From Athens: Small-Group Mycenae, Epidaurus & Nafplio Trip

this bus tour went to interesting historic sites and a unique "venetian" style fishing town. However, the meet up location was a bit confusing due to many tour buses parked in same area- we were given only the overall address of the "square", but not the bus/operator name or name of tour guide or how to find him. he suddently appeared at one corner and started calling names of people on his list and we luckliy heard and walked to that corner of the street. The guide also did not enter any historic site with us -thought he would do this. also the audio guide did not work well and one site and it kept disconnecting. hard to understand what we were looking at with no information.

We had a wonderful day trip to Mycenae, Epidaurus and Nafplio! Our guide, Orpheus, was terrific: knowledgeable, informative, engaging, and fun. The day trip is well paced, with enough time to explore the archeological sites and also have a well-timed, nice lunch break and walk in the beautiful town of Nafplio. Highly recommended!

It was a mix of education pertaining to artifacts and cultural experience. The food was excellent in Nafplio.

This was a great trip with lots of things to see and do. Mycene, Nafplio and Epidaurus are great places to visit. And there even was a short stop at the Korinth Canal. The guide was very nice and very knowledgeable. Gave a lot of interesting information about (ancient) Greece. And drove very pleasantly.

There is a driver who gives some information on sites visited but he does not guide you around. Also needs a microphone so people in the back of the vehicle can hear.

The meeting and drop-off location provided by Viator was incorrect. The tour operator did send out advance notice of the meeting location, and promptly responded to our inquiry as the correct meeting location, which was a 18 minute walk from the location provided by Viator. There was no wifi available on the van. The self-guided website at Mycenae worked somewhat, but not perfect as it was dependent on our internet connection which did not accurately provide our location at the site. Other than those issues the tour was very good, as the driver/guide was very knowledgeable and provided a detailed explanation of the sites visited. As was expected based on the tour description, the driver/guide did not go into the sites with the group. This allowed us more time to see the areas at each site of more interest to us. The small group tour allowed for a more comfortable ride in a smaller van, and it was easy to hear and talk with the driver/guide. I would have rated this tour at least 4 stars, if it would have not been for the issues listed above.

Alas my overriding take from the tour is the bad very dangerous driving of our guide. It is not really what you want or expect, that your tour minibus ia the quickest vehicle on the road. The driver was always going above speed limits, and tailgating the cars in front. I was in the front seat and not long into the journey my foot had motioned for the non existent passenger brake a couple of times. On the way from korinth to Mycenae, the driver didnt seem to notice a car infront and we nearly went into the back of it, both myself and my companion calling out to the driver to brake. I was a little apprehensive of the journey back from a safety issue and my fears were realised when going at great speed on the motorway we turned a corner and there was a traffic jam ahead. Again me and my companion shouted out to driver to brake and he slammed the brakes on from 140kmh causing the car to skid and zigzag on itsway up to the car infront very narrowly avoiding it. I was surprised we avoided the car, luckily the van had excellent brakes. I let rip at this moment in time and told the driver he had been driving way too fast all day and tailgating . No other cars approaching the traffic jam had needed drastic braking like ours To finish up on a positive, the driver/guide apart from what i stated about the drivong, was a friendly likeable man and did slow down after the skid incident and my scolding for it. I hope the driver takes note of his driving moving forward for his and others sakes.

This is not a tour. This is a ‘ride’ to the sites. The van was pretty bad. They booked 8 people in a passenger type van. The seat in front center by the driver (mine) should not have been sold. Hours in a seat with a gear box in front so i had to sit sideways. Our driver was fine and pleasant filling in a few historical trivia but you were dropped off at the sites and left there. It was really too long a day. So use this as a ride not a tour.

Excellent trip. I gave 4 stars instead of 5 for the pickup because the pre-tour instructions say to arrive 20 to 30 minutes early for the 8 am pickup, but the driver did not arrive until about 8.

Great day, lovely seeing some of the countryside/ coast. Loved Nafplio, such a quaint old town. Lots of history here and our guide was fantastic.