The American School of Classical Studies at Athens
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Sample Six-Day Summer Session Itinerary

Day 1

7:45 Checkout, Board bus
8:00 Drive to Nemea
8:30-12:00 Nemea site and museum
Swim and lunch at Piscina
2:00 Leave for Corinth
2:15-5:00 Corinth
Night in Nauplion

Day 2

8:00 Bus departs
8:45-10:30 Arrive Heraion
11:00-12:00 Midea
1:00-1:45 Tiryns
Long lunch break in Nauplion
4:30 Bus to Epidauros
5:25-7:00 Temple of Asclepius, the rest of the site and museum
Dinner at Ligourio, 9:00 evening play, “Lysistrata”
Night in Nauplion

Day 3

8:30 Board bus
9:00-10:15 Lerna
10:30-11:55 Argos site and museum
12:20-1:00 Nauplion Museum
1:00-3:00 Free time
3:00 Depart hotel for Mycenae
3:30-6:30 Mycenae:  Walls, Lion Gate, Megaron, Grave Circles and Tholoi
Night in Nauplion

Day 4

7:30 Depart Nauplion
10:00-10:30 Mantinea
11:10-1:50 Tegea, lunch
1:50-3:15 Menelaion
3:30-4:15 Spartan Temple of Artemis Orthia
Night in Sparta

Day 5

8:00 Spartan Akropolis, Theater
9:45-10:30 Sparta Museum
10:50-1:15 Mistra
2:45-4:30 Lunch in Artemisia
6:00-7:00 Messene Arcadian Gate and Agora
8:45 Arrive in Pylos for the night

Day 6

8:00 Bus
8:30-11:30 Palace of Nestor, Pylos
11:45-12:15 Chora Museum
1:00-5:15 Methoni for site report, swim, lunch, free time
5:40-7:40 Spacteria report and boat trip
Night in Pylos