Karayiannis Villas
Travel Blogs from Nauplion
Corinth In June
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I slept well though, as always here, and was able to eat breakfast at the hotel next morning before taking a taxi the short distance to the suburban railway station, from where I made the journey to the international airport, for my flight back to Gatwick.
So ended another trip to the Peloponnese, and a very sunny, colourful and happy ...
By bus to Tolo, the slow scenic route
... Astros paralia by the sea. This is the more touristy place, and in the hot sun, was lovely. I knew I could not stay long, so wandered along the jetty and back, then chose one of the cafe-bars with a large seating area and comfortable cushioned chairs, to enjoy a coffee until it was time to move on.
Next stop was Argos, a place I've been before, with it's ancient ruins and more ...
Day 1 Tour of Greece
... animals) or sail the extra 185 nautical miles around the land mass. The main archaeological site visited today was MYCENAE. Mycenae 'Rich in Gold', the kingdom of mythical Agamemnon is the most important and richest palatial centre of the Late Bronze Age in Greece. It's name was given to one of the greatest civilisations of Greek prehistory, the Mycenaean civilisation. The site dates back to between 16th and 12th Century ...
Making the most of the old and the new.
... in fact I must have come that way even longer ago, in 1974 when I first came to Greece and took a rail journey to the Peloponnese.
Now, though I take a taxi or walk from the hotel to the new Korinthos Station on the edge of the city. At least, it was on the edge a few years ago, but I notice the city is spreading towards it, as inevitably happens when new transport ...
To the top of the town.....
... seaside we drove. The landscape seems harsh, covered with scrub brush and patches of olive groves. Towns are quiet and activity limited...not quite harvest time for the olives here. It took awhile to locate a place for lunch, and once there, we were given the choice of pork or chicken in broken English, less broken than our Greek, to be honest. No moussaka, grape leaves, gyros, what we consider Greek food in the states! It stemmed ...