FIND YOUR MYTH IN GREECE

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One Day Tour Mycenae - Nauplion - Epidaurus

Driving through Daphne, Eleusis, the Corinth Canal and Isthmia and passing by the Fortress of Acrocorinth, arrive at Mycenae the legendary home of the Atreides that gave its name to Civilization, spread throughout the Greek world. 

We will visit the famous Tomb of King Agamemnon and the Lion’s Gate part of the cyclopean wall.

We will enter through the Lion Gate and on the other side of the ancient citadel’s defense walls, you’ll see Grave Circle A, where Schliemann found graves containing some 31 pounds of gold treasure. Remains on the site include those of houses and a palace. 

A small bathtub in the palace may have been where Agamemnon was stabbed to death by his wife, Clytemnestra.

 The most impressive of the Mycenean sites is the massive tomb known as the Treasury of Atreus , considered to be Agamemnon’s tomb. 

While many tholos (beehive) tombs are scattered around Mycenae, this is the largest.

About a 5-minute walk from the citadel, it was probably built around 1300 B.C. along with the Lion Gate. 

After a tasty lunch in Mycenae at a traditional tavern we will visit Nauplio. 

Located 90 miles (145km) southwest of Athens on the Gulf of Argos’ northeast coast, Nafplion is a popular destination among Greeks and visitors alike. 

Nafplio (or Navplion, Nauplia or Navplio ), was the first capital city of independent Greece in 1823

We will visit Akronafplia Fortress, where the town was located up to the arrival of the Venetians.

It has views down onto the red-tile roofs of the old town, and up to its awe-inspiring neighbour, the Palamidi Fortress. 

Three separate fortresses are located in Palamidi, built between 1711 and 1714, and the whole complex cascades powerfully, yet elegantly, from the pinnacle of its hilltop down towards the town below. 

 

In the afternoon we leave for Epidauros to visit the ancient theatre built in the 4th century B.C. and is famous for its astonishing acoustics, all over the world.

 

The Theater of Epidaurus is one of the most impressive sights in Greece. Unlike so many ancient buildings, the theater was not pillaged for building blocks in antiquity. A stop at the site’s museum before roaming through the rest of the location will help to put some flesh on the bones of the sanctuary’s scant remains.