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Corinth canal, Greece


Corinth canal highlights

Known for landmark, viewpoint

The Corinth canal is a man made canal that connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. Nowadays the Corinth canal is mainly a tourist attraction.


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Last reviewed: 25 November 2023

Corinth canal description

The Corinth canal connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Saronic Gulf in the Aegean Sea. It cuts through the narrow Isthmus of Corinth and separates the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland, arguably making the peninsula an island. The canal was dug through the Isthmus at sea level and has no locks. It is 6.4 kilometers in length and only 21.4 meters wide at its base.

The Corinth canal consists of a single channel 8 meters deep, excavated at sea level, thus requiring no locks. The rock walls, which rise 90 metres above sea level, are at a near-vertical 80° angle.

Several rulers of antiquity dreamed of digging a cutting through the Isthmus. The first to propose such an undertaking was the tyrant Periander in the 7th century BC. The project was abandoned and Periander instead constructed a simpler and less costly overland portage stone carriageway, along which ships could be towed from one side of the Isthmus to the other.

The idea of a canal was revived after Greece gained formal independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1830. Construction was formally inaugurated on 23 April 1882 in the presence of King George I of Greece and was completed on 25 July 1893 after eleven years of work.

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Classic Greece off-season: UNESCO sites 9 days tour from Athens. Visit Greece mainland sites you must-see.

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We suggest you to take this tour if you have limited time and want to know some of must-see Greece mainland attractions.

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18 days

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tour countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro

tour destinations: Apollonia, Argos, Arta, Corinth canal, Dajbabe, Dodoni, Durrës, Epidaurus, Gjirokastër, Ioannina, Kalamata, Kalo Nero, Krujë, Lezhë, Mesolongi, Messene, Mycenae, Mystras, Nafpaktos, Nafplio, Oeniadae, Olympia, Ostrog, Parga, Patras, Podgorica, Rio, Sparta, Tiryns, Tolo, Trebinje, Tvrdoš

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tour starts in: Athens, Greece

tour finishes in: Athens, Greece

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tour destinations: Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth, Argos, Bassae, Corinth canal, Diakopto, Elonas, Epidaurus, Foinikounta, Gytheio, Kalamata, Kalavryta, Kardamyli, Koroni, Kosmas, Loutraki, Megalopolis, Messene, Methoni, Monemvasia, Mycenae, Mystras, Nafplio, Nemea, Olympia, Palace of Nestor, Palaia Epidavros, Patras, Plaka, Porto Kagio, Pylos, Rio, Sparta, Tainaro, Tiryns, Tolo, Vathia

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off-season only tour

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