Mykines Trip Overview
Mycenae invites you to discover its fascinating legends with an original audio tour! Follow in the footsteps of its early inhabitants while your audio guide will shed light upon various aspects of daily life, fashion, eating habits and funerary traditions of a civilization lost in prehistory. You will also explore one of the most famed crime scenes of the Heroic Age while weaving through the ruins where the so-called Mask of Agamemnon was unearthed by the famed archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The stories of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, and their children will come alive through a riveting storytelling concept. When back from Mycenae, you will know for good that myths are not always children stories and that sometimes archaeological findings, before unearthed, were washed in blood!
* Note that the audio tour covers the areas of the archaeological site & the Treasury of Atreus. It doesn’t include a tour of the museum. Ticket/entrance fee to the archaeological site is not included.
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Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Starts: Mykines, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Mykines, Greece, Greece
Mycenae invites you to discover its fascinating legends with an original audio tour! Follow in the footsteps of its early inhabitants while your audio guide will shed light upon various aspects of daily life, fashion, eating habits and funerary traditions of a civilization lost in prehistory. You will also explore one of the most famed crime scenes of the Heroic Age while weaving through the ruins where the so-called Mask of Agamemnon was unearthed by the famed archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann. The stories of Agamemnon, Clytemnestra, and their children will come alive through a riveting storytelling concept. When back from Mycenae, you will know for good that myths are not always children stories and that sometimes archaeological findings, before unearthed, were washed in blood!
* Note that the audio tour covers the areas of the archaeological site & the Treasury of Atreus. It doesn’t include a tour of the museum. Ticket/entrance fee to the archaeological site is not included.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Archaeological Site Mycenae, Mycenae 21200 Greece
Cyclopean Walls:
Upon encountering the sight of the massive Cyclopean walls of Mycenae, you will listen to the fascinating tales about its construction by one-eyed giants and the mythical founding of the city.
Lions’ Gate:
The crime of Tantalus, the progenitor of the royal family is nothing less but an omen of the curse which befell the House of Atreus and all the terrible stories you are going to hear once you walk below the imposing Lions’ Gate of the Mycenaean citadel.
The Treasury of Atreus:
You’ll visit the massive beehive tomb, once believed to be the burial site of King Agamemnon, to admire its jaw-dropping tholos and learn about his murder by the vengeful queen Clytemnestra.
Duration: 35 minutes
