Best of Athens and Ancient Corinth

Athens and Ancient Corinth Full Day Tour

  We will visit the Acropolis hill, with well-known architectural masterpieces of the Golden Age of Athens that includes Erechtheion (female statues of the Caryatides or Maidens dedicated to goddess Athena and god Poseidon), the temple of Athena Nike and Propylaea. You will also have a great chance to foresee the monument (that puts an order in mind), which is the Parthenon. From the top of the Acropolis hill, you can see, the Odeon of Herodus Atticus, the Theatre of Dionysus, and the Areopagus (Mars Hill) where Apostle Paul delivered his sermon to the Athenians. Then we will drive to the Temple of Olympian Zeus and Hadrian’s Arch, as well as the Panathenaic Stadium. This is the place where the first Olympic Games of the modern era were held, in the year 1896. You will also foresee the Evzones (changing of the guards) in their majestic picturesque uniform at the Presidential Palace. Furthermore, the tour will provide a chance to observe the remarkable contrasts that make the city of Athens a fascinating place. Apart from this, we will also visit the Athens Trilogy of culture (the National Library of Greece, the Athens University, and the Academy), the Memorial to the Unknown Soldier, the House of Parliament, Constitution Square (Syntagma Square).

  Then we will drive by the seaside to visit the Corinth Canal (connecting the Aegean Sea with the Ionian sea). Afterward, the city of Ancient Corinth where Saint Paul lived and preached for 18 months. Corinth was one of the richest cities because of its superb geostrategic position, between two very busy harbors, Lechaion in the Corinthian Gulf and Kechreae on the Saronic Gulf. There you will be able to visit and see the Temple Apollo (6th C.B.C), The fountain of Pirene, the Marketplace, the Theatre & the Roman Odeon. After lunch, we will visit the port of Kechreai where St. Paul disembarked to Ephesus.