Ancient Corinth skip-the-line timed entry — the wealthy city-state of the Peloponnese, its 6th-century-BC Temple of Apollo, Roman forum and marble Lechaion Road, with the site museum included. We reserve your dated hourly slot so you walk past the ticket-office queue straight to the gate.
See ticket optionsFull admission to the Archaeological Site of Ancient Corinth · your chosen date and hourly slot
€26
“We showed our phones at the gate and walked straight in while a coach group queued at the ticket office in the sun. Standing under the columns of the Temple of Apollo, then finding the Bema where Paul once stood, was extraordinary. The short audio history beforehand made every ruin make sense.”
“Booking and picking our hourly slot was so easy. We took an early slot to beat the heat and had the forum and the Lechaion Road almost to ourselves. The on-site museum was a lovely surprise — included and well worth the extra half hour.”
“The ground is open and gets hot fast, so good shoes and a hat matter. Reserving our slot ahead meant no queuing in 33-degree heat. The Peirene Fountain and the columns of Apollo were my favourites — go early and you'll love it.”
5-minute audio guide
A short, calm narrative — the great Greek and Roman city of Corinth, the Temple of Apollo, the forum where the Apostle Paul once stood, what to look for as you walk the ruins, and how to read the site and its museum. Listen on the road from Athens or as you reach the gate.
Recorded for Ancient Corinth Tickets concierge. Free to download.
Ancient Corinth was one of the great cities of the classical world — a wealthy, powerful city-state of the Peloponnese that commanded the narrow Isthmus of Corinth, the land bridge between mainland Greece and the Peloponnese, and controlled trade between two seas. Rising to prominence in the Archaic period, it was famed for its craftsmen, its pottery and its riches. Its most enduring monument, the Temple of Apollo, was raised in the mid-6th century BC and stands as one of the earliest Doric temples in mainland Greece; seven of its massive monolithic limestone columns still rise above the ruins today, about 80 kilometres west of Athens.
The city's history turns on two Roman moments. In 146 BC the Roman general Lucius Mummius sacked Greek Corinth and left it in ruins; a century later, in 44 BC, Julius Caesar refounded it as a Roman colony, and it grew rich again as the capital of the Roman province of Achaea. Most of what you walk through today is that Roman city: the great forum, the marble-paved Lechaion Road leading down toward the port, the monumental Peirene Fountain fed by its natural spring, and the Bema, the raised speaker's platform where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, the Apostle Paul was brought before the proconsul Gallio during his stay in Corinth. The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth stands on the site itself and is included in your ticket, gathering the finds from more than a century of excavation.
The site sits in the village of Ancient Corinth, about seven kilometres southwest of the modern town of Corinth and roughly 80 kilometres from Athens, an easy day-trip that often takes in the Corinth Canal on the way. Above the ruins looms Acrocorinth, the dramatic fortified citadel on its own high rock — a separate hilltop site, not part of this ticket. The ground is open and largely unshaded, so early-morning or late-afternoon hourly slots are far kinder than the middle of the day. Because entry is timed by the hour, we handle the ticketing in your own language and reserve the slot you want, so you can give your energy to the ruins instead of the queue.
Ancient Corinth Tickets is an independent concierge service that helps international visitors reserve and receive their timed-entry tickets in English. We are not the archaeological site and we are not an official vendor — we purchase genuine entry tickets on your behalf from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture's official ticketing service, and our service fee is included in the price you see. If you prefer to buy directly, the operator's own ticket site is tickets.hh.gr.
Plan your visit
Which hourly slot to book to beat the coaches and the Peloponnesian heat, the best months to come, and how to time an open-air walk through the ruins.
The train and bus from Athens, driving via the Corinth Canal, the last few kilometres to the site, and how to reach the ruins from the modern town of Corinth.
How the archaeological site below and the great fortress on the rock above differ, why they are separate tickets, and how to do both in a day.
Your hourly slot is reserved before you arrive, so you walk straight to the site gate instead of queuing at the Ancient Corinth ticket office. On busy days that queue can take a while as tour groups and cruise coaches arrive from Athens and the port, so coming with your ticket already in hand saves the wait in the sun.
