Top 10 Day Trips from in Peloponnese, Greece

February 28, 2022 Tynisha Seiler

The Peloponnese (/ˈpɛləpəˌniːz/) or Peloponnesus (/ˌpɛləpəˈniːsəs/; Greek: Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos) is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is separated from the central part of the country by the Isthmus and Gulf of Corinth. During the late Middle Ages and the Ottoman era, the peninsula was known as the Morea (Greek: Μωρέας), a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form (Μωριάς).
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1. Private Tour of Ancient Olympia & Isthmus Canal From Athens

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Be amazed by the modern engineering masterpiece of the Corinth Canal (Isthmus Canal). Light the Olympic flame at Ancient Olympia the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games.  Explore the Archaeological Museum, where many of Olympia’s greatest works of art and artifacts are displayed. Highlights of the museum include the Sculpture from the Temple of Zeus, arguably the finest surviving examples of Archaic Greek sculpture, the 5th century BC Winged Victory by Paiongs, the 4th century BC Hermes of Praxiteles and a model of the reconstructed ancient Olympia site.

Inclusions: Bottled water  , Hotel/port pickup and drop-off, Native English speaking drivers, Refreshment wipes, Transport by private air-conditioned vehicle, Wifi, Private Tour

Exclusions: Entry or admission fee, Food and drinks

Reviewed By nickgrant6

We took a private tour with Taz. The tour included Corinth Canal, ancient Corinth, Acrocorinth and Mycenae. Taz was amazing and tailored the tour to us throughout. He was extremely knowledgeable and I cannot recommend him highly enough.

2. Athens Highlights & Ancient Corinth Full Day Private Tour

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Get the opportunity to visit two of the most famous ancient cities. Visit the Parthenon, the symbol of democracy, cross the Corinth Canal that will fascinate you and in Corinth see one of the oldest temples in Greece.

Inclusions: Professional Drivers with Deep knowledge of history. [Not licensed to accompany you in any site.], Hotel pickup and drop-off, Transport by private vehicle, Skip the line to purchase site tickets. [36€ for over 6 yo for Non EU & 24 yo for EU Citizens], Bottled water

Exclusions: Entrance Fees [36€ for over 6 yo for Non EU & 24 yo for EU Citizens], Airport Pick Up and drop-off (Additional cost), Licensed Tour guide on request [Additional cost - 250 €], Lunch

Reviewed By Akulasthraxus

My guide Vasile met me at the Acropolis metro stop, we headed to the Acropolis, and I was the only person that had signed up for a tour that day so it was a solo tour. We stopped at the Acropolis, Temple of Hephaestus, Greek Agora, Lycabettus Hill, the glass running man, and the Olympic Stadium in my half day tour. 100% worth it, got some great photos and better memories, and would happily suggest them again.

3. One Day Peloponnese

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This tour will take us to the major sites of the Peloponnese, both ancient and modern, from the Homeric city of Mycenae, to Epidauros, Palamidi Castle in Nafplio and the Corinth Canal. The kingdom of Mycenae was one of the first great centres of the Greek culture; settlement on this site dates back to the second millennium BC. According to Homer, Mycenae was the seat of Agamemnon, who led the Greeks against the Trojans to take back Helen, the wife of his brother Menelaus.You will see the Lion Gate, which formed the entrance to the royal court and palace. We will also travel to Epidaurus and see the world-renowned Epidaurus theatre. Built in the 4th century BC, it is famous for its acoustics, which are so perfect that words spoken on stage can be heard perfectly wherever you are in the audience. Stepping forward in history, we will see the Palamidi Castle in Nafplio, built by the Venetians and famous for supposedly having 999 steps.

