Wine Tasting Private Day Experience with Lunch, Ancient Corinth – Ancient Nemea, Athens, Attica, Greece
Forget the obvious food & culture tours and encounter authentic Greek food, wine, local drinks and the UNESCO world heritage sites of ancient Corinth and ancient Nemea on a private day tour.
Setting off from Athens, you’ll make your way to the Mythical Peloponnese with a first stop at the Corinth canal.
• Corinth Canal
• Ancient Corinth famous for Saint Paul’s New Testament, letters to the Corinthians
• Wine tasting at the most famous wine area of Greece
• Lunch in a great location with real Greek food
• Ancient Nemea famous for the Nemean Games & the Nemea Lion (Hercules 1st labor)
Shopping stops to souvenir shops & pottery are NOT included unless requested by yourselves.
Description & Instructions When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
Forget the obvious food & culture tours and encounter authentic Greek food, wine, local drinks and the UNESCO world heritage sites of ancient Corinth and ancient Nemea on a private day tour.
Setting off from Athens, you’ll make your way to the Mythical Peloponnese with a first stop at the Corinth canal.
• Corinth Canal
• Ancient Corinth famous for Saint Paul’s New Testament, letters to the Corinthians
• Wine tasting at the most famous wine area of Greece
• Lunch in a great location with real Greek food
• Ancient Nemea famous for the Nemean Games & the Nemea Lion (Hercules 1st labor)
Shopping stops to souvenir shops & pottery are NOT included unless requested by yourselves.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Corinth Canal, Isthmia, Loutraki 201 00 Greece
The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ancient Corinth (Archaia Korinthos), Argous 105 Ancient Korinthos village, Corinth 200 07 Greece
Ancient Corinth was inhabited in the Neolithic period (6500-3250 BC) but the big prosperity begins in the 8th century.
Corinth was a city-state on the Isthmus (canal) of Corinth, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnese to the mainland of Greece, roughly halfway between Athens and Sparta.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Cooperative Winery of Nemea, 130 Papakonstantinou Av., Nemea 205 00 Greece
Wine tasting visit to one of the many wineries in the region of the tour. The Nemea area of the Peloponnese is the most famous wine region of Greece. Approximate pricing at 12 EUR/person for tasting of 5 labels.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nemea, Nemea, Corinthia Region, Peloponnese
Lunch in the Nemea area which is considered as the Greek Napa Valley.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Ancient Nemea, Nemea 205 00 Greece
Positioted 31km southwest of Corinth, Ancient Nemea was once the venue for the biennial Nemean Games, held in honour of Zeus. Three original columns of the imposing 4th-century-BC Doric Temple of Zeus survive, and the on-site museum displays rich finds from the area. The stadium where the Games were held is nearby; once connected to the sanctuary by a sacred road, it plays host to the resurrected Games.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Acrocorinth, Corinth 200 07, Greece
OPTIONAL: Acrocorinth, “Upper Corinth”, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, is a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth and the Corinth gulf. It is the most impressive of the acropolis of mainland Greece. With its secure water supply, Acrocorinth’s fortress was repeatedly used as a last line of defense in southern Greece because it commanded the Isthmus of Corinth, repelling foes from entry by land into the Peloponnese peninsula.
Duration: 40 minutes
Duration: 6 to 7 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
