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View of the Corinth Canal – Southside Corinth Canal Trail loop from Hexamilion Wall

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Korinthia

View of the Corinth Canal – Southside Corinth Canal Trail loop from Hexamilion Wall

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View of the Corinth Canal – Southside Corinth Canal Trail loop from Hexamilion Wall

01:07

16.2km

170m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 4, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.9 km for 82 m

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Bus stop

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2.47 km

View of the Corinth Canal

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An impressive structure. The Romans and Venetians tested this building almost 2,000 years earlier. However, they failed several times due to immense costs and technical possibilities.

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3.74 km

Southside Corinth Canal Trail

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Hopefully paved soon, this gravel trail seems rarely used but offers excellent views down into the old canal.

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5.90 km

Bunkers in the air 🏰 Corinth Canal Trail

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German bunkers are hanging precariously atop the hills overlooking the once strategic canal, undermined by recent Greek construction activity. Serious damage was caused to the canal during World War II. On 26 April 1941, during the Battle of Greece between defending British troops and the invading forces of Nazi Germany, German parachutists and glider troops attempted to capture the main bridge over the canal. The bridge was defended by the British and had been wired for demolition. The Germans surprised the defenders with a glider-borne assault in the early morning of 26 April and captured the bridge, but the British set off the charges and destroyed the structure, or a lucky hit by British artillery triggered the explosion.
Three years later, as German forces retreated from Greece, the canal was put out of action by German "scorched earth" operations. German forces used explosives to trigger landslides to block the canal, destroyed the bridges and dumped locomotives, bridge wreckage and other infrastructure into the canal to hinder repairs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal#After_completion

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6.22 km

Canal Trail

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Gravel trail that can be a bit sticky when the mud is wet, but smooth in summer and probably soon to be paved.

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7.98 km

Corinth submersible bridge — Ancient Diolkos ship railway 🛤️

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At both entrances to the historic Corinth canal the land is so close to sea level that the 1988 constructed bridges use an interesting design: rather than a tall structure or a draw bridge, these can be submerged 8 m deep into the water. It's fun to bike across and worth watching if you are so lucky that a boat or ship is approaching.

The 6.5 km Corinth canal, first tried 2500 years ago, was finally cut across the narrow land bridge in the 1890s to connect the seas east and west of Greece without having to sail around the dangerous waters of the Peleponnes. Between about 700BC and 100AD some sort of early trackway (diolkos) was used to pull ships and cargo across the isthmus; the tracks and wheel cuts are still visible in the rocks.
Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos has some more background

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15.7 km

South Entrance of the Corinth Canal

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small harbor is included

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16.0 km

Isthmia 🌉 Submersible Bridge — Corinth Canal East Entrance

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Fun way to bike across the canal: At both entrances to the historic Corinth canal the land is so close to sea level that the 1988 constructed bridges use an interesting design; rather than a tall structure or a draw bridge, these can be submerged 8 m deep into the water. It's worth watching if you are so lucky that a boat or ship is approaching.

The 6.5 km Corinth canal, first tried 2500 years ago, was finally cut across the narrow land bridge in the 1890s to connect the seas east and west of Greece without having to sail around the dangerous waters of the Peleponnes. Between about 700BC and 100AD some sort of early trackway (diolkos) was used to pull ships and cargo across the isthmus; the tracks and wheel cuts are still visible in the rocks at the west entrance. Wikipedia has some more info about the diolkos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diolkos

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16.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

2.09 km

759 m

506 m

141 m

Surfaces

7.50 km

6.44 km

2.12 km

129 m

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View of the Corinth Canal

Southside Corinth Canal Trail

Bunkers in the air 🏰 Corinth Canal Trail

Canal Trail

Corinth submersible bridge — Ancient Diolkos ship railway 🛤️

South Entrance of the Corinth Canal

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