Inclusions: Transportation from and to your central hotel in Athens or Piraeus, Transportation from and to the cruise terminal of Piraeus port and ATHENS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Private tour (your party only), Air condition, Wi-Fi in vehicle, fuel surcharge and tolls, Professional English-speaking driver. Gives information & tips but does not come in the sites, Everything that involves the vehicle

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Professional guide at sites (if wanted, with an extra charge, you can hire in the site), Admission fees

Reviewed By aac23rd

Our Airbnb host suggested we could use Cat Taxis to transfer from the airport to the apartment. Terry was very helpful when I phoned to book and, on our arrival and transfer, gave so much information, hints and tips to help us make the most of our stay in Athens. We would not have received so much advice and information had we just booked a standard transfer with a holiday company. We were so impressed and grateful that we decided to use them again for our transfer back at the end of our holiday.

4. Half Day Private Tour to Ancient Corinth

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Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Ancient Corinth an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape of the regions.

Inclusions: WiFi on board, Mineral Cold Water, Fuel and tolls, Mercedes Air-Conditioned Vehicle, Adjusting/customizing itinerary to skip the long lines, English Speaking Driver(not allow to escort you into the sites/museums), We can accommodate 8people also(Bookable by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator)

Exclusions: Licensed Tour Guide (Bookable upon request by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator), Gratuity(optional), Lunch, Entrance Fees

Reviewed By trippintheworld

I am very late with my review as my trip was in September 2019, but it was so amazing I didn't want to miss sharing it with all of you. We were on a cruise and Athens was a port of call. We hired Dennis for 7 plus hours and together we designed a fantastic itinerary. He showed me where to go to purchase tickets ahead of time and all things were a go from the moment we got off the ship. We saw everything! Dennis was helpful, polite, flexible and we were so lucky to get him to show us around the great sights of Athens. Athens is a HUGE city. If you are not in town long please take my advice and hire Tours of Athens for a PRIVATE air conditioned tour. We had plenty of time in each place and it was very very hot so having a vehicle just waiting for us was a no brainer. We had 6 people total and I believe we each around 80 euros for the entire day. Well worth it. Time is money! Thank you Dennis and I am so sorry for the late review.

5. Private Day Tour to Canal,Ancient Corinth,Myceane,Nauplion from Athens/Pireaus

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Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Pelloponese makes this day trip from Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape of the regions.

Inclusions: WiFi on board, Mineral Cold Water, Fuel and tolls, Mercedes Air-Conditioned Vehicle, Adjusting/customizing itinerary to skip the long lines, English Speaking Driver(not allow to escort you into the sites/museums), We can accommodate 8people also(Bookable by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator)

Exclusions: Licensed Tour Guide (Bookable upon request by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator), Gratuity(optional), Lunch, Entrance Fees

Reviewed By trippintheworld

I am very late with my review as my trip was in September 2019, but it was so amazing I didn't want to miss sharing it with all of you. We were on a cruise and Athens was a port of call. We hired Dennis for 7 plus hours and together we designed a fantastic itinerary. He showed me where to go to purchase tickets ahead of time and all things were a go from the moment we got off the ship. We saw everything! Dennis was helpful, polite, flexible and we were so lucky to get him to show us around the great sights of Athens. Athens is a HUGE city. If you are not in town long please take my advice and hire Tours of Athens for a PRIVATE air conditioned tour. We had plenty of time in each place and it was very very hot so having a vehicle just waiting for us was a no brainer. We had 6 people total and I believe we each around 80 euros for the entire day. Well worth it. Time is money! Thank you Dennis and I am so sorry for the late review.

6. Full Day Private Ancient Corinth and Athens Must See Tour

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Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Ancient Corinth and Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape of the regions.

Inclusions: WiFi on board, Mineral Cold Water, Fuel and tolls, English Speaking Driver(not allow to escort you into the sites/museums), Adjusting/customizing itinerary to skip the long lines, Mercedes Air-Conditioned Vehicle, We can accommodate 8people also(Bookable by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator)

Exclusions: Licensed Tour Guide (Bookable upon request by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator), Gratuity(optional), Lunch, Entrance Fees

Reviewed By trippintheworld

I am very late with my review as my trip was in September 2019, but it was so amazing I didn't want to miss sharing it with all of you. We were on a cruise and Athens was a port of call. We hired Dennis for 7 plus hours and together we designed a fantastic itinerary. He showed me where to go to purchase tickets ahead of time and all things were a go from the moment we got off the ship. We saw everything! Dennis was helpful, polite, flexible and we were so lucky to get him to show us around the great sights of Athens. Athens is a HUGE city. If you are not in town long please take my advice and hire Tours of Athens for a PRIVATE air conditioned tour. We had plenty of time in each place and it was very very hot so having a vehicle just waiting for us was a no brainer. We had 6 people total and I believe we each around 80 euros for the entire day. Well worth it. Time is money! Thank you Dennis and I am so sorry for the late review.

