IN THE PELOPONNESE

Arrival at Athens International Airport in the afternoon or evening. Transfer to your hotel.

Athens - Tolo

Breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the motorcycle garage.

Departure from Athens, then start of the itinerary. Lunch on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth. In the early afternoon, departure to see the Corinth Canal, then on to Epidaurus along the waters of the Saronic Gulf. Around 5:00 pm, visit the best-preserved amphitheatre in the ancient world.

Sanctuary ofSanctuary of Asclepias in EpidaurusAsclepias in Epidaurus

Arrival in Tolo around 6:00 pm. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Departure around 9:30 am for Mycenae, a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age city with admirably preserved Cyclopean fortifications.

Archaeological site of Mycenae

Then the route skirts the Argolic Gulf, before taking the beautiful road to Tripoli at a steady pace, which undulates for 50 km through the hills. Lunch along the way in a charming mountain village. Then back on the road to Olympia along a superb route. Arrival at today's stopover around 5:00 pm. Visit the site and museum of Olympia, where you'll see some of the finest treasures of ancient Greece.

Olympia site

Visit the archaeological site and museum of Olympia if you haven't done so the day before.

Departure for Andritsaina to see the mysterious temple of Apollo Epicurus.

Temple of Apollo Epicurus

Then back on the road, winding through the Arcadian mountains to Karytaina. Lunch on site. In the afternoon, you drive deeper into the heart of the Peloponnese mountains. A road lost in the mountains takes you to Mystras. Dinner nearby and overnight at the hotel.

This morning, visit the ancient medieval city founded by the Franks in the 13th century, then conquered by the Byzantines and Turks.

Medieval site of Mystras

Return to the hotel after the visit. Departure around 11:00 am towards the Magne, crossing the Taygetos massif to the Gulf of Messinia. In the afternoon, drive along the coast to Aeropoli, on the edge of the Gulf, one of the most picturesque towns in the Peloponnese. Arrival and check-in at your hotel around 4:00 pm. Dinner nearby and overnight at the hotel.

Departure for Porto Kagio, at the southernmost tip of the peninsula and the European continent. The route takes in stunning cliff-top views over the Gulf of Laconia. Lunch in the old port of Gythio. Afternoon drive to Monemvasia. Check-in at the hotel and stroll around the city, which was in turn Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian, Turkish and Greek. Sea bathing at the foot of the ramparts (in season). Dinner in the old town.

Monemvasia

After a final stroll in the morning light, you return to the Parnonas massif. Lunch in a charming mountain village. The route then follows the spectacular road along the Argolic Gulf to Nafplio. Dinner in the old town and overnight in hotel.

Nafplio

Breakfast at the hotel, then return to Athens and the motorcycle garage via the expressway, with a stop at the Corinth Canal if you missed it on the outward journey. Return of motorcycles.

For those returning, transfer to Athens international airport. For those who have chosen the Athens extension, transfer to the center of Athens. Check-in at the hotel and afternoon free for shopping and strolling.

In the evening, dinner in Plaka, at the foot of the Acropolis. Night at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel. For those returning, check-out and transfer to the airport for the return flight.

For those who have taken the overnight extension, a day at leisure in Athens. We recommend a visit to the Acropolis or the Byzantine Museum. Overnight at your hotel.

Athens Acropolis