Top Athens Bus Tours - page 4

Theo was a wonderful tour guide! He took us to many wonderful places and explained many things to us about the history of the area and the experience of the Apostle Paul when he was in Athens and Corinth. He took us to see some beautiful art in churches and we got to see the ruins of the port of Cenchrea where there is an ancient baptismal pool that was used in the 1st century. He showed us the site of the isthmian games which probably occurred while Paul was in Corinth as well as the ancient road that was used to transport boats from between the Aegean and Ionian seas before the Corinth canal was built. He took us to the ancient city ruins of Corinth where we got to see the bema of Paul and ancient marketplaces where Paul might have worked as a tent maker. He even took us up to see the view of Corinth from the acropolis above the city. As well as being a great tour guide, Theo was very nice and fun to talk with. He shared many aspects of Greek culture with us and was very kind. My only issues were with Viator, since their app doesn’t work very well. I downloaded the app, but my reservation never showed up in my account and when they sent the email confirmation when I clicked on get tickets it just said “oops, error.” I don’t know if the entrance tickets to each historic site were supposed to be included in the cost of the Viator tickets, but we ended up having to pay the entry fee at each place. Also, it would have been much nicer if the tour guide was able to come into the archeological sites to explain things. It is a little hard to figure out everything from the signs and the audio tour alone. Now that I am home I realized that I missed seeing the Erastus inscription at Corinth because I did not realize it was there and did not know where to look.