Ancient Corinth Tours & Tickets

Corinth was one of ancient Greece's wealthiest city-states, rivalling Athens, until the Romans destroyed it completely in 146 BCE—it remained abandoned for a century before being refounded.

The Corinth Canal, completed in 1893, cuts through the Isthmus of Corinth and saves ships over 400 kilometres of sailing around the Peloponnese.

Ancient Corinth was famous for Corinthian pottery and bronze work, with distinctive black-figure pottery that dominated Mediterranean trade for centuries.

The Temple of Apollo, standing in Corinth since around 550 BCE, is one of Greece's oldest surviving Doric temples and has survived multiple earthquakes.

Modern Corinth lies 3 kilometres south of the ancient site after a devastating 1858 earthquake destroyed the original town, forcing its relocation.

Corinth controlled both the Corinth Canal and the Diolkos—an ancient paved trackway where ships were hauled overland—making it a maritime superpower.