Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal
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Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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  • tedact
    St. Johns, Florida3,185 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful water
    We hired a driver from Athens to take us to Nafplio. This was an incredible stop on the way. There was a bike race in the area at the time so it was a bit crowded. The color of the water was beautiful. You could view it from an overlook area or the bridge. They had information on the area there as well.
    Visited October 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written March 1, 2024
  • Plane68
    Colmar, France8,848 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    To discover.
    Corinth Canal is a 6.5 km connection between the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. Parking lots on each side of a bridge and footbridges to the right and left of the same bridge. Impressive "building" 25 meters wide, 80 meters high and 8 meters high. We were lucky enough to see a boat pass with its “shooter” boat.
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 22, 2024
  • Tom from Cardiff
    Cardiff, United Kingdom160 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Incredible engineering of the sheer cliffs well worth seeing
    The incredible engineering to carve out the canal from the solid rock with such sheer sides is fabulous to see. You can go on a walkway across the road to get a great view and see the ships far below, but you do need a head for heights. It is surprising how high / deep it is. This is free to see and the are some toilets and a visitor centre at the end nearer the motorway. You may only want to spend an hour here.
    Visited May 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 28, 2024
  • Alexnat
    Vetralla, Italy71 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautiful walk
    An hour from Athens, the departure of the boats is at the very south of the canal. Small port with ample free parking. One hour round trip in a nice boat, so it is obviously touristic, there are coaches but the ride is rather nice and pleasant. 56th to 2. The sea is beautiful, I really recommend taking a swimsuit, possibly a picnic or a snack to leave for a day. Some beaches arranged others wilder, this Sunday there were many people, almost only Greeks.
    Visited June 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written June 23, 2024
  • jx7
    Mainz, Germany216 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Be sure to stop and watch!
    Very worth seeing and impressive, especially when ships sail through the narrow channel. The 6 km long, up to 80 meters deep canal was created only after the invention of dynamite by 11 years of blasting in 1893, a passage takes 1 hour. Viewing time: 20 minutes
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written August 13, 2024
  • Chris S
    La Ciotat, France576 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    To see
    A must in the Corinth region. We had the opportunity to see him in the late morning and late afternoon. And by late morning the color of the water was just fabulous, between green and blue. Something that wasn't the case in the afternoon. Was it because of the situation of the sun in the sky?
    Visited August 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written August 30, 2024
  • callie
    Chicago, Illinois125 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Corinth Canal.. worth the stop and a good restroom and snack stop.
    It's worth going to see, and you will only be there 30 minutes or less depending on if you shop with the local vendors or at the store by the bridge. Your driver will park near the bridge, and then you will walk 1/2 block or less to the bridge and get your pictures. The store nearby has clean restrooms downstairs and a store with souvenirs, a restaurant, snacks, etc. It's an artificial canal connecting the Ionian Sea with the Agean Sea. It was started in 67 AD, but construction was halted and began again in 1881. When you see the height and what they accomplished back then, it's amazing. And the water is beautiful.
    Visited July 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written October 8, 2024
  • PablerasLogro_o
    Logrono, Spain2,488 contributions
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    Impressive work
    It was a surprise stop on the tour. We didn't count on her. On the road there are several stops and you can cross a pedestrian walkway. It is impressive the work and the practically vertical cutting. We weren't lucky to see any boats pass. You can cross one bridge and go back another and you see both perspectives.
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written October 9, 2024
  • Tango75
    Italian Alps, Italy371 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    If you pass through Corinth, the stop is a must
    To see it you have to exit the highway. We went there 3 times in a few days. The street is all a construction site and after the gas stations you see the souvenir shop, next door there is a bungee jumping gym and then a little hidden next to the bridge the tourist info pointer, very interesting for the material it provides. Everyone parks in front of the gift shop, including tourist courier, be careful, do not leave anything in the car even if for a few minutes, a young woman with child is fixed there to give alms to all those who pass insistently. The Canal is crossed on both sides by a pedestrian and road bridge, be careful when crossing. The Canal is spectacular and it seems that time has stopped. It's great to see a boat going through it. On the deck there is a pretty strong wind, so fix your hair tightly and don't want it to end up in the Channel while you take pictures.