7. Private Day Tour to Corinth Canal and Sparta-Mystras from Athens/Pireaus

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Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Sparta-Mystras makes this day trip from Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape of the regions.

Inclusions: WiFi on board, Mineral Cold Water, Fuel and tolls, English Speaking Driver(not allow to escort you into the sites/museums), Adjusting/customizing itinerary to skip the long lines, Mercedes Air-Conditioned Vehicle, We can accommodate 8people also(Bookable by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator)

Exclusions: Licensed Tour Guide (Bookable upon request by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator), Gratuity(optional), Lunch, Entrance Fees

Reviewed By trippintheworld

I am very late with my review as my trip was in September 2019, but it was so amazing I didn't want to miss sharing it with all of you. We were on a cruise and Athens was a port of call. We hired Dennis for 7 plus hours and together we designed a fantastic itinerary. He showed me where to go to purchase tickets ahead of time and all things were a go from the moment we got off the ship. We saw everything! Dennis was helpful, polite, flexible and we were so lucky to get him to show us around the great sights of Athens. Athens is a HUGE city. If you are not in town long please take my advice and hire Tours of Athens for a PRIVATE air conditioned tour. We had plenty of time in each place and it was very very hot so having a vehicle just waiting for us was a no brainer. We had 6 people total and I believe we each around 80 euros for the entire day. Well worth it. Time is money! Thank you Dennis and I am so sorry for the late review.

8. Full Day Private Shore Excursion Ancient Corinth and Athens Must See

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Our 25 years experience and the combination of stunning natural scenery and the legacy of a fascinating and diverse cultural heritage of Ancient Corinth and Athens an irresistible option. You will discover the fascinating historical, cultural and geographic landscape of the regions.

Inclusions: WiFi on board, Mineral Cold Water, Fuel and tolls, English Speaking Driver(not allow to escort you into the sites/museums), Adjusting/customizing itinerary to skip the long lines, Mercedes Air-Conditioned Vehicle, We can accommodate 8people also(Bookable by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator)

Exclusions: Licensed Tour Guide (Bookable upon request by contacting us on the phone number provided by Viator), Gratuity(optional), Lunch, Entrance Fees

Reviewed By trippintheworld

I am very late with my review as my trip was in September 2019, but it was so amazing I didn't want to miss sharing it with all of you. We were on a cruise and Athens was a port of call. We hired Dennis for 7 plus hours and together we designed a fantastic itinerary. He showed me where to go to purchase tickets ahead of time and all things were a go from the moment we got off the ship. We saw everything! Dennis was helpful, polite, flexible and we were so lucky to get him to show us around the great sights of Athens. Athens is a HUGE city. If you are not in town long please take my advice and hire Tours of Athens for a PRIVATE air conditioned tour. We had plenty of time in each place and it was very very hot so having a vehicle just waiting for us was a no brainer. We had 6 people total and I believe we each around 80 euros for the entire day. Well worth it. Time is money! Thank you Dennis and I am so sorry for the late review.

