GREECE Road Trip Start

Day 4

We came back from Santorini to Athens by ANEK Lines. Again, the ferry was 5 hrs delayed. Hotel sent us to the port at 9 pm while the ferry was scheduled to leave at 10.30. Anyway, it was 5 hrs delayed!!Oh my god. This ruined our schedule because we plan to pick our rental car in early morning but because of this we arrived Athens almost noon.


Because we did not pick up the car on time, our car were sent from Hertz at Piraeus port back to the office in town. We had to take taxi to Hertz office in town. It made me feel so annoying.


After pick up the car, we head to Nafplion first. We use GPS and map altogether for this trip which is ok. We arrived all destinations well in planned time. Nafplion is about 140 Km away from Athens.  On the way, you can see the Corinth Canal from the car. 

Corinth Canal

Nafplion is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was the first capital of modern Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. Nafplion is popular resort town as it enjoys a very sunny and mild climate and is a popular day- or weekend road trip destination for Athenians in wintertime.

Square of the Philhellenes

Nafplion

Constitution Square

The castle of Palamidi

The castle of Bourtzi 

We stopped at Nafplion around 1.30 hrs and then continue Mycenae which is about 20 km away from Nafplion


Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 km south-west ofAthens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. Mycenae is UNESCO World Heritage Site and well known for its main entrance, Lion Gate, and Tomb of Agamemnon.

House of the warrior vase

Panoramic view of the site

Grave circle

Lion Gate

Sunset restaurant

We left Mycenae around 5pm and continue to Olympia to stay overnight there. On the way, we stopped by Sunset Restaurant to have a dinner. Very nice restaurant but I don't know exactly where it is. Just passed by. Olympia (Ancient Olympia) is about 70 Km away from Mycenae. 


We arrive Olympia very late at night, almost 11PM because we got lost. We could not find Olympia on GPS so I must search from zip code of hotel address. There are 2 Olympia and where I have to go is called Ancient Olympia (Ολυμπία Olympía) which did not show on GPS. We kept asking Greece people along the way. They could not speak English well but they are very helpful.

We finally arrived Hotel. We stayed at Ilis Hotel It's small hotel but very clean and convenient. It is very close to Olympia site, walking distance. We stayed in tripple room. Very tired ZZZ