Mycenae Epidaurus Nafplio Isthmus Canal Private Luxury Tour
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Patras, Greece
9 hours 15 minutes (approx.)
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Overview
Journey through Greece’s legendary past on this captivating tour of the Corinth Canal, Mycenae, Epidaurus, and Nafplio!
Begin at the engineering marvel of Corinth Canal,where the Aegean and Ionian Seas nearly meet. Then, explore Mycenae the mighty kingdom of Agamemnon, where you’ll walk among ancient Cyclopean walls and the legendary Lion Gate.
Next, stand in awe at Epidaurus home to the world-famous ancient theater with perfect acoustics—still used today! Finally, wander the **romantic streets of Nafplio , Greece’s first capital, with its Venetian fortress, seaside charm, and vibrant cafes.
This full-day tour blends mythology, history, and breathtaking landscapes into one unforgettable experience. Perfect for history lovers, culture seekers, and photographers alike!"
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off service: Athens Hotel, Airbnb residence or Port
- Groups of 1-3 people are transported in luxurious sedan vehicles.
- This is a private tour, you can customize the program according to your needs
- Car Seats: Book in advance if you require infant or child seats.
- Transportation via modern, first-class private vehicle
- Expert English-speaking Tour Drivers with extensive historical knowledge
- All vehicles with WiFi, A/C, Bottled Water
- Groups of 4-7 people are transported in comfortable mini vans.
- Private Transportation
- Entry or admission fees for archaeological sites
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Site Mycenae
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Museum of Ancient Mycenae
- Entry/Admission - Epidaurus Archaeological Museum
- Entry/Admission - The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
- Entry/Admission - Palamidi Castle
- Optional airport pick-up, available at an additional cost.
- Kindly note that gratuities and tips are not included in the price and are left to your discretion.
- Meal in Nafplio - Lunch stops are scheduled, but meal costs are not included.
- Licensed guide to accompany you into archaeological sites
Meeting and Pickup
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Pickup details
This is a private Tour ,only your group will participate.Thyou to the pick up time is adjustable upon your request.Your Personal Driver will pick you up and return you to the same place or to the point you prefer .In case of a hotel , he will be waiting for you in the hotel Lobby.In Case of a Apartment ,he will be waiting at the entrance of the Building . For AirPort pick up , he will be waiting for you at the arrival Hall , just as you disembark , holding a sighn with your name on it to spot him upon arrival .We will monitor your flight and our driver will be there on time.For Port pick ups he will be waiting for you at the gate , just as you disembark holding a sighn with your name on it spot him upon arrival .
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Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
What To Expect
Corinth Canal
The Corinth Canal is a waterway that crosses the narrow isthmus of Corinth to link the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf. As such, the canal separates the Greek mainland from the Peloponnese, turning it into an island
The canal, though executed in the late 19th century, has been a 2000-year-old dream. Before its construction, ships in the Aegean Sea that wanted to cross to the Adriatic or anchor in Corinth, a rich shipping city, had to circle the Peloponnese, which would prolong their journey an extra 185 nautical miles.
It is believed that Periander, the tyrant of Corinth (602 BC), was the first to conceive of the idea of digging the Corinth Canal. As the project was too complicated given the limited technical capabilities of the times, Periander constructed the diolkos, a stone road which allowed ships to be transferred on wheeled platforms.
The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Archaeological Site Mycenae (Pass By)
The archaeological site of Mycenae comprises the fortified acropolis and surrounding funerary and habitation sites, which are located mainly to its west and southwest. Most of the visible monuments date to the centre's great floruit, from 1350 to 1200 BC.
Great Cyclopean walls surround the almost triangular acropolis, which is accessed from the northwest through the famous Lion Gate, the symbol of the Mycenaean rulers' power. The gate was named after the two opposing lions carved in relief and set into the relieving triangle, a typical feature of Mycenaean architecture, over the door.
Mycenae
The fortified citadel of ancient Mycenae, the seat of the mythical and mighty King Agamemnon. An impressive and well-preserved site, the city of Mycenae gave its name to an entire civilization. Admire sites such as the Tomb of Clytemnestra, the infamous Lion’s Gate, the Cyclopean walls and learn of their blood-stained past. In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece, Crete, the Cyclades and parts of southwest Anatolia. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. At its peak in 1350 BC, the citadel and lower town had a population of 30,000 and an area of 32 hectares.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Archaeological Museum of Ancient Mycenae
‘Rich in Gold', the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon, first sung by Homer in his epics, is the most important and richest palatial centre of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. Its name was given to one of the greatest civilizations of Greek prehistory, the Mycenaean civilization, while the myths related to its history have inspired poets and writers over many centuries
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lion Gate
The Lion Gate was the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece. It was erected during the 13th century BC, around 1250 BC, in the northwest side of the acropolis and is named after the relief sculpture of two lionesses or lions in a heraldic pose that stands above the entrance.
