Epidaurus Tour

Explore Epidaurus, the most important ancient place of worship of the god Asclepius(the god of medicine), within which is situated the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus. Built in an elevated valley surrounded by mountains, the theatre is marveled for its exceptional acoustics, which permit almost perfect intelligibility of unamplified spoken word from the proscenium to all 15.000 spectators, regardless of their seating.  It is located in the area of ​​today’s town of Lygourio (Municipality of Asklepieion – Epidaurus) in the Peloponnese, the region of Argolida, about 30 km from the city of Nafplio and about 13 km from the Old Epidaurus. Since 1988, it has been declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.