    Visited September 2024
    Traveled as a couple
    Written October 14, 2024
  • Barbara R
    Turin, Italy1,843 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Stop not to be missed
    It is definitely worth stopping for half an hour and pass over the bridge with pedestrian lanes to admire the canal from above. It is spectacular and narrow, very steep. It connects the Aegean Sea with the Ionian Sea but only small boats can pass through it because it is narrow and not very deep.
    Visited January 2025
    Traveled as a couple
    Written January 27, 2025
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Thomas Liam
Ottawa, Canada561 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2023 • Solo
When you hear "Corinth Canal" for the first time without any prior knowledge, you tend to think "what's the big deal?" After all, what could be so interesting about a waterway. We've all seen them before.

But what's impressive about this is hard to describe. I think when you realize something this massive and high was manmade, it takes you by surprise. When you realize the utter strangeness of a canal this narrow and that most ships are too big to even pass through it. When you see the turquoise waters, accented by the light brown stone walls, there's beauty in that. And finally, the cherry on top, that people bungy jump from the bridge to the waters below. Witnessing this, from one of the observation decks was both exhilarating and unexpected.

You don't need to spend a lot of time here (I mean, unless you plan on bungy jumping) but it is for sure worth a stop. Witness a fascinating piece of Greek history that separates the Peloponnese from the rest of mainland Greece.
Written July 28, 2023
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KarenM1_10
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan1,038 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2022
We booked a tour from our ship to cruise through the Corinth Canal. We started at the bridge above the canal and were able to see various boats passing through. We then boarded the bus and headed to the dock where we boarded a boat to travel through the canal. Since the canal is so narrow, you get a good view of the rock walls, which you really cannot see from above. Boats typically exit the canal, however being on the last boat traversing the canal allowed us to turn around and immediately begin our return trip. We also experienced one boat that was stalled near the entrance, so we had a significant delay until the boat was moved out of the way. This delay impacted the time we had to also see the city center, which was a shame because the city is very nice with lots of shops and restaurants.
Written November 24, 2022
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Gene R J
Silver Spring, MD11,010 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
We stopped here at the 19th C bridge for the classic view(we had photographed in 1989 while traveling with our daughter) of the 300’ deep and 4 mile long canal, joining many visitors running to snap a quick photo. I found a dirt lane 500 m farther that accessed a disused railroad bridge and walked along the canal to view a huge landslide (Nazi’s bombed on their retreat) that may have closed this canal in the past.
I read there is an effort to open this canal to single lane boats and even swimmers this year?
Written April 8, 2022
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Catherine D
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2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021 • Family
I was really shocked to see such an important historical site without any planning protection; the approach; the sites around (awful precincts, cheap stalls, etc) it are in a shambolic state! How terrible. If UNESCO are (quite rightly) challenging the status of monumental historical sites such as Stonhenge ( because authorities do not protect them or their hinterland), then the custodians of this canal need to afford it the dignity it deserves. Hadrian must be turning in his grave. Not worth three hour round trip.
Written July 24, 2021
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Spiderdog
Cheshire, UK8,431 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020
Everyone must have heard of the Corinth Canal so it's something not to be missed when touring the area.
We visited mid September and there had been torrential rain earlier in the day.
Must have cleaned everywhere up as it certainly wasn't the dirty sight that has been described in previous reviews.
It is very impressive and I would really have liked to have seen a ship sailing through it.
The guidebook we were using commented that many modern cargo ships are now too large to access the canal so I presume that the details at the site regarding numbers of crossing per annum are probably out of date now.
We walked across the bridge to take pictures from both sides of the road and then stopped for drinks at one of the restaurants nearby.
We also returned here for a quick stop later on our holiday as our son had joined us and wanted to see it.
You should visit if in the area.
