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Passing by ancient Isthmia

Passing by ancient Isthmia

Ancient Isthmia is located at the famous Corinth Canal; modern Isthmia lies either side of the Corinth canal and the Saronic Gulf entrance to the canal and is the usual place to stop when passing by Isthmia and the Canal. To the south of the modern settlement you can see a hillock alongside of the [...]

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Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal

The idea for the Corinth canal providing a shortcut and safe passage between the Aegean and the Ionian Seas dates back to the Roman times, when Nero performed some initial excavations with a silver shovel. It was only in the 1980s though that technology made it possible, providing everything needed to cut across the 6km [...]

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4-day private tour to Thessaly and Peloponnese

4-day private tour to Thessaly and Peloponnese

Corinth, Corinth Canal, Mycenae, Nafplion, Ancient Olympia, Rio, Nafpaktos, Galaxidi, Delphi, Arachova, Meteora. This private  tour offers you the best opportunity to follow the classic route from Athens to Peloponnese and Thessaly, that takes you to the most important and significant cities of the antiquity and learn a great deal about the Greek Mythology, Ancient [...]

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2-day tour to Corinth, Mycenae, Nafplion, Epidaurus and Olympia

2-day tour to Corinth, Mycenae, Nafplion, Epidaurus and Olympia

Athens – Corinth – Corinth Canal – Mycenae – Nafplion – Epidaurus – Olympia – Athens The two days private tour in the Peloponnese offers you an excellent opportunity to get to know the amazing landscape and a vast array of historical landmarks and monuments of Greece, that date from the prehistoric to the present.

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10-day tour in Greece

10-day tour in Greece

Ten days Private Tour in Greece (Athens – Corinth – Mycenae – Nafplion – Epidaurus – Diros – Messene – Ancient Olympia -  Delphi – Meteora – Tempi – Zagori Villages – Vikos Gorge – Perama Caves – Ioannina -  Preveza- Nafpaktos) This well appointed and organized 10-day private tour in Greece by Athens Taxi [...]

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