This private four days tour covers some of the most important places in Peloponnese; the Argolida region, the famous Ancient Sparta and the unique Byzantine Mystras, the magnificent Diros Caves and the world-famous city of Ancient Olympia (birthplace of the Olympic Games).
Discover the Biblical Ancient Corinthos (where St. Paul preached to the Corinthians)
Admire the famous Mycenae (Kingdom of King Agamemnon)
Visit the romantic Nafplio (seaport town / first capital of Greece)
Explore the Ancient Epidaurus with its well known theater (unique for its acoustic phenomenon)
Discover the Ancient Sparta (Statue of King Leonidas, Ancient Theater, Museums)
Visit the famous Fortification Castle of Mystras
Explore the unique Diros Caves with beautiful formations of Stalagmites & stalactites
Visit the gorgeous archaeological area of Ancient Olympia
What is Included
Private activity (only your group will participate)
Hotel or Apartment in Athens pick up & drop off
Piraeus Port or Athens International Airport pick up & drop off
Luxury air-conditioned vehicle
English speaking driver/guide (Not allowed to enter inside the archaeological areas & museums)
Bottled water, wet & dry tissues
Free WiFi on board
All taxes, fuel surcharge, tolls’ cost, parking fees
Baby seat or child booster upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
Folding wheelchair upon request with no extra charge (compulsory to be requested in advance)
Accommodation in Nafplio, Sparti & Ancient Olympia (3-4 stars hotel / breakfast included)
What is Not Included
Licensed tour guide for escorting you into the sights (on request with additional charge)
Food & drinks
Gratuities (optional)
Entrance Fees (Cost as bellow)
Ancient Corinthos : Full 8 €, Reduced 4 €
Mycenae : Full 12 €, Reduced 6 €
Ancient Epidaurus : Full 12 €, Reduced 6 €
Ancient Sparta (Museum) : Full 2 €, Reduced 1 €
Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil : Full 3 €, Reduced 1,5 €
Diros Caves : Full 15 €, Reduced 10 €
Ancient Olympia : Full 12 €, Reduced 6 €
Entrance Fees Policy
Reduced Ticket : People over 65 years old from EU members states upon presentation of ID or Passport
Free : Children and young people up to the age of 25 years from EU members states and children and young people up the age of 18 years from Non EU countries, upon presentation of ID or Passport
Entrance Fees Important Note
Ancient Corinthos: You will buy your entrance ticket on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area)
Mycenae: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Ancient Epidaurus: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Ancient Sparta (Museum): You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the sights)
Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil: You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the sights)
Diros Caves: You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the caves)
Ancient Olympia: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Duration: 4 days
Bring along
Your passport or ID and your booking confirmation
Comfortable shoes, sun hat
Your smile
Participants: 1 up 17 participants
Languages: English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Ancient Corinthos
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:00 – 15:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 08:00 – 18:00
Mycenae
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:30 – 15:30
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 08:00 – 18:00
Ancient Epidaurus
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:00 – 17:00
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 08:00 – 18:00
Ancient Sparta (archaeological sight & museum)
All seasons : 09:00 – 16:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)
Sparta (museum of the olive and Greek olive oil)
All seasons : 10:00 – 17:00 (Closed on Tuesdays)
Mystras (museum)
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:30 – 15:30
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 08:00 – 18:00
Diros Caves
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:30 – 15:00
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 09:00 – 16:30
Ancient Olympia
Winter Season (Nov. 1st up March 31st) : 08:30 – 15:00
Sumner Season (April 1st up Oct. 31st) : 08:00 – 18:30
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Our driver will meet you at pre-defined point (i.e. hotel lobby, outside of the building of your apartment, at Piraeus Port, at Athens Airport or else) 5 minutes before the scheduled pick up time.
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
First Day: Our private 4 days tour starts with driving via the coastal highway towards Peloponnese. While on route you will see the area of the Saronic Gulf where the famous Naval Battle of Salamis took place in 480 B.C. between the Greeks & the Persians. Our first stop/visit is to the famous Corinth Canal which, through Isthmus, connects the Corinthian Gulf (Ionian Sea) with the Saronic Gulf (Aegean Sea) and cuts Peloponnese peninsula from the rest Greek mainland. We continue our private tour with our first sight which is the Ancient Corinthos. Exploring the archaeological area, you will meet the Temple of Apollo (built on a rocky hill), the Theatre, the Roman Odeon, the Glauke fountain into a natural rock & the Archaeological Museum. Besides them there is the famous "Vema" (tribunal) from which St. Paul preached to the Corinthians.
Our next visit is at the famous Mycenae (the Kingdom of King Agamemnon). Amongst others, you will admire the Lions’ Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, the Treasure of Atreus (Agamemnon Grave), the Subterranean Cistern & the Archaeological Museum. We then drive to our last site of the first tour day, to Nafplio, an old & romantic seaport town which was the first capital of Greece after the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. You will be lost in the picturesque streets of the old town admiring old classical governmental buildings, especially in the Constitution Square. You will enjoy a traditional Greek dinner while attending the famous Bourtzi castle located in the middle of the harbor of Nafplio. Then you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Second Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast, we shall drive to the Ancient Epidaurus. You will explore the archaeological area of the Sanctuary of Asklepios, with the famous - for its acoustic - Ancient Theatre and you will visit the archaeological museum. We continue driving to the city of Sparti, the capital of Lakonia & birthplace of the King of Spartans Leonidas. You will see the Statue of the King Leonidas and you will visit the Temple of Artemis, the Archaeological museum & the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil. Our last visit of the day will be to the famous Byzantine Mystras (UNESCO protected site) which is located in a physical fortified hill. You will explore the medieval castle, the fortified settlement with palaces, many churches & monasteries and finally you will visit the local museum. Time for dinner in the city of Sparti and you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Third Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast we shall proceed with the visit to Diros Caves. You will explore the unique caves by small boats & through narrow passage ways. You will admire some of the most beautiful formations of stalagmites & stalaktites. Leaving back south Peloponnese & driving towards northwest via Messinia we arrive in the world–famous city of Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Time for dinner and you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Fourth Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast you will visit the unique archaeological sight of Ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games took place on 776 B.C. Amongst decades of monuments, you will admire the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the Philipeion, the Palestra, the Ancient Stadium, the Ancient Gymnasium, the Prytaneion, the Bouleuterion & the Leonidaion. Your knowledge will be complemented with the visit of the archaeological museum, one of the most important museums in Greece, with permanent exhibition of findings from the excavations, dating since prehistoric times. Time for having lunch and our private 4 days adventure reaches to the end with our returning back to starting point in Athens.
