Mycenae, Argos, Loutraki

The tombs of Agememnon and his murderous wife, Clytemnestra were fabulous! Each a huge cavernous space with a side room and built in a dome/honeycomb shape. We climbed to the Citadel of Mycenae passing through the Lion Gate, the oldest monumental relief in Europe, built in 1240BC. It's miraculous that pottery has been found intact or that pieces have been reconstructed! Painstaking work but rewarding in its accomplishment!
We drove back to Argos for lunch, decided not to stay and drove to Corinth but went along the coast a few kms. to Loutraki and checked in to a hotel with a lovely sea view of Corinth and the opposite shore. It was very windy so gave up having a swim and instead watched windsurfers zipping along in the bay until after the gorgeous sunset.Read more