Corinth's Canal and Epidaurus Theatre Half Day Trip from Athens

We will visit the canal of Corinth, a engineering miracle of the 19th century, that is our first short photo and rest stop. You will road signs with the term "Isthmus" on, not canal. That's because in Greek it means passage. Then we will visit the ancient theatre of Epidauros , which is considered the most well preserved 5th cent BC theatre in Greece. It is reused for the famous theatrical summer festival, ancient plays, in modern greek language!You ll see it all still there, there is no closer experience to ancient drama than watching a play seated where 2500 years ago ancients Greeks would sit. You will feel the supreme acoustics of this 12. 000 seat stone theatre. The small museum is also interesting, since you can understand the purpose of this theatre situated nowhere near a city or town. The healing sanctuary of Asclepios makes it all clear. The patients in the ancient era would have to stay for 2 weeks under the supervision of the priests-doctors, so they needed entertainment!