Argolis - One Day with Lunch

Argolis - One Day with Lunch
From USD $125.40
  • Duration: 10 Hours (approx.)
  • Product code: P8MDZE
If you have a free day in Athens, this full day tour to Argolis is a brilliant way to spend your day. An interesting and enjoyable tour visiting some of Athens great historical sites. The tour will pick you up and return you to your Athens Hotel. Duration of the tour is approximately 10 hours and is operated on certain days for both the Summer and Winter period.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Short Stop at Corinth Canal  -  Visit Mycenae, home of Agamemnon  -  Short Stop at Nauplion  -  Visit Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus

Explore with this guided one full day trip from Athens to Argolis the remains of the ancient city of Mycenae a major centre of Greek civilization from 1600BC to 1100BC and a world heritage monument-Epidaurus Theater. 

Depart from our terminal for one day tour via the coastal National highway for the Corinth canal (short stop).  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. Time will then be taken for a traditional Greek optional lunch  at a nearby restaurant.  Before lunch an optional stop in a pottery factory. After lunch through ARGOS proceed to Nauplia the first capital of modern Greece with its Venetian fortress of  PALAMIDI and the fortified islet of BOURTZI (short stop).

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. The  Argolis (Mycenae - Epidaurus)  day tour returns to Athens in the late afternoon.



Highlights

  • Short stop at the Corinth Canal

  • Guided tour in Mycenae

  • Lion's Gate

  • Visit the tomb of Agamemnon

  • A short stop in Nafplia the first capital of modern Greece

Entrance to Epidaurus and visit the ancient theatre