Written October 4, 2020
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Alex J
Melbourne, Australia2,203 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2019
We were a large group (a 50th class reunion, 25 couples) and we were doing a bus tour around Greece. After a couple of days in Athens, we drove to Nafplion on the Peloponnese. We crossed over the Corinth Canal, to enter the Peloponnese. We stopped here for about an hour. I wish we had more time! What a magnificent sight! A triumph of modern engineering! The steep sides are one of the most photogenic structures I have ever seen! We stood on the bridge, took many many photos and video clips. If you go, you must try and get a video of a big ship passing through the canal. We were unlucky, no really large ship passed, but quite a few small ones. Most of our group had never heard about this thing. I had heard about it, and seen pictures, but it did not prepare me for the actual sight! And it was quite a sight! Something that was conceived over 2500 years ago, but realised only in the 19th century, by the independent Greek state. The canal is cut through rock, and is just 6km long, but what is amazing is the near vertical sides, rising 300 feet from the water. We saw the canal en route to the Peloponnese, but it is also worth a day trip from Athens, entirely on its own. Just hire a taxi and come. You do not need a guide just to see the canal! If you do come this far from Athens, you might spend an hour or two in the historic city of Corinth, which is nearby. And yes, St. Paul wrote his letters to the inhabitants of this city (letters to the Corinthians) two thousand years ago. If you go to see the canal, do not miss the monument to the Hungarian engineers who played a part in its construction. This monument is on the mainland, just near the terminus of the bridge.
Written March 21, 2020
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BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrade, Serbia20,037 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2021
For any traveler to Peloponnese (or from it) I'd say stopping at the Corinth canal is a must.
It is the only bigger canal in the world you can visit so easily and free, without prearrangements, organized tours and entrance fees. You can park literally by the canal and what's best walk over it - just make sure you drive towards the OLD bridge, NOT the NEW bridge where's the highway.
The history of the canal dates back to ancient Greece with first ideas of making it as early as 7c BC. Romans first tried to actually make it, but failed, as well the Venetians later. French started to dig it seriously in 1881 but soon ran out of funds. Finally, the canal was finished as a joint Greek-Hungarian project in 1893.
The canal is 6,5 km long significantly shortening the voyage around Peloponnese between Ionic and Aegean sea , around 24 m wide and 90 m high.
That 90 m height, almost vertical, attracts visitors as the scene is so dramatic and perfect for pics with cut vertical limestone.
Unfortunately, due to only 24 m width its importance is declining as it cannot accommodate modern freighters and cruisers.
However, it's a perfect monument to 19c human engineering worth an hour stop.
Moreover, there're several bar/restaurants around to relax or have a lunch.
Written September 29, 2021
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Veronika T
Athens, Greece143 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020
It is so disappointing to see this spectacular place to be in such a terrible shape. I don't even know where to start. With the bridges that are ready to collapse? With the surrounding with no WC or place to sit? With all that trash flying around? With those crazy drivers passing the Old bridge? It makes me so sad when the locals do not appreciate beauty of this place. Zulu bungy as well as the small souvenir store were closed. Only the Info center was open. There was a nice lady, that gave us a map but that was about it. Nothing else to offer. Not even a restroom. Parking is pretty wild, full of big stray dogs. The whole area was totally neglected. We went to see the other bridge as well. Sinking Bridge of Posidonia wasn't any better. So disappointing. The amount of trash in the area is insane!!! I am wondering who lives in there. This canal is so spectacular and unique, with great history, pain and effort that so many suffered for. It is sad and great shame it's been so neglected.
Written September 18, 2020
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alikarim
Dallas, TX1,236 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2021
Good stopping point to check out a marvelous engineering feat that took many years to complete; good to read up about the history of this canal. We parked on one side of the bridge that goes over the canal and admired the deep trench from there; parking was free. This is not a destination place, but worth visiting on your way to/from the Peleponese peninsula.
Written August 4, 2021
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Ava
Henley-on-Thames, UK28 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2023 • Family
The thing that really amazed me on this tour was how narrow the canal actually is!! The sunset as you glide down the canal is really spectacular!! The lights and music bring the party to life!! Everyone was dancing and having a great time, it was a excellent night!!
Written August 26, 2023
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