You choose the date and an hourly time slot, and your ticket is valid for a single entry during that hour on that day. Just arrive within your slot window and show your mobile ticket at the gate; last entry is about 30 minutes before closing.
Full admission to the Ancient Corinth archaeological site — the Temple of Apollo, the Roman forum, the Lechaion Road, the Peirene Fountain and the Bema — and the Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, which stands on the site and is covered by the same ticket. It does not include the Acrocorinth citadel above, which is a separate site.
Yes. The Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth is on the grounds of the archaeological site and is included in your entry ticket. It holds the sculpture, mosaics, pottery and everyday finds recovered from more than a century of excavation, and makes a natural indoor complement to the open-air ruins.
No. Acrocorinth, the great fortified citadel on the rock above the city, is a separate site reached by a road up the hill, and it is not covered by this ticket. Our ticket is entry to the archaeological site of Ancient Corinth on the lower ground, together with its on-site museum.
We send your ticket to your email as a mobile ticket once your booking is confirmed — there's nothing to print, just show it on your phone at the gate. You'll also receive a short 5-minute audio history to listen to before you go.
Ancient Corinth is about 80 km west of Athens. The suburban railway (Proastiakos) runs to Corinth station, from where a local bus or a short taxi reaches the ancient site about 7 km away; intercity KTEL buses also serve Corinth. By car it is roughly an hour, and the drive passes the Corinth Canal, a popular stop on the way.
The Apostle Paul spent around eighteen months in Corinth in the first century AD, founding one of the early Christian communities and later writing his letters to the Corinthians. In the forum stands the Bema, the raised speaker's platform where, according to the Acts of the Apostles, Paul was brought before the Roman proconsul Gallio — one of the reasons the site draws many visitors interested in early Christian history.
Book the first hourly slot after opening, or one of the last slots before closing, and travel outside the July–August peak if you can. The ground is largely unshaded, so the middle of a summer day is both the hottest and the busiest stretch, when day-trip coaches from Athens and cruise groups overlap. An early or late slot gives cooler air and a calmer walk among the ruins.
Most visitors spend about 1.5 to 2 hours on site, taking in the Temple of Apollo, the forum and its monuments and the museum. Add more time if you want to linger over the museum's collection or climb to the Acrocorinth citadel above, which is a separate site and a longer half-day.
No. The standard entry ticket is not personalised and needs no passport or name — just show your mobile ticket at the gate. (Reduced and free-entry categories set by the operator may require ID at the gate; our ticket is standard full admission.)
Partly. Ancient Corinth is an open archaeological site with gravel paths, ancient paving, steps and uneven ground, though the central forum area and the museum are reachable with care. Visitors with limited mobility can see a good deal of the site but should allow extra time and expect rough or stepped surfaces in places.
Yes — the site is open daily, year-round. Only the daily hours change with the season: longer in summer (roughly 08:00–20:00) and shorter in winter, with timed entry by the hour and last entry about 30 minutes before closing. Hours can change on public holidays, so confirm on the day.
Changes are allowed up to 2 hours before your visit, with a maximum of 2 changes per ticket, provided your preferred new slot is still open. If your plans shift, contact our team and we'll help where the operator's rules allow. See our terms for the full policy.
All bookings are final once confirmed; we only issue a refund in the rare event the operator cannot honour a validly issued ticket. Timed-entry tickets are non-refundable, but you can change your slot up to 2 hours before your visit within the operator's rules. See our terms for details.
No. We're an independent concierge service for international visitors. We buy genuine tickets on your behalf from the Hellenic Ministry of Culture's official ticketing service and handle the booking in your own language, and our service fee is included in the price shown. You can always buy directly from the operator if you prefer.
The price you see is the price you pay — we show it in your local currency where we can and charge exactly that amount, with no surprise fees at checkout. Payment is by card on a secure page.
Two reasons: you skip the on-the-day queue by reserving your hourly slot in advance, and you get it all handled with 24/7 human support and a pre-visit audio history. Our service fee is included in the price — there are no extras at checkout.