# Day Trip to the Nemea Wineries from Athens: the Sanctuary of Zeus, the Stadium and Two Agiorgitiko Tastings A Sunday outing to Nemea: the Temple of Zeus and the athletes' tunnel, a tasting in Palivos's train carriage, a village lunch at 17 Choria and Barafakas in the afternoon. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/peloponnese/nemea/itineraries/sanctuary-of-zeus-and-agiorgitiko-tastings · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## El día - 08:00 · Salida: 1 h 15 by car (A8 to Corinth and A7 to the Nemea exit; tolls) - 09:30 · Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea and Its Museum (€10 with the stadium and the museum) - 8 min on foot - 11:00 · Nemea Stadium and the Athletes' Tunnel (The vaulted tunnel of the athletes) - 4 min by car, 1,5 km - 12:00 · Palivos Winery and Its Train Carriage Among the Vines (Ktima Palivou: vineyard, 300 barrels and tasting on the Wine Train; book on its website) · Ktima Palivou - 12 min by car, 9 km - 14:00 · 17 Choria (Local cooking and 150 Nemea wines; call ahead, no hours published) · 17 Choria, €€ - 4 min by car, 1,5 km - 16:00 · Barafakas Winery in Nemea (A 1 h visit through terraced vineyards; open until 17:00) · Barafakas Winery - 17:15 · Vuelta (By the A7 and the A8; in Athens around 18:45) Nemea is the Sunday outing for anyone who wants ruins and wine in the same day. An hour and twenty minutes from Athens, the Sanctuary of Zeus where the Nemean Games were held is surrounded by agiorgitiko vineyards, and a few minutes away there are wineries open every day. This plan puts the site in the morning, a tasting before lunch, a village lunch with local wines and another winery in the afternoon. One warning: whoever drives does not taste. ## The day, hour by hour 8:00 · Leave Athens. A8 motorway to Corinth and the A7, the Tripoli one, to the Nemea exit. 9:30 · The Sanctuary of Zeus. The columns of the temple of 330 BC among vines, the delegations' buildings and the museum. €10 with the stadium. An hour and a half. 11:00 · The stadium. 500 metres away. Go in through the vaulted tunnel the athletes came out of and look for their names scratched on the wall. If you have children, let them run from the starting line. 12:00 · Ktima Palivou. 800 metres from the sanctuary. A walk through the vineyard, the 300-barrel room and a tasting on the Wine Train, an old carriage high in the vineyard. Open every day; book on its website. 14:00 · Lunch at 17 Choria. In the centre of Nemea, ten minutes away. Dishes named after villages, such as rabbit with petimezi, and some 150 Nemea labels, eight or ten by the glass. It publishes no opening hours: call ahead. 16:00 · Barafakas. In Nemea itself. An hour along the paths between terraced vineyards and a tasting in its room. Open until 17:00. 17:15 · Return. In Athens around 18:45. ## If it is another day or nobody wants to drive From Monday to Saturday you can swap Barafakas for Domaine Skouras, with its thousand-barrel cellar, half an hour towards Argos. If nobody wants to miss out on tasting, the Trekking Hellas walk among the vines ends with four wines, or sleep at Terra Vinum. ## Cómo llegar ### By car 130 km on the A8 and A7, 1 h 20, with tolls. Between the sanctuary and the wineries, 2 to 12 minutes. ### Without a car There is no train. An organised excursion, such as the one that leaves from Nafplio, or the Trekking Hellas walk. ## Consejos ### Book both wineries Even if they open every day, call ahead. ### Whoever drives does not taste Take turns between wineries or sleep there. ### Winter Tuesdays The sanctuary closes on Tuesdays from November to March. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### Which Nemea wineries open on Sunday? Ktima Palivou and Barafakas open every day. ### How much does the Nemea sanctuary cost? €10 with the stadium and the museum; €5 reduced. ### How long does it take from Athens? 1 h 20 by car, about 130 km. ### Can children go to the wineries? Yes, accompanied, but tastings are for over-18s only.