Corinth

By car:

Corinth is a major road hub. The A7 toll motorway for Tripoli and Kalamata, (and Sparta via A71 toll), branches off the A8/European route E94 toll motorway from Athens at Corinth.

Corinth is the main entry point to the Peloponnesian peninsula, the southernmost area of continental Greece.

The route from Athens to Corinth is 81km and takes about 1 hour to drive it.

The route from Patras to Corinth is 135km and takes about 1 hour and 50 minutes to drive it. The road is dangerous and without a median strip. Currently, roadworks are made to improve the road network to the standards of the Athens - Corinth national road.

By train:

The city has been connected with the Athens suburban railway network, since 2005, when the new Corinth railway station was completed. The railway trip is about 1 hour.

For more information visit trainose.gr

By sea:

The port of Corinth, located north of the city centre and close to the northwest entrance of the Corinth Canal, at 37 56.0’ N / 22 56.0’ E, serves the local needs of industry and agriculture. It is mainly a cargo exporting facility.

It is an artificial harbour (depth approximately 9 metres (30 ft), protected by a concrete mole (length approximately 930 metres, width 100 metres, mole surface 93,000 m2). A new pier finished in the late 1980s doubled the capacity of the port. The reinforced mole protects anchored vessels from strong northern winds.

Within the port operates a customs office facility and a Hellenic Coast Guard post. Sea traffic is limited to trade in the export of local produce, mainly citrus fruits, grapes, marble, aggregates and some domestic imports.

The port operates as a contingency facility for general cargo ships, bulk carriers and ROROs, in case of strikes at Piraeus port. There is a ferry line (RORO) connecting Corinth to Italy.

Sources: wikipedia.org, yallou

Corinth derives its name from Ancient Corinth, a city-state of antiquity. In 1858, the old city, now known as Archaia Korinthos (Αρχαία Κόρινθος), located 3 km (1.9 mi) SW of the modern city, was totally destroyed by an earthquake.

Nea Korinthos or New Corinth was then built on the coast of the Gulf of Corinth, repaired after a further earthquake in 1928, and rebuilt again after a great fire in 1933.

Source: wikipedia.org