Corinth private tour offers you a great chance to visit an impressive archeological site, a great engineering achievement and one of the most important places for the Christianity. Visit Ancient Corinth, Corinth Canal and Apostle Paul’s step in a few hours. Enjoy the astonishing view from Acrocorinth.
Itinerary
Starting early in the morning from Athens and after an hour of driving we will be stopping at the Corinth Canal, a great piece of work completed in 1886, that connects the Aegean with the Ionian Sea and technically transforms the Peloponnese peninsula into an island.
Originally, there was an isthmus, a narrow strip of land connecting the Peloponnese with Mainland Greece, that they are now connected with a bridge.
A few minutes later we will be arriving at the site of Ancient Corinth.
Ancient Corinth due to its strategic location next to the Isthmus, exceeded Athens in terms of wealth.
Ancient Corinth had an important role at the Persian and the Peloponnesian Wars and was an important city-state from the classical times to the Roman Times, as a capital of the Roman province of Achaia, and until the Byzantine period.
In the site you can see the temple of Apollo (7th Century BCE), the ruins of the Roman city (44 BCE), the Lehaion road and the place where Apostole Paul preached to the Corinthians. We will also drive up to Acrocorinth, a fortress that it was continuously fortified from the Neolithic times until the end of the Ottoman occupation (1822).
There, you will see the Frankish tower, the Pirene Spring and also get the chance to enjoy the amazing view from the top of the castle.
After the tour is complete we will be taking the same way back to Athens.
Customize the tour
Don’t hesitate to ask for changes in the itinerary.
We are very flexible and able to adjust the itinerary as you wish.
You have the option to skip a site or even extend the tour in order to add other sites or have some time at leisure in Corinth.
Info
Tour duration: 6 hours
Tickets:
Acient Corinth: Full: €8, Reduced: €4
Acrocorinth: Full: €2, Reduced: €1
Reduced ticket: European citizens over 65 years old, University students
Free entrance: people under 18 years old, students from European Union
Holidays
January 1st: closed
March 25th꞉ closed
May 1st: closed
Easter Sunday: closed
December 25th: closed
December 26th: closed
Free admission days
March 6th (in memory of Melina Mercuri)
April 18th (international monuments day)
May 18th (international museums day)
Last weekend of September (European heritage days)
October 28th
Every 1st Sunday from November to March
Tips
Prefer to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Follow our suggestion to visit the Acropolis in the morning in order to avoid the heat and the crowds.
Take a water bottle with you. You will find plenty of them at the vehicle.
Photography is allowed during the tour. Don’t lose a chance to take some nice pictures.