Delphi One Day Excursion

This excursion highlights the Delphi Museum and the ancient sanctuary with the Temple of Apollo.

After the Acropolis, Delphi is the most popular archaeological site in Greece. Located 180 kilometres from Athens, a trip to Delphi is listed in just about every tour itinerary and is by far the most popular day trip out of Athens.

On this tour you'll leave for Delphi in the morning going via the National highway through the Veotia region. Arriving in Delphi you'll visit the Museum of Delphi with its spectacular finds including the world famous Charioteer, the Naxian Sphinx and the Statue of Antinoos.

After the museum you'll visit the archaeological site, the ancient sanctuary of Delphi know as the “Navel of the Earth”. Feel the mystery surrounding the "Temple of Apollo" where Pythia was seated giving out her predictions of the future and see the “Castalia Spring” with the two monumental fountains receiving water from the spring for the last 3000 years.

After lunch you'll leave Delphi and drive through the traditional village of “Arachova”, built on the south slopes of Mount Parnassus and known for its famous handmade carpets and quilts. Then you will continue, passing through the cities of Levadia and Thieves before arriving back in Athens in the evening.

 

Mycenae & Epidaurus One Day Excursion

This tour features the Lions Gate at Mycenae, Agamemnon's Tomb and the theatre of Epidaurus.

Leaving Athens and driving westwards along the scenic coast and passing pass over the Corinth Canal where you will have the chance to see the famous canal (78-meters high, 24-meters wide, 6,343-meters long and 12 meters deep). Continuing along the coastal road of the Saronic Gulf, the tour arrives at Mycenae the legendary home of the Atreides. You'll then see the "Lion’s Gate" that forms part of the great Cyclopean Wall and visit the famous beehive "Tomb of King Agamemnon"

After your visit of Mycenae you'll continue by driving through Argos to Nafplio, a beautiful and well-known town by the seaside, which was once the capital of Greece. Following lunch, the tour continues to Epidaurus and the Sanctuary of Asklepios, one of the most beautiful archaeological sites in all of Greece. Home of the acoustically perfect theatre where the tragedies of Sophocles and Euripides were performed until the end of 4th century BC and since 1955, the home of the Epidavros Festival that takes place during July and August.

Finally, you'll return to Athens along the Epidaurus/Corinth road arriving back in Athens at 19:00.

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