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Athens By Locals – Ideas for day trips outside Athens

In this video, we are going to visit places nearby in Athens for one or two day adventures using medium-distance public transport.

Links:

Sounion – https://youtu.be/OrUHroB8GPs
Thorikos – https://youtu.be/-oN-IY5U4k8
Corinth Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdNyZUnZThZh7uiPEEu8bMv4uuVM8_rFk
Corinth Canal & Diolkos – https://youtu.be/5dGXKy7QHMA
Isthmia – https://youtu.be/pYHAAoYpSyo
Bunkers – https://youtu.be/c5gwM-6pTTk
Examilia – https://youtu.be/UdnOTdEjrbQ
Cenchreae – https://youtu.be/GJRHGvxn3wQ


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The fortress of Siphas

In reality, it is a 4th century BC fortification in good state of conservation, that extends underwater and formed part of a network of fortifications to avoid an enemy attack.

In this video we visit Sifas and other fortresses of the same era: Xironomi, Tisbe and Platea.

Fortress of Aigosthena: https://youtu.be/LaeFJ5mmcJA
Fortress of Eleuteras: https://youtu.be/Ctgkqn7Y56E

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The underwater ruins of Cenchreae

In this second part we return to Cenchreae to visit its less known side, its ruins underwater.

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Sounion and the Temple of Poseidon

We visited the archaeological site of Cape Sounion, the temple to Poseidon and the other remains, as well as telling 3 curiosities…

Cape Sounion or Sunion was a key site in antiquity for guarding the shipping lanes both to Athens, as well as the famous silver mines of Laurium, the reason for Athens’ wealth.

Today it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the vicinity of the Greek capital, promoted by travel guides as the ideal place to enjoy the sunset.

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The other underwater ruins of Old Epidaurus

The “sunken city” of Old Epidaurus/Palea Epidavros (in Greek) is probably the most popular and known of the underwater ruins of Greece.

However, and unknown to the general public, there are other ruins in the vicinity beyond the famous “Roman villa” and the buildings that surround it, and in this video we will explore those ruins.

The sunken city of Old Epidaurus/Palea Epidavros (Part 1): https://youtu.be/c3D_oyYAVIA

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The dam of Tiryns

The Tiryns dam is one of the most important hydraulic engineering works in Greece and Europe of the Mycenaean era, although it is found hidden in plain sight.

This work consisted of two parts: a large retaining wall over 50 meters long and 10 meters high, and a canal one and a half kilometers long that carried the waters of three streams to another river in the vicinity to discharge into the sea.

This enormous work was done 3500 years ago to prevent floods in the population of Tiryns.

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The ruins of Sikyon

Sikyon was an important city-state of the Corinthian domain of renowned fame at an artistic level.

In this video, we are going to explore its ruins as well as its archaeological museum.

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Ancient Messene

Ancient Messene is by far one of the best archaeological sites in all of Greece, having more variety of ruins and much better preserved than other sites of much greater renown such as Athens, Delphi, and Corinth.

In this video, we explain in detail why we think it is a great site worth exploring.

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The unknown ruins of Thorikos

We are going to explore Thorikos; excellent ruins with a lot of history, and the most important population of Laurion, the famous silver mines place, Athens’ success secret.

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The ruins of Orchomenus

The kingdom of Orchomenus was the eternal enemy of its neighbor to the east, Thebes, and included this city as well as the lands occupied by the lake Copai and the island-fortress of Gla.

In this video, we visit the Mycenaean and Hellenistic ruins of Orchomenus.