The city of Aphrodite is situated 80 km northwest of Athens. It was one of the oldest and most important cities of Peloponnese, located near the Isthmus. It was inhabited since the Neolithic age, 5.000 years BC. Its golden age was the 7th-6th cent. BC when Periander , one of the Seven Sages, became its tyrant..
Here you can visit the Archaeological museum, the Agora (ancient market) , the Bema from where Apostle Paul preached Christianity, the Temple of Apollo, the ancient port of Kechreai where Saint Paul disembarked and the Canal of Corinth.