Wine Roads Private Day Tour: Corinth - Ancient Nemea & Wine Tasting from Athens

Wine Roads Private Day Tour - Duration 10 Hours

Top Visits
• Corinth Canal
• Ancient Corinth - Acrocorinth
• Temple of Apollo
• Ancient Nemea
• Archaeological Museum of Nemea
• Domaine Bairaktaris

Itinerary
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Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Corinth 201 00 Greece

The tour starts with a drive along the coast, on the way you will view some Greek seaside villages and the island of Salamis (where the historical naval battle took place between the Athenians and the Persians). Our first stop the Corinth Canal. Opened in 1892 and separating the temple-of-apollo-in-greece_318-27063Peloponnese peninsula from the rest of Greece and connecting the Saronic Gulf to the Corinthian Sea. You will have time to walk across on a pedestrian bridge to admire the canal closer.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth Greece

Moving on we will continue to Ancient Corinth. The city dominated by the hill of Acrocorinth and the old Castle, the oldest and largest castle in southern Greece. The site located at the foot of the hill includes the Roman Agora of Corinth, the temple of god Apollo and a small museum. Apart from its archaeological and historical interest Ancient Corinth is also one of the most popular religious destinations in Greece as this was where the Apostle Paul preached Christianity, was judged by the tribunal in the Agora and established the best organized Christian church of that period.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Temple of Apollo, Ancient Corinth, Corinth 20007 Greece

Temple of Apollo

Pass By: Akrokorinthos, Corinth 200 07 Greece

Historically the city was dominated by the hill of Acrocorinth, and the old Castle, the oldest and largest castle in southern Greece.

Stop At: Ancient Nemea, Nemea 205 00 Greece

After the visit to the site, we will head towards one of the Nemean wineries. Driving through the grape yards of the largest wine production zone in Greece, we will visit one of the best wineries. People will gladly give you a small tour showing you the grape yards, the storage barrels, explaining you the procedure that takes place until the bottling. In the end, you will be offered to taste some of their best varieties while having a view of the Nemean Valley.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Domaine Bairaktaris, Eleftheriou Venizelou 83, Nemea 20500 Greece

After the visit to the site, we will head towards one of the Nemean wineries. Driving through the grape yards of the largest wine production zone in Greece, we will visit one of the best wineries. People will gladly give you a small tour showing you the grape yards, the storage barrels, explaining you the procedure that takes place until the bottling. In the end, you will be offered to taste some of their best varieties while having a view of the Nemean Valley.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Archaeological Museum of Nemea, Nemea 205 00 Greece

Museum of Nemea

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Nafplio, Nafplio, Argolis Region, Peloponnese

Lastly, we will drive towards the city of Nafplio for our last stop, considered the most scenic city, it functioned as the capital of Greece until 1834.

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Akronafplia Fortress, Nafplio Greece

After walking in the idyllic old city we will stop for lunch at a traditional tavern by the sea, and drive up to the castle of Acronafplia for a panoramic view of Nafplio.

Pass By: Bourtzi, The Harbor, Nafplio Greece

It offers you an outstanding combination of fortresses and castle (Palamidi), Bourtzi, a huge port opened to the Aegean Sea and the unique architecture of the old city of Nafplion revealing Venetian, neoclassical and oriental elements.

Pass By: Athens, Athens, Attica

Then we will start for our way back following the eastern coast of Peloponnese peninsula to reach Athens again.

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