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Odyssey'S Wake: 7 Days on Homer'S Trail
A 7-day journey tracing the legendary path of Odysseus through the Peloponnese and Ionian islands.
7days
25stops
502km
Day 1: Settle in Athens → … → Plaka
23min · 3.4km4 stops
Settle in Athens
10:00
7min · 1.4km
Acropolis of Athens
11:30
6min · 1.4km
Acropolis Museum
14:30
10min · 0.6km
Plaka
17:30
Day 2: Depart Athens → … → Nafplio old town
2h 5min · 146km4 stops
Depart Athens
08:30
1h 39min · 122km
Mycenae Archaeological Site
11:00
1min · 0.5km
Treasury of Atreus
13:30
25min · 23km
Nafplio old town
16:30
Day 3: Depart Nafplio → … → Nafplio Waterfront
1h 51min · 116km4 stops
Depart Nafplio
09:30
49min · 55km
Ancient Corinth
11:00
7min · 3.6km
Acrocorinth
13:30
55min · 57km
Nafplio Waterfront
17:30
Day 4: Depart Nafplio → … → Gialova Lagoon
3h 25min · 204km4 stops
Depart Nafplio
08:00
2h 36min · 185km
Pylos
13:00
25min · 15km
Voidokilia Beach
15:30
24min · 4.3km
Gialova Lagoon
18:00
Day 5: Slow start in Pylos → … → Finikounda Beach
48min · 34km4 stops
Slow start in Pylos
10:00
34min · 23km
Methoni Castle
11:30
2min · 0.4km
Methoni village lunch
14:30
12min · 11km
Finikounda Beach
16:30
Day 6: Astakos → Vathy
2 stops
Astakos
13:30
Vathy
17:00
Day 7: Igoumenitsa → Corfu Port → Corfu Old Town
3 stops
Igoumenitsa
10:30
Corfu Port
14:30
Corfu Old Town
17:00
Heads Up
- 1. Book the Astakos–Ithaca and Igoumenitsa–Corfu ferries online a week ahead in summer — limited sailings, cars fill up fast
- 2. Greek archaeological sites close 15:00 in winter, 20:00 in peak summer — always double-check the day before
- 3. Carry cash for small villages and tolls; the Rio-Antirrio bridge (~€13) is the big one
- 4. Summer crowds at Voidokilia explode after 11:00 — go early or late-afternoon golden hour
- 5. Day 7: 8h total driving — plan rest stops