Private St Paul's Corinth Tour, Athens

Visit the wonders and unveil the secrets of Ancient Corinth, one of Saint Paul's most beloved cities on this one-and-a-half-hour private guided tour to explore one of the most important Christian destinations in Greece.

Along the way, you'll stop at the impressive Corinth Canal, built around 1890. The Corinth Canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. It's the second-most important place to visit in Greece, after the Parthenon. Enjoy an up-close experience of this engineering marvel that was first conceived over 2,000 years ago. At the western edge of the canal, you can see the ancient Diolkos, a paved road used to transport boats by land.

Then, continue to the site of Ancient Corinth, where Saint Paul stayed for two years and founded the Christian Community and Church of Corinth, to whom His Two Letters (Epistles) are addressed. The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians and The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians are the seventh and eighth books of the New Testament canon.

Your guide will take you through the historic ruins, viewing monuments such as the Temple of Apollo, the Bema of Saint Paul, and the Peirene Fountain, said to be the watering hole of the winged Pegasus. You'll also visit the Hodeon and the Theater.

After your tour, visit the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, where you'll find various artifacts within informative and polished exhibits, and the Castle of Acrocorinth to explore its rich history from the 7th century BCE until the 18th century CE.

Before you continue, you can also visit the ancient port of Kehries, where Saint Paul stopped during his second missionary journey, and he had his hair cut to fulfil a vow, probably a Nazirite vow. Paul mentions the place and a woman named Phoebe in the local assembly in his epistle to the Romans.