Greeka.com: Mycenae Reviews - Greece and the Greek Islands

General: Impressed by the gate

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

The road to Mycenae is quite safe and it will take you only a couple of hours to get by car from Athens Airport. We made a stop there on our way to Tolo. The Lion Gate impressed me the most, while the rest of the town is mostly ruins of neighborhoods. I remember it was very hot that day and we were tiring from the flight, but the site is constructed on a hill and there was a breeze refreshing u...

General: Ancient town on a hill

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

It was not difficult at all to drive to Mycenae from Athens. The road was good and straight, no big winds or narrow spots. Rented a car online about two months before and got the car right after our arrival in Athens airport. The plan was to drive in the Peloponnese for a week and then go for another week in Naxos. We come to Greece the last ten summers but still hadn't visited the inland, whic...

General: Impressive spots

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

It was a hot, hot, really hot day when we took an excursion to Mycenae, the oldest of the most famous ancient sites in Greece. Mycenae is located on the slopes of a hill and you have to climb up through narrow footpaths. Fortunately, due to the altitude, the wind blows quite strong in Mycenae, so climbing up wa...

General: Two hours needed to see the site

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We included Mycenae in our excursion schedule along with Nafplion last weekend. Although I live in Greece, I hadn't visited Mycenae before (it is a shame for me, I know!). The site is truly as impressive as people say, the best monuments were the gate with the lions and the vaulted tomb. It needs about an hour to visit the site and another hour for the museum, which is also worth to see.

General: A place of kings and tragedies

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We went on Mycenae as a tour from Athens. It was a hot morning when we set off the bus and saw an impressive archaeological site lying in front of us. I had read about Mycenae back home, about its glorious kings and the tragedies that were connected to this ancient place. The gate of the lions, the Cyclopean walls, the vaulted tombs... Mythic figures like ghosts all over the place: Agamemnon, t...

General: Excellent and organized museum

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We spent last weekend in Nafplion and went an excursion to Mycenae, just 30 minutes away. I was impressed by the archaeological site. Only imagine that people, centuries and centuries ago, could build so high walls with barely no tools and machines at all!! The museum was very interesting and well-organized. Every exhibit had a label with full explanation. Very good work. I am Greek and I know ...

General: A nice experience

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

We didn't spend but a few hours in Mycenae. It was an impressive archaeological site in the Peloponnese, somewhere close to Argos. We went there because we had taken a daily tour from Athens to Korinthos, Mycenae and Nafplion. I felt like living in the past there, while I was strolling around the ancient paths of Mycenae. I thought that the story of Iliad, that I was studying at school, had rev...

General: Mycenae such a historical place

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:44 GMT

Mycenae really impressed me and my family. The cyclopean walls built with the huge rocks. The tombs were also impressive becasue of the way they were constructed like a bee hive. The new museum was great, very informative and fantastic artefacts. Mycenae is a must see site of Greece.