For those of you interested in seeing ancient operas and plays in an ancient venue, you should visit the Epidaurus Festival at the theater of the same name on the eastern coast of the Peloponnese. I actually have never been and would really love to go, they say the acoustics are amazing!! The theater is said to have been built between the 4th and 2nd Centuries BC, click here for some more history. Getting to the theater is relatively easy from what I understand. There is one main road from Athens via the Corinth Canal (the Corinth-Epidaurus Highway, ha!). You could also take a bus from Athens or a ferry from Pireaus, click here for travel info. This would make a nice lil stop, for anyone interested, on their way down to Sparta. But the shows are only Friday and Saturday nights. And ladies, remember, no high heels in the theater.
