Corinth and Nafplio Private Tour, Full Day Private Tour Peloponnese

  • 1 - 8 Persons

  • Free Wifi

  • Full Day

Full Day Tour of Peloponnese and Argolis

Corinth and Nafplio are cities located on the Peloponnese coast, and the coast is teeming with history and tradition. Corinth is an important Greek city that figures prominently in the history of Christianity. At the same time, Nafplio is an important city, from classical antiquity to the middle-ages and early modern period.

As such, they are historical cities that survived well up to the contemporary period. They offer a glimpse of the past of the bygone era told and retold in history, lore, and various myths.

Visiting them, therefore, is a must, not only for fans of Greek civilization but for anyone who wants to appreciate history and tradition for its own sake. Touring these two cities with a tour agency expert knowledgeable about everything the city offers is best.

We offer a private tour of both cities, providing tourists with the experience of a lifetime. We bring you to all the excellent attractions of Corinth and Nafplio and provide you with fascinating tales that have been the subject of myth and history throughout the centuries.

In Nafplio, we will bring you to excellent fortifications in Palamidi and Bourtzi and tour you to those beautiful traditional architectural marvels, a product both of antiquity and medieval ages. You can see all the mixed influences, from traditional Greek to Ottoman and Venetian.

Corinth, that city immortalized by Paul and the Bible, successor to the ancient city that burned more than a century before Christ, is already famous even before the Roman times, a city that figured prominently in the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars.

Like Nafplio, it sports history and architecture dating from the roman and medieval periods that survived to this very day. And it is to those attractions that we will take you and your companions, with exciting tales of course, to appreciate further what this city offers and its place in European and world history.

But we will take you to both cities with the best packages and private tours this side of Greece. You need not worry about everything; you will travel hassle-free with our polite and knowledgeable tour guides and top-of-the-line vehicles.

A Corinth and Nafplio private tour with us is like no other; you will have the best of everything at fair and reasonable rates. If you are on this side of Greece, feel free to contact us, and we can give you the best private tour for both cities.

 

In this tour, Athens Taxi Travel will take you to all the major cities and archaelogical sites of Peloponnese!

Full Day Private Tour of Peloponnese & Argolis

The Peloponnese is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is separated from the central part of the country by the Gulf of Corinth. In this tour, starting from Athens we will visit the Corinth Canal and then drive to the Ancient Corinth. You are going to visit Temple of Apollo, the Agora and the museum.

ancient corinth Private Tour of Peloponnese © Chris Oxford

Lions-Gate-Mycenae By Andreas Trepte – Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5

Then we will continue to Mycenae where you will be able to admire the Cyclopean Walls, the Lions Gate and the Treasure of Atreas. Our tour will continue at Nafplion, which was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. There you can visit the venetian fortress Palamidi and the fortified islet of Bourtzi. Below is a list with the sites you are going to see:

  • Corinth Canal
  • Ancient Corinth
  • Acrocorinth
  • Mycenea
  • Palamidi
  • Bourzti
  • Nafplion


More than a taxi tour

Our licensed tourist guide Vicky will enter with you to all monuments and explain everything concerning the monument or the musuem findings you see. Vicky has a degree in Archaeology from the University of Athens and she’s been working as a guide for 35 years now. She speaks English, French and Italian.

Included

  • Pickup and Dropoff
  • Fully Air Conditioned
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Smoke Free
  • All Tolls & Parking fees
  • Baggage Charges
  • Water and Snacks

Not Included

  • Entrance fees for all attractions
  • Meals
  • Drinks
  • Accommodation
  • Archaeological Sites

FAQ’s & Useful tips

We use luxury Mercedes Taxi, legal and licensed by the Greek National Tourism Organization. (License Number 06ΣΞ00261ΣΟ).
Prices are quoted per car & not per person.
If you prefer without tour guide, our English speaking driver can give you all the historic information while you can watch a video about the tour. The driver is not permitted to enter archaeological sites and museums with you, only licensed guides from the ministry of culture are allowed to do so.
Driver will wait maximum 60 minutes after the indicated pick up time, kindly be on time.

Summer Essentials

Comfortable clothing and athletic walking shoes are recommended.
Hat, sun glasses and sunscreen to protect yourself are suggested.

Local Currency

We recommend you always keep local currency on you (euro), needed for entrance fees and small expenses

Licensed Guides Extra Seat

Please note that, if you will be choosing the service with a licensed guide, you will require an additional seat in your vehicle, since your guide will be riding with you.

Photos

Photography is permitted throughout the tour and in most historical sites unless otherwise mentioned.