The Lion Gate is the sole surviving monumental piece of Mycenaean sculpture, as well as the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean. It is the only monument of Bronze Age Greece to bear an iconographic motif that survived without being buried underground, and the only relief image which was described in the literature of classical antiquity, such that it was well known prior to modern archaeology.
29 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
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 built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern Lygourio, and belongs to the Epidaurus Municipality. It is considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics. The monument retains the characteristic tripartite structure of a Hellenistic theatre that has a theatron, orchestra, and skene. During Roman times, the theatre (unlike many Greek theatres) did not suffer any modifications.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Citadel and Treasury of Atreus
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb on Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The stone lintel above the doorway weighs 120 tons, with approximate dimensions 8.3 x 5.2 x 1.2m, the largest in the world. The tomb was used for an unknown period. Mentioned by the Roman geographer Pausanias in the 2nd century AD, it was still visible in 1879 when the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann discovered the shaft graves under the "agora" in the Acropolis at Mycenae.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Epidavros
The Epidaurus amphitheatre: Famous for its classic Greek construction and astounding acoustics. Enjoy the arts! Be captivated by the theatrical performances from Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes and Aeschylus. Drop a pin or coin on the stage... it will be heard even if you are sitting at the last seats of the theater.The Epidaurus Archaeological Museum: Noted for its reconstructions of temples and its columns with inscriptions. The Asclepius: The sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Greek demi-god of medicine Asclepius. A marvelous ancient medical retreat.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 built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern Lygourio, and belongs to the Epidaurus Municipality. It is considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Epidaurus Archaeological Museum
Archaeological Museum of Epidaurus is a museum in Epidaurus, in Argolis on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. The museum, noted for its reconstructions of temples and its columns and inscriptions, was established in 1902 and opened in 1909 to display artifacts unearthed in the ancient site of Epidaurus in the surrounding area.The museum is located in the archaeological site of the sanctuary of Asclepius. It hosts architectural parts from the temple and the buildings of the shrine, as well as inscribed columns and pedestals, altars, bronze medical equipment, sculpted votive offerings and tablets, representations of the Asclepius temple (4th c. BC), and sections of the Tholos. The museum was built by P. Kavadias during the period 1902-1909. More wings were constructed in time to house the sculptures, the pottery and the collection of inscriptions that came progressively came to light during the excavations on the site.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Sanctuary of Asklepios
The Temple of Asclepius was a sanctuary in Epidaurus dedicated to Asclepius. It was the main holy site of Asclepius. The sanctuary at Epidaurus was the rival of such major cult sites as the Sanctuary of Zeus at Olympia and Apollo at Delphi. The temple was built in the early 4th century BC. If still in use by the 4th century AD, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian Emperors issued edicts prohibiting non-Christian worship.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Nafplio
Free Time For Lunch Coffe ShoppingNafplio is a seaport town in the peloponnese in Greece that was expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf.The town was an important seaport held under a successsional of royal houses in the middle Ages as a part of the loardship of ARGOS and NAUPLIA .The town was the capital of the First HELLENIC republic and of the kingdom of Greece from the start of the Greek RevolutionThe Lion of the BavariansIt's impressive, it's huge, it's carved into the rock above Michael Iatrou Street, with a small park under its feet. The sleeping lion is the work of German sculptor Christian Ziegel, commissioned by King Louis, father of Otto, in memory of the Bavarian soldiers of Otto's dynasty, who died in Nafplio in 1833 of a typhoid epidemic. The locals, of course, say that what killed them was the many bitter things they ate, hence the other, unofficial name of the monument (echm) Agouroon.
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Palamidi Castle
One of the most well-preserved castles in all of Greece, Palamidi offers spectacular views of the city from its loopholes, wonderful routes inside and terrifying terrain in the hole-prison of Kolokotronis,Palamidi is a fortress to the east of the Acronauplia in the town of Nafplio in the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Nestled on the crest of a 216-metre high hill, the fortress was built by the Venetians during their second occupation of the area (1686–1715).
