Athens Trip Overview
Escape Athens for a day to explore unique places in the north Peloponnese with a customizable itinerary and private transport organized for you on this private tour. Explore the north Peloponnese on a private tour from Athens
Marvel the Canal of Corinth & Ancient Corinth. Take a unique journey with Odontotos Railway. Walk around the mystical Cave of Lakes
Have a traditional Greek lunch in a picturesque village.
Your first stop after a scenic drive will be Corinth Canal where you can take great photos. Continue your tour to Ancient Corinth where you can visit the archaeological site and museum. If you like walking you can also visit the Acrocorinth on the top of the mountain above Ancient Corinth.
Later, get on board Odontotos railway and marvel the greatness of this part of Peloponnese. After this refreshing small trip, visit the Cave of Lakes to gaze this unique phenomena. Taste traditional “mezedes” and fine local wines in a tavern at a picturesque village.
Additional Info
Duration: 9 to 10 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Escape Athens for a day to explore unique places in the north Peloponnese with a customizable itinerary and private transport organized for you on this private tour. Explore the north Peloponnese on a private tour from Athens
Marvel the Canal of Corinth & Ancient Corinth. Take a unique journey with Odontotos Railway. Walk around the mystical Cave of Lakes
Have a traditional Greek lunch in a picturesque village.
Your first stop after a scenic drive will be Corinth Canal where you can take great photos. Continue your tour to Ancient Corinth where you can visit the archaeological site and museum. If you like walking you can also visit the Acrocorinth on the top of the mountain above Ancient Corinth.
Later, get on board Odontotos railway and marvel the greatness of this part of Peloponnese. After this refreshing small trip, visit the Cave of Lakes to gaze this unique phenomena. Taste traditional “mezedes” and fine local wines in a tavern at a picturesque village.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
Corinth Canl connects the Gulf of Corinth in the Ionian Sea with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. First stop there , will take great photos.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Argous 105 Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth 200 07 Greece
Ancient Corinth 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. You can stroll the ancient city-state Corinth, where you can also see the Bema of Saint Paul and explore the small museum inside the archaeological site.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Acrocorinth, Corinth 200 07, Greece
If you like walking you can also visit the Acrocorinth on the top of the mountain above Ancient Corinth. Acrocorinth or “Upper Corinth”, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth, Greece. In the estimation of George Forrest, “It is the most impressive of the acropolis of mainland Greece.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Diakopto 250 03, Greece
After a small drive, you will get on board Odontotos railway and marvel the greatness of this part of Peloponnese. Odontotos is not just a train. Vouraikos gorge and Odontotos rack railway Diakopto – Kalavrita is a unique attraction in Greece. An area full of towns, villages, hospitable inhabitants, unique environment and the scent of Greek life. In order to write the history of this place we need volumes of books but a trip on the train will give you a real taste.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kastria Cave of the Lakes, Kastria Greece
In general, the cave’s walls are embellished with splendid stalactite complexes, which stimulate the eye and the imagination to create their own images, as the visitor goes through this stone forest full of surprises, while walking on a safe corridor. At the end of this corridor the visitor faces the «Castle», one of the most impressive formations on the ground recalling a castle’s battlements, and even a «rampart» a few metres before that.
Small or large lakes, 13 in total, succeed one another, while terrestrial areas alternate with lake ones until the cave’s end, for a total length of nearly 2 km (1980 m) and an area of 20,000 m2. Proceeding further into the interior, the visitor has a chance to realize the particular morphology of a cave which has been opened along a fault: hence its narrowness and very high ceiling. Learn all about the caves once there.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Kalavryta, Kalavryta, Achaea Region, West Greece
Visit this great picturesque mountain village and taste authentic Greek dishes and local wines.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
