Corinth and Athens
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Tour Info – Starting your tour from Piraeus port 1- We drive to Corinth Canal 2- Stop at the Corinth Canal for photos and drinks 3- After we drive to Ancient Corinth 4- Visit Ancient Corinth 5- Lunch in a Greek traditional tavern 6- Drive to back to Athens 7- Visit the Acropolis, Changing of The guards, The Temple of Zeus 8- Scenic drive in Athens City. Back to the ship or Hotel.
Our first stop it will be at Corinth Canal, the first prefecture you come to in the Peloponnese, the first sign of warmth and excitement, It is a beautiful drive, you will feel the aromas of the sea, the mountains for about 1hour and 30 minutes. The concept of cutting a canal through the Isthmus of Corinth to link the Ionian and Aegean seas was first proposed by the Emperor Nero in 67 A .D. During that year, several thousands of workers dug away at the Isthmus for more than three months. The vestiges of the work carried out at that time indicate that the designers of the project had chosen the narrowest point of the Isthmus for the purpose, following the same line as the modern canal. The digging began either side of the canal, and the workers were supposed to meet eventually in the middle. Nero’s death put an end to the project. Work was only resumed again in 1881 and completed in 1893. The canal is about 6 km long; its width upon completion was 25 meters, and 8 meters deep. After finishing your visit to these unique sites, we will stop on a Greek traditional tavern for lunch and then we will drive back to Athens city for the rest of Athens tour, on which you will see of the famous Acropolis, which was build ”during the golden age of Pericles” and it means the high city, the Parhenon,The Temple of the Olympian Zeus, The Kalimarmaro, The tomb of the Unknown Soldier, The Lycabettus Hill: Syntagma Square, the Olympic stadium Which is the original stadium built in the 1800s for the first modern Olympic games in 1896. Corinth and Athens Private tour Prices: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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