{"id":46130,"date":"2022-06-14T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitgreece.com.gr\/?p=46130"},"modified":"2022-06-14T11:13:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T11:13:27","slug":"road-trip-around-the-peloponnese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/46130\/","title":{"rendered":"Road trip around the Peloponnese"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0Das\u00a0Peloponnes\u00a0<\/strong>is rich in seaside and mountain villages, and a number of nearby islands can be visited from its ports. You can experience gorgeous mountains with rivers and waterfalls, excellent wines, virgin beaches, buzzing cities and ancient and Byzantine sites, all in one trip.\u00a0This route is great for those who enjoy taking in the scenery en route, as it requires quite a lot of driving, but that\u2019s half the point of a road trip anyway, right? No stop is boring on this trip, and we guarantee you\u2019ll go home feeling as if you\u2019ve been on five different vacations rather than just the one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a0Day 1 \u2013 Driving time: approx. 2 h 40 min.\u00a0Start your journey from\u00a0Athen<\/strong>, heading towards\u00a0Corinth<\/strong>. Pass the Corinth Canal and head to\u00a0Epidauros<\/strong>, where you can visit the Sanctuary of Asklepios with its famous amphitheater (open 08.00-20.00 May-August).\u00a0Continue your journey south and cross either from Galata to\u00a0Poros\u00a0<\/strong>(a 5 minute car\/passenger ferry ride), from Metochi to\u00a0Hydra\u00a0<\/strong>(20 minutes, passengers only), or from Porto Heli to\u00a0Spetses<\/strong>\u00a0(10 minutes, passengers only).\u00a0To make your choice, read more about Poros here, Hydra here, and Spetses here. Spend the night at your island of choice.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Day 2 \u2013 Driving time: approx. 1 h 10 min \u2013 1 h 30 min.\u00a0Drive to\u00a0Nafplio<\/strong>. This historic seaside city is chock-full of things to see, so dedicate at least one day checking out the sights, and taking it in.\u00a0Driving time: approx. 4 h.\u00a0Head down the second \u201cfinger\u201d of the peninsula, and make stops in Leonidio and\/or Monemvasia. Cross over from Neapoli to the little island of Elafonisos<\/strong>, famous for the incredible Simos beach, via a 10 minute car\/passenger ferry, or to Kythira with 1 hour 15 minute car\/passenger ferry ride, for an overnight stay. Learn more about\u00a0Kythira<\/strong>\u00a0here.\u00a0Driving time: approx. 4 h.\u00a0Continue your trip through\u00a0Kalamata<\/strong>\u00a0to the westernmost \u201cfinger\u201d, and spend some time discovering the nearly untouched beaches around villages like\u00a0Koroni, Methoni<\/strong>, and Foinikounta<\/strong>. Spend the night in Koroni<\/strong>, below the charming castle which is still inhabited, and so pretty it seems taken out of a fairytale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u00a0Day 5-6 \u2013 Driving time: approx. 5 h.\u00a0Continue via Pyrgos to\u00a0Ancient Olympia<\/strong>\u00a0and visit the impressive archeological site, with the athletic premises used for the Olympic Games in ancient years (open 08.00-20.00 in the summer). Continue via road 74 with a stop in the picturesque mountain village of Vytina, and then take the 66 through Nemea, for overnight stay and a wine tasting.\u00a0Day 7 \u2013 Driving time: approx. 1 h 30 min.\u00a0Return to Athens. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The\u00a0Peloponnese\u00a0is rich in seaside and mountain villages, and a number of nearby islands can be visited from its ports. You can experience gorgeous mountains with rivers and waterfalls, excellent wines, virgin beaches, buzzing cities and ancient and Byzantine sites, all in one trip.\u00a0This route is great for those who enjoy taking in the scenery en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46152,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46130\/revisions\/46152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovergreece.com.gr\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}