part of the central Arcadia and the southern Argolis prefectures. It views the Myrtoan and the Laconian Gulfs.
Stop At: Monemvasia, Monemvasia, Monemvasia Municipality, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
Monemvasia (Greek: Μονεμβασία) is a town and a municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located on a small island off the east coast of the Peloponnese. The island is linked to the mainland by a short causeway 200m in length. Its area consists mostly of a large plateau some 100 meters above sea level, up to 300 m wide and 1 km long, the site of a powerful medieval fortress. The town walls and many Byzantine churches remain from the medieval period.
The town’s name derives from two Greek words, mone and emvasia, meaning “single entrance”. Its Italian form, Malvasia, gave its name to Malmsey wine. Monemvasia’s nickname is the Gibraltar of the East or The Rock.
* Day’s overnight destination.
Duration: 10 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 3: Monemvasia – Gerolimenas
Stop At: Pavlopetri, Greece
The city of Pavlopetri (Greek: Παυλοπέτρι), underwater off the coast of southern Laconia in Peloponnese, Greece, is about 5,000 years old, making it one of the oldest submerged lost cities, as well as the oldest in the Mediterranean sea.
Stop At: Gytheio, Gytheio, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
Gytheio (Greek: Γύθειο) is a town on the eastern shore of the Mani Peninsula, and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Gytheio is the site of ancient Cranae, a tiny island where according to legend Paris of Troy and Helen from Sparta spent their first night together before departing for Troy, thus igniting the Trojan War.
Gytheio used to be an important port until it was destroyed in 4th century AD, possibly by an earthquake. Even thereafter its strategic location gave Gytheio a significant role in Maniot history. Today it is the largest and most important town in Mani. It is also the seat of the municipality of East Mani.
Stop At: Cape Tainaron, Kokkinogia 230 66 Greece
Cape Matapan (Greek: Κάβο Ματαπάς), also named as Cape Tainaron (Greek: Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον) is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe. It separates the Messenian Gulf in the west from the Laconian Gulf in the east.
Cape Taenarum in classical antiquity was the site of the city of Taenarum, (Ancient Greek: Ταίναρον) now in ruins. In ancient Greek mythology the eponymous ctistes – the founder-hero of the city – was Taenarus, (Ταίναρος) who was credited with establishing the city’s important temple of Poseidon.
Greeks used the proverb Tainarian evil (Ancient Greek: Ταινάριον κακόν), meaning a great and unlawful evil affecting suppliants, for the Spartans killed the Helots who had fled into Tainaron.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Gerolimenas, Gerolimenas, Laconia Region, Peloponnese
Gerolimenas (Greek: Γερολιμένας) is a picturesque small coastal village and a community in the municipal unit of Oitylo, at the southern end of the Mani Peninsula, in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. The name, which means “Old Harbour”, is thought to derive from the ancient “Ἱερός Λιμήν” (Hieros Limen), meaning “Sacred Harbor”. One of the remotest settlements in the Peloponnese, until the 1970s it was reached mainly by boat. In the past, it was a major fishing center and featured substantial infrastructures such as a shipyard, ice supplies, and a fish market.
Today the main industry is tourism. According to the 2011 census its population was 99 inhabitants (including the village Ochia).
* Day’s overnight destination.
Duration: 10 hours
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
Day 4: Gerolimenas – Glifada, Athens
Stop At: Taygetus Mountains, Sparta, Sparta Municipality 23054 Greece
The Taygetus, (Greek: Ταΰγετος) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as “Profitis Ilias”, or “Prophet Elias”. The name is one of the oldest recorded in Europe, appearing in the Odyssey. In classical mythology, it was associated with the nymph Taygete. During Byzantine times and up until the 19th century, the mountain was also known as Pentadaktylos (Πενταδάκτυλος; Greek for five-fingered).
Stop At: Archaeological Site of Mystras, located 5 km from the town of Sparta, Mystras, Sparta Municipality Greece
Mystras or Mistras (Greek: Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetos, near ancient Sparta, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural flowering. The site remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period when it was mistaken by Western travelers for ancient Sparta. In the 1830s, it was abandoned and the new town of Sparti was built, approximately eight kilometers to the east.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Messini, Messini 240 02 Greece
Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη Messini), officially Ancient Messene, is a local community. Most of the area of Ancient Messene contains the ruins of the large classical city-state of Messene refounded by Epaminondas in 369 BC after the battle of Leuctra and the first Theban invasion of the Peloponnese. Epaminondas invited the return to their native land of all the families that had gone into exile from Messenia during its long struggle with and servitude under the military state of Sparta, now finished as a conquering state. This new Messene, today’s Ancient Messene, was constructed over the ruins of Ithome, an ancient city originally of Achaean Greeks, destroyed previously by the Spartans and abandoned for some time.
* Day’s overnight destination.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
