Athens Tours Full Day Athens sightseeing Corinth Canal Ancient Corinth Greece Private Tour

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Duration: 8-9 hours approx. Distance: 130(km) / 81(miles)

Athens tours – Corinth tours

Tour Greece to a secret jernay  through ancient and christian times , joining our Greece tours in a full day private tour to the memorials of Athens, Corinth canal & Ancient Corinth

Greeces Tours Departures: Daily

Itinerary:

Drive & See

Stop | Walking & Visit

The Acropolis the Parthenon the Propylaea the Temple of Athena Nike the Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens Plaka (free time for shopping & lunch) Ancient Agora the Byzantine church of  St. Apostoles Thiseion Temple of Vulcan Kerameikos the Parliament Panathenian Stadium the new Acropolis museum Dionysus Theatre Asclepieum Medical Center Herod Atticus Odeon Areopagous (St. Paul Acts XVII on Mars Hill) Roman Agora Tower of the winds the Fetiya Mosque Andria’s library National Picture Gallery The glass Runner Megaron Concert Hall National Archaeological Museum National Theatre Omonia Square Open Market Athens City Museum National Historical Museum (Old Parliament) Syntagma Square Downtown shopping center Flea market Fish market Meat   St. Nikodimos  Russian Orthodox St. Paul’s Anglican House of Parliament (ex Royal Palace) Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Evzones) Iliou Melathron Numismatic Museum (H. Schliemann’s Home) St. Denis Roman Catholic Cathedral Neoclassical Building of Central Bank of Greece Academy of Arts & Letters University National Library Presidential Residents (ex Royal Palace) Change of the Honor Guards Zappio Congress Temple of Olympic Zeus National Park (ex Royal Garden) Hadrian’s Gate Kolonaki the High end of Athens center Lycabettus Hill Corinth canal Ancient Corinth

The Acropolis the Parthenon the Propylaea the Temple of Athena Nike the Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens Ancient Agora Panathenian Stadium Dionysus Theatre Herod Atticus Odeon Areopagous (St. Paul Acts XVII on Mars Hill) Roman Agora Presidential Residents (ex Royal Palace) Change of the Honor Guards Temple of Olympic Zeus Lycabettus Hill Marathon Marathon Museum Thespians Tomp Athenian Tomp Corinth canal Ancient Corinth

Tour description:

The capital of Greece is a cosmopolitan metropolis, modern Athens is central to economic, financial, industrial, political and cultural life in Greece and it is rated as an alpha- world city. Classical Athens was one of the  most powerful city-states in ancient world. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato’s Academy, Aristotle’s Lyceum, and wisest of man Socrates. It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely due to the impact of its cultural and political achievements during the 5th and 4th centuries BC on the rest of the then known European continent.

Live  this Greece private tour, combining many of the city’s principal modern and classical sights.

Yourur Athens tour includes an overview of the modern city and striking contrasts to the remains of its glorious past. See the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the Parliament House on Constitution Square, the Panathenian Stadium (site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896).

Visit the Presidential Palace (ex Royal Palace), government buildings, and elegant homes. Continuously your Athens private chauffeur will drive you along Panepistimiou Avenue and view the Catholic Cathedral, the “Neoclassical Trilogy,” (Academy, University, National Library) and Omonia Square.

Greece private tour will take you to the Temple of Olympian Zeus and the Adrian’s arch,  the Acropolis with its many monuments , including the  Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Erechtheion with its Porch of Maidens.Drive feet of Acropolis through Plaka (old Athens) and we’ll visit the ancient Greek agora,and  the Roman.

After lunch, we will visit Corinth. West from Athens is Corinth (Greek Κορινθία- Korinthia).  Ancient Corinth is 76 Km/48 miles west of Athens on the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece. Ancient Corinth was an important city in ancient Greece, with a major role in the missionary work of the Apostle Paul. Ancient Corinth was first inhabited in the Neolithic period (5000-3000 BC), and flourished as a major Greek city from the 8th century BC until its destruction by the Romans in 146 BC. Nowadays, Corinth is the second largest city in Peloponnese with reach in several sites of interest  and tourists.

Your  Splendid Greece Tours private chauffeur will drive you westwards along the scenic coast, until we reach the Corinth Canal with its breathtaking views (short stop). We will shortly thereafter we reach the ancient town of Corinth (visit) where St. Paul lived and preached for two years.

Return to Athens by the same route.

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