Argolis and Ancient Olympia tour

The Corinth Canal is a canal which connects the Saronic to the Corinthian gulf, in place of the Isthmus of Corinth, just east of the city of Corinth.
Constructed between 1880-1893, the work of the Greek engineer Peter Protopapadaki. The construction is a result of the development policy of Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis, who build large infrastructure projects aimed at creating a modern and economically developed state.
The canal has a length of 6.346 m, a width at the surface of the sea 24,6 m, to the bottom of 21,3 m, while the depth varies from 7,50 έως 8 m.

Ancient Corinth was an important city-state of ancient Greece. Checking an area corresponding to the east of the prefecture of Corinthia in the northeast of the prefecture of Argolis. Sicyon bordered to the west by the Megarians in the east, to the southwest of Argos and Epidaurus in the south. Ancient Corinth controlled the pivotal position of the Isthmus, and was the most important trading center of the ancient world, until away from Athens. Corinth was considered the richest city of the ancient world.

Mycenae was an ancient city of Argolis Tritos near the mountain and across the bay of Argolis.
First Homer mentions the city, describing it with words "evryagyian, Rich" . This encouraged Schliemann to dig the citadel of Mycenae, where he found the known vertical shaft graves, several vases of fine art, samples Mycenaean civilization developed by the Centre Mycenae from 1600-1100 BC

Nafplio or Anapli.
Peloponnese city is the capital of the prefecture of Argolis and the main port of the eastern Peloponnese. It is one of the most picturesque cities in the country, and was the capital of the Greek state during the period 1828 - 1833 is a traditional settlement.
The city is also branch of the National Gallery.

The ancient theater of Epidaurus is considered the finest ancient Greek theater in terms of acoustics and aesthetics. The ancient theater was built between 340 BC and 330 BC of the Argive architect Polykleitos the Younger as Pausanias tell us. The theater was built for entertaining patients Asklipieiou but also as a means of treatment as it was believed that the monitoring theater had beneficial effects on mental and physical health of patients. The ancient theater had a capacity of 15,000 spectators.

The Olympia was a city of ancient Greece in Elia, known as the venue for the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Olympia was the gold and ivory statue of Zeus by Pheidias, which was known in ancient times as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The origins of the Olympic Games dating back to 776 BC and held every four years. In 394 AD Byzantine Emperor Theodosius A, banned the marriage because they were considered as pagan.

Patra is the capital of the prefecture of Achaia, the Region of Western Greece and the largest urban center and port of the Peloponnese.