Private Biblical Tour of Ancient Corinth & Isthmus Canal from Athens & Corinth

Itinerary

Canal & Ancient Corinth Biblical Tour

Isthmus Canal

• Visit the Isthmus Canal, one of the most important projects and 19th century engineering masterpieces, playing a catalytic role for the Mediterranean trade.
• Visit Ancient Diolkos, a paved trackway in Ancient Greece which enabled boats to be moved overland across the Isthmus of Corinth.

Acrocorinth 

• Visit Acrocorinth, the acropolis of ancient Corinth, a monolithic rock overseeing the ancient city of Corinth. It is one of the most impressive and dominant acropoleis of the Peloponnese.
• Gates: A system of 3 circuit walls reinforced by towers.
• Keep
• Peirene Spring: Located within the encircling walls, a gift of Asopus to Sisyphus.
• Temple of Aphrodite: On the highest of the two picks of the mountain are traces of the temple of Aphrodite on the site.
• Frankish Tower: At the SW edge of the precipitous rock fortified during Frankish times forming the inner keep of the fortress. Remains of churches, mosques, houses, fountains and cisterns are preserved here.  
• Views of Geraneia Mountain: Enjoying breathtaking views of the Corinthian gulf and the SW coast of the Peloponnese.

Ancient Corinth 

• Hadgimoustafa spring: a fountain built during the Ottoman empire.
• Ancient Corinth Archaeological Museum: Housing a large collection of artifacts from the local site and from smaller sites in the neighboring area.
• Temple of Apollo: One of the earliest Doric temples in the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland with monolithic columns, rare in the ancient world, built around 560 BCE.
• Agora: A rectangular construction 160 m long and 70 m wide, consisting of central shops, small temples and altar and the renowned podium or Bema from where Apostle Paul addressed the Corinthians in 52 AD.
• Roman buildings.
• Bema or Pedestal
• Theatre and Odeon/Asklepieion
• Lechaion road: Facing the Corinthian gulf leading to the port of Lechaion.
• St. Paul's church: Admiring a magnificent mosaic mural depicting Saul's vision from Christ as he was travelling to Damascus to persecute the Christians. 
• Treat yourself to an authentic "village style" lunch on a magnificent terrace overlooking ancient Corinth's archaeological site and the temple of Apollo.
• Stroll amongst the village shops where you can treat yourself and buy handmade souvenirs for your family and friends.

Kechries port

• Visit the ancient port town of Kenchreai or Cenchreae, one of the two ports of the inland city state of Corinth. According to Acts 18:18 the Apostle Paul stopped at Kenchreai during his second missionary journey, where he had his hair cut to fulfill a vow (Nazirite vow).