Mycenae Day Trip from Corinth

The Lion Gate of Mycenae, two carved stone lions above a massive lintel set in walls of huge limestone blocks.

A Mycenae day trip from Corinth is a drive south from the isthmus past Nemea to the Bronze Age citadel of Agamemnon in the Argolid, with time for the Lion Gate, the royal tombs and the museum. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours … Read more

Mycenae Day Trip from Nafplio

The Lion Gate of Mycenae, with two carved lions above the lintel, set in walls of huge stone blocks under a blue sky.

A Mycenae day trip from Nafplio is a half-day or full-day excursion from the old town of Nafplio to the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, about half an hour north by road. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the road, … Read more

Treasury of Atreus: Mycenae’s Tomb of Agamemnon

Treasury of Atreus: Mycenae's Tomb of Agamemnon

The Treasury of Atreus, also called the Tomb of Agamemnon, is a great Bronze Age tholos or beehive tomb at Mycenae in the Argolid, in the Peloponnese. Built in the Late Bronze Age, it is the largest and finest of the Mycenaean tholos tombs. A long open passage cut into the hillside leads to a … Read more