Why this ride
From Ligourión it runs 118 km to Ligourión; allow about 3 h 02 of riding. On the way it passes Archaeological Site of Tiryns, Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns and back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus and Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 118 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 02
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Drop a coin in the centre of the orchestra at Epidaurus and people sitting in the top row, fifty-odd rows above, will hear it. The theatre of the sanctuary of Asklepios, built in the fourth century BC, is famous for its acoustics and its almost perfect state of preservation, and it still hosts performances of ancient drama during the summer festival. But the theatre was only part of the sanctuary. Epidaurus was the most famous healing centre of the ancient Greek world, where the sick came to sleep in the sacred buildings and hope that the god Asklepios would visit them in a dream with a cure.
Read the complete Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus is where the day begins. Next is Archaeological Site of Tiryns.
2. Archaeological Site of Tiryns
Homer called it Tiryns of the great walls, and when you stand next to them you see that he was not exaggerating. The citadel rises from a low limestone ridge in the Argolid plain, and its walls are built of blocks so enormous that later Greeks decided only the Cyclopes, one-eyed giants, could have lifted them. The name stuck: Cyclopean masonry. Tiryns was one of the great centres of the Mycenaean world in the late Bronze Age, linked in legend to Heracles, who was said to have served its king, and its galleries are the best part. These long corridors are roofed with corbelled stone vaults, their walls polished smooth over the centuries by sheep sheltering from the weather.
Read the complete Archaeological Site of Tiryns write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Archaeological Site of Tiryns comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. Next is Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns.
3. Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
The plain of Argos is a wide, flat basin of orange groves and olive trees tucked into the Peloponnese, and on its edge, a few kilometres apart, stand the two strongholds that gave the Greek Bronze Age its name. Mycenae sits on a rocky spur between two ravines, with Argos eleven kilometres to the south-west and the sea beyond, and Tiryns lies lower down near the shore, on a low rocky mound that once stood by the water.
Read the complete Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 50 km into the recorded legs you reach Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns. Next is back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns.
4. back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Archaeological Site of Tiryns write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns, late in the day. Next is Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus.
5. Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus to Archaeological Site of Tiryns
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus → Archaeological Site of Tiryns is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Archaeological Site of Tiryns to Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns
Archaeological Site of Tiryns → Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns to back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns → back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns to Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus
back through Archaeological Site of Tiryns → Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.