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raki (for Corinth Isthmus ; €1.70, 10 minutes, half-hourly). You can also catch all these
buses from the corner of Aratou and Ethnikis Andistasis.
TRAIN
At the time of writing the OSE train services in the Peloponnese were off the rails. Only
one line (Athens-Patra) was operating, but even this had a replacement bus service
between Kiato and Patra. Simply put: KTEL buses are a more convenient option to ac-
cess the region.
The proastiako , Athens handy suburban train, runs between Kiato, Corinth (city) train
station and Athens international airport (€12, 1½ hours, around eight daily, timetables
change regularly). To get to/from the Corinth (city) train station, a handy bus shuttles
between Corinth city's Plateia Kentriki (€1.50, 20 minutes) and the station.
A small local train runs two to three times daily between Pyrgos and Olympia (for An-
cient Olympia).
For Diakofto (to catch the rack-and-pinion train to Kalavryta) the OSE train's current
replacement bus service from Corinth (not regular KTEL buses) is the only means of
public transport.
CORINTHIA ΚΟΡΙΝΘΙΑ
Corinthia has disappointingly little to show for its rich and tumultuous history
(something it owes largely to its strategic position adjoining the Corinth Isthmus).
Throughout time several empires have wrestled here for dominance over the Pelopon-
nese: the Romans constructed a vast wall across the isthmus, many centuries later the
Turks overran it and pretty much everyone else has attempted to carve a canal across it
(the schedule slipped a little bit behind - about 2600 years, in fact).
The Corinthia region was once dominated by the mighty, ancient city of Corinth; this
makes a fascinating visit. Several minor sites in the pretty hinterland west of Corinth are
worth a detour if you have time and transport.
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Ancient Corinth & AcrocorinthΑρχαία Κόρινθος&
Ακροκόρινθος
Ancient Corinth was an affluent and powerful city during its first golden age, when
Greek merchants made a mint from their control of trade on both sides of the isthmus
and, centuries later, when the Romans rebuilt it anew (but only after first trashing the
 
 
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