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2 Days

Availability : April - October

Athens

Mycenae, Nauplio, Epidaurus

Max People : 50

Tour Details

Tour code: AT14

Take this Nafplio, Mycenae & Epidaurus Two Days Tour from Athens and get to know the best of Nafplio, the first capital of modern Greece combined with a visit at two UNESCO’S world heritage monuments, Mycenae and Epidaurus.

Participants in this tour will have an afternoon and a morning free in order to see more of the picturesque town of Nafplion that the Venetians called “Naples of Greece”. Enjoy strolling around the picturesque old town, explore the Palamidi fortress or have a coffee beside the sea viewing the impressive Bourtzi islet.

Departure & Return Location

Athens (Google Maps) – Pick up location varies depending on your hotel
Traveler pickup is offered. You will be informed on the exact time and location after your booking.

Departure Time

8:45 a.m.

Price Includes

The ancient site of Mycenae and the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus
Professional Tour Guide
Entrance Fees
Transfers from / to your hotel or closest available location
Breakfast & dinner
Hotel accomodation (A class / Tourist class) in Nafplio
English: All departures

Price Excludes

Any Private Expenses
New "City TAX" for overnights in hotels. The accommodation Tax will be payable by the guests prior to their check-out as following: 5* hotel: 4,00 € per overnight per room, 4* hotel: 3,00 € per overnight per room, 3* hotel: 1,50 € per overnight per room.

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations received up to 45 days before departure, 50 € cancellation fee applies
For cancellations received between 30 - 16 days before departure, there are 25% cancellation fees
For cancellations received between 15 - 8 days before departure, there are 75% cancellation fees
For cancellations received between 7 - 0 days before departure, there are 100% cancellation fees

Itinerary

Day 1

We leave Athens and head towards the Corinth canal. Here we have a short stop by the Corinth canal, which separates the mainland from the peninsula of the Peloponnese and connects the Ionian Sea with the Aegean Sea. There you will have the chance to enjoy breathtaking views, taking as many photographs as you would like to.

Continuing our journey we drive towards the archaeological site of Mycenae, passing through the lush valley of Argolis with its many olive groves, lemon and orange trees. On your way you will drive pass the Mycenaean citadel of Tiryns and you will be impressed by its remaining cyclopean walls. Once upon a time there used to be a two story high palace of great importance on top of that hill.

Once in Mycenae you will enjoy a guided tour through the treasure of Atreus (the tomb of Agamemnon) and the ancient citadel. We learn about the classical Greek culture as we walk through this impressive site.

Walk inside the tomb passing the ancient pass that was leading to its one and only entrance and enter the tomb that still stands intact. Once inside you will see another smaller gate leading to an extra room, which must have been the treasury house of it. If the assumptions of the archaeologists are correct and this was the tomb of Agamemnon, try to imagine the amount of gold and jewels that must have been placed there, in order for him to take with to the afterlife.

Then we reach the legendary Lions’ Gate, the one and only official entrance to the citadel that still bears the emblem over the gate that represents a column protected by two lions.

Lunch in Mycenae.

We proceed to the beautiful town of Nafplio. The afternoon is free for you for a visit to the majestic Venetian fortress of Palamidi crowning the city or alternatively go for a refreshing swim. Don’t miss also the opportunity to visit important landmarks such as the Old Mosque, Vouleftikon and harbor island fortress of Mpourtzi.

Overnight in Nafplio.

Day 2

We spend the next morning in leisure for a walk to the old city with its beautiful neoclassic houses. Meander along picturesque lanes and stepped streets; pass handsome mansions and flower-filled balconies; and discover examples of the city’s Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman periods.

Around noon we depart for Epidaurus. The UNESCO’S world heritage listed monument is reputed to be the birthplace of Apollo’s son, Asclepius, the healer and was the most celebrated healing center of the classical world. Reaching Epidaurus you will have a tour of the spiritual sanctuary of Asclepius and the theater, one of the best preserved classical Greek buildings and with the most famous acoustics in the world, still used today.

Among other things you will see the ancient stadium, the remainings of the ancient gymnasium and restaurant, the remainings of the temple of Artemis, as well as the very impressive Tholos, a round building with a labyrinth still existing in its basement, where some traditions say that the sacred snakes of Asclepius used to be kept.

Since Epidaurus used to be one of the most famous ancient Greek healing centers and health treatment was very much related with the worshipping of the gods, the priests were often at the same time the healers of people. Partly restored and very impressive stands out the Avaton, a long rectangular building where the patients had to spend their first night and the god would come to their dreams. Part of their treatment would be based on that dream – message that the god had sent. With the great success that this sanctuary and healing center kept on having, more and more visitors with even more precious offerings kept on coming, and the evolution of the sanctuary was that created the need of building the ancient theater.

Your tour ends back to Athens late in the afternoon.

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Larry

Couple Traveller

The tour really went well until we were taken out of the town of Nafplio and dropped off at a hotel in the country rather than in Nafplio. The tour was sold as an opportunity to walk around the ancient city in the afternoon and evening and morning. No where were we told that our hotel would be so far from the old city that we would have to taxi in and out each time we wanted to walk around in the featured city.

25th September 2022

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Nafplio, Mycenae and Epidaurus Two Days Tour from Athens