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Four Days Trip - Argolis, Olympia, Delfi & Meteora

First day: Start at 08:30 from Athens, driving trough Eleusina to Corinth Canal. Drive to ancient Corinth, where apostolic Paul, educated the Corinthian about Jesus Christ. Continuously drive to Mycenaean, visit the Lion gates and the Acropolis of Agamemnon the King of the Kings, who organized the Pan-Hellenic, companied against Troy. Drive to Nafplion (The first capital of Greece, after the revolution against the Turks in 1821). Lunch in Nafplion. Drive to ancient Epidavrus and visit the ancient theater, (famous for the acoustic). Driving trough Tailgates mountain to the other side of Peloponnesus from east to west and we arrive late in the afternoon in ancient Olympia. Overnight, in ancient Olympia in Hotel Kronio. (http://www.hotelsolympia.gr/)

Second day: Start about 09:00 after breakfast, visit the archeological site and the museums of ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic games took place in the 7th century BC. After lunch we start driving trough Pirgos and Patras, crossing the new spectacular bridge of Rio –Antirio we continue driving along the Corinthian Sea, passing Galaxidi and Itea and finally we arrive in Delphi. Overnight in hotel Varonos (http://www.hotel-varonos.gr/).

Third day: After breakfast 09:00, we visit the archeological site of Delphi and the museum. Stop in Arachova for lunch. After lunch crossing the famous snow ski center of Parnasos Mountain, trough traditional local villages. Stop for refreshment in Lamia, the capital of the central Greece and continuously drive through Karditsa and Trikala, we arrive in Meteora (The rocks of the God)
Overnight in Hotel Tsikeli Kastraki (Meteora) (http://www.hotelskalambaka.gr/)

Fourth day: Start 09:00 after breakfast, we start visiting the monasteries (five in total). In the afternoon lunch in Kalambaka. On the way back after Lamia we stop in Thermopiles (The famous battle between Leonidas and the 300 Spartans against the Persians and the famous “come and get it”).  Late in evening arrive in Athens.

Acropolis      Meteora

Olympia       Mycenae

Epidaurus      Mistras

    Delfi            Sounio

Area Attractions

Corinth        Olympia



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