Day 6 – Tiryns to Corinth
From Mycenae we skipped down to Tiryns; an older contemporary of Mycenae. Its massive fortifications are indicative of the state of politics at the time. From there, we drove down to Nafplio, a nice little port with an amazing Venetian fort on the hill over looking the town. Of all the historic sites we visited, the Venetian ones were always my favorite.
After lunch overlooking Nafplio, we rode to Epidavros, one of the highlights of ancient Greece. The road sides on the drive there were littered with ruins from Ancient Mycenae: a bridge here, a storehouse there. Really amazing! The centerpiece of Epidavros (a ceremonial center and Hellenic health spa) is its amphitheatre. The site was occupied under the Romans at a later date and it was they who built the upper levels of the theater. Even today the acoustics are quite astounding and concerts are still held at the site on a regular basis. We ended our day with a winding ride high above the Saronic Gulf to the Corinthian Canal which effectively makes the Peloponnesus an Island. We did some laundry and camped for the night.
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