06/12/2024
A private day trip to Corinth, 80 km from Athens, offers you enough flexibility to see all the main sites. Once you go through the gates, you’ll see historical buildings in ruins, depicting the various cultures and religions that sought protection there. Somechurches and mosqueshave been protected or restored, including the post-Byzantine church’ and the Mosque of Sultan Mehmed II. If you are fit enough, don’t miss the Frankish Tower.Climbing the wooden steps to the top, you have a panoramic view of the whole region. If you have the stamina, try going to the highest point, to the remains of Aphrodite’s Sanctuary,for more incredible views. The Temple of Apollois another famous landmark at Ancient Corinth, and you can go up to its platform and walk the whole way around it. Its main feature is the length in relation to its width, the large monolithic columns. The Bemais where Apostle Paul was condemned for his “illegal” speeches. In the Byzantine era, the place became a church. St. Paul spent time here in the mid-1 AD, preaching Christianity, and managed to establish a church here.The Corinthian books in the New Testament (Corinthians) are his letters to the Corinthian people. The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth exhibits a collection of valuable artifacts from the local archaeological site and the surrounding region. It includes include statues, mosaics, pottery, and sarcophagi. Ancient Corinth is a place where a dominant city of ancient times stood, with museums, churches, mosques on site, and lots of significant monuments to see. Otherspots you can admire are the Pirini Spring, the Roman Era mosaic, the Ioulia Basilica, the Roman baths, the complex of the Holy Spring, the Glafki Spring, the Odeon, the Theater, and the Asklepion. Before returning to Athens, we can enjoy good food, ouzo meze, and coffee with traditional Greek sweets, baklava, or galktopmouriko. Contact us today to plan your private day trip to Ancient Corinth that will exceed your expectations.
A private day trip to Corinth, 80 km from Athens, offers you enough flexibility to see all the main sites. Once you go through the gates, you’ll see historical buildings in ruins, depicting the various cultures and religions that sought protection there. Somechurches and mosqueshave been protected...