From Athens: Peloponnese 6-Day Private Tour to Meteora｜Greece

Day 1: Corinth Canal – Epidaurus – Nafplio – Mycenae – Sparta
Your driver meets you at your hotel in Athens and heads west along the coast to the Peloponnese. Stop at the Corinth Canal, cut through solid rock in the 1890s, then continue to the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, known for acoustics that carry a whisper to the top row. Break for lunch or coffee in Nafplio, the first capital of modern Greece. In the afternoon, walk through the Lion Gate at Mycenae, the city of Agamemnon, before driving south to Sparta. Overnight in Sparta.

Day 2: Sparta – Mystras – Monemvasia
Start the morning at the Museum of the Olive and Greek Olive Oil in Sparta. Continue to Mystras, a Byzantine town on the slopes of Mount Taygetus and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with churches, monasteries and a hilltop castle. In the afternoon, drive to Monemvasia, a fortified town built on a rock in the sea and reached by a single causeway. Walk its cobbled lanes between restored stone houses. Return to Sparta in the late afternoon. Overnight in Sparta.

Day 3: Gythio – Diros Caves – Kardamyli – Olympia
After breakfast, drive to the coastal town of Gythio for a short stop, then into the Mani to Areopolis and the Diros Caves, where you explore an underground lake by small boat. Continue along the coast to the villages of Stoupa and Kardamyli for a swim or lunch by the sea. In the afternoon, drive to Ancient Olympia. Overnight in Olympia.

Day 4: Ancient Olympia – Nafpaktos – Delphi
Visit the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia, where the Olympic Games began in 776 BC, and its museum. Then cross the Rio–Antirrio Bridge, one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world, to the harbor town of Nafpaktos for a short stop. Continue to Delphi. Overnight in Delphi.

Day 5: Delphi – Arachova – Meteora at Sunset
Visit the archaeological site of Delphi, walking the Sacred Way to the Temple of Apollo, and the museum with the Bronze Charioteer. Stop in Arachova, a mountain village on the slopes of Parnassus, then continue north to Kalambaka, at the foot of the Meteora rocks, and watch the sunset over the rocks. Overnight in Kalambaka.

Day 6: Meteora Monasteries – Thermopylae – Athens
In the morning, visit the monasteries of Meteora, built on sandstone pillars from the 14th century onwards. Have a traditional Greek lunch in Kalambaka, then drive back to Athens with a stop at Thermopylae to see the monument to Leonidas and the 300 Spartans. The tour ends with drop-off at your hotel in Athens.