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2
days - Argolis
- Ancient Olympia

Day One |
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Our
2-day tour begins with traveling along the Saronic Gulf's costal road to
the Corinth Canal. The Corinth Canal is the meeting point of the Aegean
Sea with the Ionian Sea. This great structure took hundreds of years to become a reality. If you want, and
dare, you can try bungee jumping off the canal wall. Corinth was a cultural
center in the ancient times and you will visit the ruins from Ancient
Corinth where St. Paul spoke to the Corinthians.
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After
Corinth, we drive to Mycenae, the center of the great Mycenaean
civilization. There you will see the Lion's Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, the
Royal Tombs and the Museum. The tomb of the Mycenae's King Agamemnon is
placed here, you can go inside and feel the glory of the king, that is maintained until
today, some thousands of years after his death.
Our next stop is Ancient Epidavros and its spectacular theater. Here is
the home of ancient Greek theater and the place where
famous Greek tragedy plays of Sophocles and Aristophanes were performed
for the first time. The theater of Epidavros is also known for its perfect
acoustics. Even in the modern days plays are performed in this theater
during the Annual Epidavros Festival, a very glamorous event.
Our day ends in Nafplio, the first capital of Greece.
A charming city with magnificent landscapes and the famous Acronafplia,
the acropolis of Nafplio. In this beautiful city we are going to have
dinner and stay the night to rest in order to follow the athletic spirit of
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Day Two |
The
next morning we drive to Ancient Olympia, which gained its fame as a sanctuary
of Zeus and Hera, but the site also contains a wealth of other small shrines,
gymnasiums and sculptors' workshops. According to tradition, here is where
the Olympic games were founded in 776 B.C.. It is from here that the Olympic
torch is still carried to whatever corner of the world the modern Olympiads
are held in. In the museum see exhibits of unique sculptural masterpieces,
such as Praxiteles' Hermes, Paeoneus' Victory, Apollo and many other art
treasures. After a day with ancient cultural and athletic memories we
are are free to return to Athens, arriving in the evening. |
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