9. Ancient Corinth, Epidaurus, Nafplio full day private tour from Athens

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Venture south of Athens to discover highlights of the Peloponnese. Cross the Corinth Canal to leave mainland Greece and explore the Ancient Corinth, Epidaurus and Nafplion. Starting in Ancient Corinth, antiquity’s most powerful commercial crossroads, then on to Epidaurus, with its theater and healing center that were milestones in the evolution of western civilization and ending up at Nafplio, the country’s most picturesque town, we take a route that is one of the most important historically speaking, in a country steeped in history. - Full-day tour of Peloponnese highlights from Athens - Travel the Isthmus of Corinth with its picturesque yet imposing natural beauty - Check out the perfect acoustics at Epidaurus's 4th-century amphitheater - Explore the harbor village of Nafplion

Inclusions: Bottled water, Air-conditioned vehicle, Private transportation, WiFi on board, Hotel/port pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Gratuities, Official tour guide (optional)

Reviewed By Theajulian

Jorge was an incredible driver, he explained everything and was very kind. He took us to eat at an amazing restaurant by the sea, he had a lot of patience with each stop and made sure to replace the time we were in traffic. I highly recommend the tour, even more if you go with Jorge

10. Private Christian Tour in Athens & Ancient Corinth on Apostle Paul's Footsteps

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An one day Christian tour in Athens and Corinth based on the footsteps of St Paul. Tour in Ancient Corinth, one of Apostle Paul's beloved cities and visit Ancient Market and the Bema of Apostle Paul, the Apostolos Pavlos metropolitan church, which he founded and the Ancient Kehries port, from where the he set out on his journey to Syria. Visit Athens with its Christian and ancient monuments and at the same paths that Apostle of Nations walked and preached hundreds of years earlier. Visit the Ancient Agora and the "Mars Hill” where Apostle Paul walked preached and met his followers. Visit the sacred rock of the Acropolis that is a must-see, have a panoramic city tour in Athens and visit the Coastal district of Palaio Faliro. Book online our one day Christian tour and combine sites of archaeological and Christian significance both in Athens and in Corinth, with the safety of our chauffeured services and our experienced tour guides!

Inclusions: Private transportation, Air-conditioned vehicle, English speaking driver, Bottle of water, All taxes

Exclusions: Official Tour Guide , Entrance fees

Reviewed By harrybM4927DX

My son, daughter-in-law and I had booked a 14-day private tour of Athens, Crete, Santorini, Milos and Naxos with Private Tours Greece from May 1-14, 2020 and made a 30% down payment by credit card on 02/06/2020. All interactions with Private Tours Greece went smoothly and were professional and friendly. Then, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and my son's illness, on 03/13/2020, well ahead of the deadline for a fully-refundable cancellation, I asked Private Tours Greece to release all reservations it had made on our behalf, but to hold my deposit, in the hope that we might be able to reschedule our trip later in 2020 or in the spring of 2021. Private Tours Greece complied with my request and issued a credit voucher for the down payment I had made. As the pandemic continued to surge and Greece remained closed to visitors from the United States, on 4/17/2021, after essentially extending an interest-free loan to Private Tours Greece for over a year, I requested that my down payment be fully refunded and credited to the same credit card account to which it had been charged. Thereupon, Private Tours Greece staff claimed that the request for refund had been "forwarded" ... as it turned out later, to Alpha Bank. Nothing happened for a week. I then engaged in repeated e-mail exchanges with Private Tours Greece staff, only to be subjected to a stream of equivocations, obfuscations of the facts, and invalid excuses, including a claim that Private Tours Greece was doing me a favor by agreeing to a refund because the Greek government had allegedly given it the option to hold my funds indefinitely. I then contacted the general manager of the company, who sent me what purported to be a Greek language request to Alpha Bank (that I was unable to read) to issue the refund, along with further invalid excuses, never responding to my complaint that Private Tours Greece was in breach of its contractual obligation to issue a full refund of my down payment, not to mention doing the honorable thing, i.e., issue an immediate refund from an account he controlled directly, rather than blaming Alpha Bank for the delay by claiming that it "required" 10-15 "working" days to complete the request. Even that outlandishly ridiculous period has now expired! A complaint I submitted to Alpha Bank has received no response to date. It has now been nearly a full month since my refund request of 4/17/2021, and I may have to initiate legal action against Private Tours Greece ... with all the complexities and additional outlays and delays that would involve ... in order to reclaim my funds. The lesson to be learned here is that Private Tours Greece cannot be counted upon to honor its promises and contractual commitments. If there is any chance at all that you may have to cancel your trip, STAY AWAY!

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