This private four days tour covers some of the most important places in Peloponnese; the Argolida region, the famous Ancient Sparta and the unique Byzantine Mystras, the magnificent Diros Caves and the world-famous city of Ancient Olympia (birthplace of the Olympic Games).
What is Included
What is Not Included
Entrance Fees Policy
Reduced Ticket : People over 65 years old from EU members states upon presentation of ID or Passport
Free : Children and young people up to the age of 25 years from EU members states and children and young people up the age of 18 years from Non EU countries, upon presentation of ID or Passport
Entrance Fees Important Note
Ancient Corinthos: You will buy your entrance ticket on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area)
Mycenae: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Ancient Epidaurus: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Ancient Sparta (Museum): You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the sights)
Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil: You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the sights)
Diros Caves: You will buy your entrance tickets on spot (at the entrance gate of the caves)
Ancient Olympia: You may buy your entrance ticket, either on spot (at the entrance gate of the archaeological area) or in advance online on https://hhticket.gr (you earn the skip the lines service)
Duration: 4 days
Bring along
Participants: 1 up 17 participants
Languages: English, Greek
Opening Hours of the sights
Requirements
Please provide us with pick up point details (hotel name or apartment’s address, cruise ship name, arrival flight details or other) and with drop off point details (if different from pick up point).
Important Information
Our driver will meet you at pre-defined point (i.e. hotel lobby, outside of the building of your apartment, at Piraeus Port, at Athens Airport or else) 5 minutes before the scheduled pick up time.
Further Information / Detailed Tour Description
First Day: Our private 4 days tour starts with driving via the coastal highway towards Peloponnese. While on route you will see the area of the Saronic Gulf where the famous Naval Battle of Salamis took place in 480 B.C. between the Greeks & the Persians. Our first stop/visit is to the famous Corinth Canal which, through Isthmus, connects the Corinthian Gulf (Ionian Sea) with the Saronic Gulf (Aegean Sea) and cuts Peloponnese peninsula from the rest Greek mainland. We continue our private tour with our first sight which is the Ancient Corinthos. Exploring the archaeological area, you will meet the Temple of Apollo (built on a rocky hill), the Theatre, the Roman Odeon, the Glauke fountain into a natural rock & the Archaeological Museum. Besides them there is the famous "Vema" (tribunal) from which St. Paul preached to the Corinthians.
Our next visit is at the famous Mycenae (the Kingdom of King Agamemnon). Amongst others, you will admire the Lions’ Gate, the Cyclopean Walls, the Treasure of Atreus (Agamemnon Grave), the Subterranean Cistern & the Archaeological Museum. We then drive to our last site of the first tour day, to Nafplio, an old & romantic seaport town which was the first capital of Greece after the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. You will be lost in the picturesque streets of the old town admiring old classical governmental buildings, especially in the Constitution Square. You will enjoy a traditional Greek dinner while attending the famous Bourtzi castle located in the middle of the harbor of Nafplio. Then you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Second Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast, we shall drive to the Ancient Epidaurus. You will explore the archaeological area of the Sanctuary of Asklepios, with the famous - for its acoustic - Ancient Theatre and you will visit the archaeological museum. We continue driving to the city of Sparti, the capital of Lakonia & birthplace of the King of Spartans Leonidas. You will see the Statue of the King Leonidas and you will visit the Temple of Artemis, the Archaeological museum & the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil. Our last visit of the day will be to the famous Byzantine Mystras (UNESCO protected site) which is located in a physical fortified hill. You will explore the medieval castle, the fortified settlement with palaces, many churches & monasteries and finally you will visit the local museum. Time for dinner in the city of Sparti and you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Third Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast we shall proceed with the visit to Diros Caves. You will explore the unique caves by small boats & through narrow passage ways. You will admire some of the most beautiful formations of stalagmites & stalaktites. Leaving back south Peloponnese & driving towards northwest via Messinia we arrive in the world–famous city of Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Time for dinner and you will spend your night in a charm hotel in the area.
Fourth Day: In the morning and after having your breakfast you will visit the unique archaeological sight of Ancient Olympia, where the first Olympic Games took place on 776 B.C. Amongst decades of monuments, you will admire the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the Philipeion, the Palestra, the Ancient Stadium, the Ancient Gymnasium, the Prytaneion, the Bouleuterion & the Leonidaion. Your knowledge will be complemented with the visit of the archaeological museum, one of the most important museums in Greece, with permanent exhibition of findings from the excavations, dating since prehistoric times. Time for having lunch and our private 4 days adventure reaches to the end with our returning back to starting point in Athens.