From Apr 1st to Oct 31st - Every Tue-Wed-Thu & Sat
From Nov 1 to Mar 31, 2010 - Every Tue & Sat
Dep.: 8:45am - Ret.: 7:00pm

Drive along the coastal road of the Saronic Gulf to MYCENAE, visit the remains of the ancient city, including the lionesses gate, the tomb of Agamemnon and the Palace.
Most of you may remember the name Mycenae from high school, when you were forced to read Homer or from Art History texts depicting the gold masks unearthed here.
Excavations begun in 1841 but it was 33 years later that the German Archaeologist Heinrich Schlieman unearthed tombs, pieces of Palaces and aqueducts and other relics that were mentioned by Homer, proving that what he was writing was based on fact.

After visiting the Tomb of Atreus, drive on to NAFPLIO, the first capital of modern Greece.

After lunch visit EPIDAURUS, with its theatre, famous for its remarkable acoustics and the Asklipeion, the temple and the site of the god of medicine, centre of the Greek medical world and birth place of Asklepios, patron god of medicine. Psychotherapy, hydrotherapy and brain surgery were some of the treatments performed here.

Return to Athens driving on the Epidaurus / Corinth scenic coastal road.