Mykenae private tour

The duration of tour is 11 hours. We stop to the best points of view and you visit three of the most poular archeological sites of Greece. Also at noon time you can enjoy your meal to the beautiful city of Nafplio. Follows there are some informations for the palaces that we visit during this spectaculat tour.

Corinthos Canal. Just one hour from the city of Athens, we will  visit  the famous Corinth Canal, which joins the Aegean and Ionian sea through the Corinthian Gulf. The canal is 6.4 kilometers in length and only 21.3 meters wide at its base. Earth cliffs flanking either side of the canal reach a maximum height of 63 meters. Aside from a few modest sized cruise ships, the Corinth Canal is unserviceable to most modern ships. The Corinth Canal, though only completed in the late 19th century, was an idea and dream that dates back over 2000 thousand years.

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 Tradition says that Mycenae was founded by Perseus, grandson of King Acrisius of Argos. Akrisios divided the country into various kingdoms and gave Iraio brother Proetus, Midea and Tiryns and Perseus, who was the son of Zeus and Danae, he left the country of Lycia.

Returning from there, killed, without wanting, his grandfather and gave Megapenthi kingdom, Argos, and took from him the kingdom of Tiryns.
Tiryns Perseus built Mycenae and gave them this name, because there fell the "fungus" (case) than sword of or because while hungry, found a fungus and pulling the saw is Perseus source that exists today.
Others say that his daughter or his wife had Inachou name Mycenae. From Perseus founded the dynasty of the Perseids, which are small square tombs. Descendants of this was Ilektryonas the Sthenelos and Eurystheus, he spat dynasty, who was killed by Hrakleides.Simera in this position there is a small village of Mycenae (Charvati under Turkish rule) and the ruins of the Acropolis, reminiscent always distant and glorious times. Of the surviving ruins today are the two most important royal funerary enclosures A and B were part of an extensive prehistoric cemetery on the hill west of the palace, from which the excavation (pit graves) derives the bulk of the surprising findings (most are gold and characterized for the wonderful art), the treasure of Atreus (tholos tomb), the domed tomb of Clytemnestra, the Lion Gate, the Royal Palace, the Cathedral, the North Gate and the underground tank etc. Too many of the finds unearthed in the excavations at Mycenae display at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens and the new, modern, Museum Mycenae on the north slope of the Acropolis, causing admiration millions of visitors from all corners of the earth.

Nafplio 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.
Nafplio is known for Mpoyrtzi small fort built on an island in the harbor, for Palamidi Venetian fortress that dominates the city, the Akronayplia (Turkish: Itch Kale), other Venetian fortress, on the homonymous peninsula and the place of the murder of John Kapodistrias.
According to Greek mythology in the modern city founded Nauplios Nauplia, which is fortified with Cyclopean walls. Archaeological findings prove the existence of the city from the Mycenaean years.
Nafplion is a popular destination for residents of Athens and the Peloponnese as it is a little of both regions. The most beautiful buildings of the city is the palace Armansperg (residence of the Viceroy Armanspergk Greece) and the archaeological museum in Syntagma Square. 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. Divided into two parts (tiers): the upper tier of the 21 rows of seats for the people and down 34 rows of seats for the priests and rulers. The theater is made of limestone, which absorbs sound like human body.To ancient theater revealed after excavations carried out by archaeologist P. Kavadias, under the auspices of the Athens Archaeological Society during the period 1870-1926. A few years later, in 1938, ascended the first show in the area of ??the ancient theater of Epidaurus. The show was the tragedy of Sophocles Electra starring Katina Paxinou and Helen Papadakis.