Mycenae & Nafplio Day Trip from Kalamata

Our trip will begin from your hotel and after an hour we will be crossing Nemea and its famous and impressively green and neatly vineyards. Immediately after that we will have the chance to see Argos, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

As a strategic location on the fertile plain of Argolis, Argos was a major stronghold during the Mycenaean era. The first time that you confront the Cyclopean masonry of the Acropolis of Mycenae, even from far away, is going to be one of the moments of the tour that you will never forget. Acropolis is accessed through the famous Lion Gate, the symbol of the Mycenaean rulers' power. The gate was named after the two opposing lions carved in relief and set into the relieving triangle, a typical feature of Mycenaean architecture, over the door.

But this is not the only interesting thing that we will see inside.A building named the 'Granary', because its basement contained carbonized grain, is one of the things that will fascinate you. Southern we will visit the Grave Circle A, whose six large shaft graves contained numerous gold objects and other works of art.

Beyond this is a series of buildings, possibly the residences of high officials:

• The House of the Warrior Krater
• the Ramp House
• the South House and
• the Citadel House.

The citadel's religious center, along the south fortification wall, includes the Temple of the Idols, the House of the Frescoes, Tsountas's House and the Priest's House. A staircase and a large processional street connected these shrines to the palace. Five hundred meters away from the entrance of Acropolis we will have also the chance to see the "Treasure of Atreus" or Tomb of Agamemnon. It is an impressive "tholos" tomb on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. Our next stop is the beautiful and breathtaking town of Nafplio.

This very popular town owes its establishment in Nafplion, the famous sailor and member of the Argonauts. We will walk along the castles of Acronafplia, erected for the first time in the late 3rd century BC and it took its current form after additions of the Byzantines, Franks, Venetians and Turkish conquerors. From up there we will be able to admire the Golf of Nafplio with the beautiful Castle/island called Bourtzi and a huge, well-maintained and probably the best castle in Greece called Palamidi.

It was built in 1714 by the Venetians and is the finest sample of the Venetian fortifications in Greece. After a tour through the narrow alleys of the old city, we will let ourselves be fascinated by the heady scent of traditional dishes that we will have the opportunity to taste (optionally), among the streets and houses of old and new architecture. 

Price per group (1-8 pax) : 300 euro