After a fancy day on the ship, we were back to the main land and continued our trip to Corinth. As mentioned on day 0, our hotel was very near to Larissa Station. This is one of the advantages for ones interested in going to Corinth or Olympia.
From Larissa Station, there are trains every one hour to Corinth. The first train of a day starts at 9:06 a.m. It made us a bit hasty because breakfast could only start from 8:30 a.m., but we made it to the station 3 or 4 minutes before the train started. And BTW, we bought the tickets the day before, so we saved some minutes. The one-way ticket was €5.
It was very convenient on the train and took only one hour and a half to get to Corinth. But in Corinth, we found difficulties with public transportations to get to tourist places. Let me write about it after giving you some information about going to Olympia:
From Athens to Olympia, you can take trains at Larissa Station. The ticket price should be €17, and it takes 5 hours to get to Olympia. Due to that long period, we decided not to go to Olympia, but it’s interesting to go; you can see the ancient Olympic stadium there. You can also plan a 2-day trip to Corinth and Olympia, and then back to Athens.
Let’s come back with our third day traveling in Greece. After arriving at Corinth, the first thing we did was buying the ticket back to Athens. It’s necessary because the ticket office would be closed at 4 p.m. But then we missed the bus to the city center, which, according to our guess, was not very often. It might have been the case that this bus arrived only after a train arrived, that means every hour :((
Here came the advantage of going in a group of 4. We took a taxi and it was quite cheap to get to the city center, only €4. The driver was also very nice; he brought us to the bus station where we could catch the bus to the Archaeological Museum?. We had to wait quite a long time for the bus to come. It costs €1.20 to go to the Archaeological Museum. Actually it could be better if we went by taxi from the train station with €10 divided by 4. That’s pretty much the same and we would save lots of time.
The Archaeological Museum? is an outdoor museum and it’s very big. One very important remark: the museum is FREE for students studying in EU. There are many things to see such as Glauke Fountain, Temple of Apollo, Temple E,… All, of course, are not original anymore, even a bit ruined; but with a good imagination, you can close your eyes and imagine how resplendent those places were in ancient time.
We were so excited and started using my tripod to take group photos. But then a lady came and told me that tripod is not allowed!!! Later in Akrokorinthos, it was also forbidden. What a surprise! That’s what I was trying to say in this photo :P
Do you see the mountain behind my head? Up there is Akrokorinthos; at first we thought that it’s impossible to go there, but then Mush got a deal with a taxi driver to driver us, let us be there for 2 hours and bring us back to this museum. The deal was €20, which was acceptable for 4 guys. And at the end of the trip, we would have regretted if we hadn’t been to Akrokorinthos. Those photos bellow will tell you why ;-)
After nearly 2 hours visiting Akrokorinthos, the taxi driver drove us back, and with €6 more, he brought us to the bus station where we could go to the Corinth Canal. This is the last place we visited in Corinth.
After lunch, we also had to wait so long for the bus. Again, the ticket was €1.20. The canal was quite far to the city center. It is beautiful, but it scared me a lot. However, I still could manage to have some unforgettable photos with the canal, especially when a ship went through.
But we had troubles going back to the city center. We waited in a big bus station near the canal (about 15 minutes of walking), but there was no sign of a bus coming back to the city center. Luckily we found a taxi; the driver was kind and asked for €6 to go directly to the train station. Thank god! Finally we could go back.
Day 3 was very interesting. We didn’t relax as much as day 2 and the places were so impressed; and I felt more active, although more tired. The only uncomfortable thing was the transportations, but taking a taxi in a group of 4 was a good solution.