The fortress commands an impressive view over the Argolic Gulf, the city of Náfplio and the surrounding country. There are 913 steps in the winding stair from the town to the fortress. However, to reach the top of the fortress there are over one thousand, while locals in the town of Nafplion will say there are 999 steps to the top of the castle.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Akronafplia Fortress
The Akronaufplia is the oldest part of the city of Nafplio in Greece.Until the thtirteenth century it was a town on its own.The arrival of the venetians and the Franks trensformed it into part of the towns fortifications.Later part of it was used as a prison until the Greek government decided that the view provided from its location would benefit the Local Tourism.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Bourtzi
Enjoy the view of the water castle of Bourtzi a Venetian Castle located in the middle of the harbor of Nafplio and take fascinating photos from the Harbor side
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
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 built on the west side of Cynortion Mountain, near modern Lygourio, and belongs to the Epidaurus Municipality. It is considered to be the most perfect ancient Greek theatre with regard to acoustics and aesthetics. The monument retains the characteristic tripartite structure of a Hellenistic theatre that has a theatron, orchestra, and skene. During Roman times, the theatre (unlike many Greek theatres) did not suffer any modifications.
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
Frequently Asked Questions
(7)Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Mycenae Epidaurus Nafplio Isthmus Canal Private Luxury Tour?
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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What is the cancellation policy for the Mycenae Epidaurus Nafplio Isthmus Canal Private Luxury Tour?
A:Apr 2025
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (EEST).
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What's included in the price?
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Apr 2025
The following is included:
- Pick-up and drop-off service: Athens Hotel, Airbnb residence or Port.
- Groups of 1-3 people are transported in luxurious sedan vehicles.
- This is a private tour, you can customize the program according to your needs.
- Car Seats: Book in advance if you require infant or child seats.
- Transportation via modern, first-class private vehicle.
- Expert English-speaking Tour Drivers with extensive historical knowledge.
- All vehicles with WiFi, A/C, Bottled Water.
- Groups of 4-7 people are transported in comfortable mini vans.
- Private Transportation.
The following is NOT included:
- Entry or admission fees for archaeological sites.
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Site Mycenae.
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Museum of Ancient Mycenae.
- Entry/Admission - Epidaurus Archaeological Museum.
- Entry/Admission - The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus.
- Entry/Admission - Palamidi Castle.
- Optional airport pick-up, available at an additional cost.
- Kindly note that gratuities and tips are not included in the price and are left to your discretion.
- Meal in Nafplio - Lunch stops are scheduled, but meal costs are not included.
- Licensed guide to accompany you into archaeological sites.
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What is the weather cancellation policy?
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This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Apr 2025
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What is the minimum age for this tour?
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There is no minimum age for this tour, so bring your wee one along for an adventure..
Apr 2025
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My date is not available in the calendar, I am just checking to see if it is available?
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If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025
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Is this an accessible tour?
A:Apr 2025
Accessibility information for the Mycenae Epidaurus Nafplio Isthmus Canal Private Luxury Tour is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Where is the meeting point for this activity?
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Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Mycenae Epidaurus Nafplio Isthmus Canal Private Luxury Tour will be included in your confirmation email from City Boat Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024What's Included
- Pick-up and drop-off service: Athens Hotel, Airbnb residence or Port
- Groups of 1-3 people are transported in luxurious sedan vehicles.
- This is a private tour, you can customize the program according to your needs
- Car Seats: Book in advance if you require infant or child seats.
- Transportation via modern, first-class private vehicle
- Expert English-speaking Tour Drivers with extensive historical knowledge
- All vehicles with WiFi, A/C, Bottled Water
- Groups of 4-7 people are transported in comfortable mini vans.
- Private Transportation
- Entry or admission fees for archaeological sites
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Site Mycenae
- Entry/Admission - Archaeological Museum of Ancient Mycenae
- Entry/Admission - Epidaurus Archaeological Museum
- Entry/Admission - The Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
- Entry/Admission - Palamidi Castle
- Optional airport pick-up, available at an additional cost.
- Kindly note that gratuities and tips are not included in the price and are left to your discretion.
- Meal in Nafplio - Lunch stops are scheduled, but meal costs are not included.
- Licensed guide to accompany you into archaeological sites
Additional Info
- Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Specialized infant seats are available
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