TOUR OF THE CORINTH GULF

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

Transfer to the motorcycle garage. You leave Athens and ride around the Tatoi forest. Lunch in the mountains of the Parnassus massif. Afternoon visit to the Byzantine monastery of Osios Loukas, a World Heritage site.

Monastery of Osios Loukas

The route continues along the slopes of Parnassus to reach the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, also a World Heritage site.

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi

After the visit, you continue to Galaxidi, a charming fishing village on the shores of the Gulf of Corinth. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

The route skirts the Gulf of Corinth, before crossing it on the spectacular Rion - Antirion bridge, the third largest cable-stayed bridge in the world.

After a short connection via the expressway, you enter the Peloponnese via the Chelmos - Vouraikos national park, where the waters of the Styx, one of the 5 infernal rivers of ancient Greece, flow.

Lunch in the mountains. Afternoon drive to Olympia. Arrive at your hotel around 5:00 pm.

Visit the archaeological site and museum at sunset, where you'll see some of Greece's finest ancient treasures. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Olympia site and museum

If you haven't done so the day before, visit the archaeological site and museum before breakfast at the hotel.

You drive through the Arcadian mountains to Lagkadia or Dimitsana for lunch. The route continues through the mountains towards the Argolic Gulf, to Nafplio. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in the old town.

Nafplio

Departure around 9:00 am for Mycenae, a pre-Hellenic Bronze Age city with beautifully preserved Cyclopean fortifications.

City of Mycenae

On to Epidaurus, to admire the world's best-preserved ancient amphitheatre.

Sanctuary of Asclepias at Epidaurus

Then you drive up along the Saronic Gulf to the Isthmus of Corinth. Stop to observe the amazing canal that separates the Peloponnese from mainland Greece, before continuing along a discreet coastal road to Vilia.

Finally, you take the fast lane back to the garage to return the bikes.

Transfer to the center of Athens and check-in at the hotel.

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

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

For those who have taken the extension to the following day, free day in Athens. Night at hotel.