Epidavros

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Cost: €6 adults, children free
Time: 45 minutes
Hours: 8am-3pm
TIP: Operating hours of archaeological sites in Greece were inconsistent and finding a reliable link online was difficult.  The hours listed in our guide book were wrong at every location, but by the end of our trip we found 8am-3pm to be the new standard.  Perhaps in the summer they will offer longer hours.
The theater at Epidavros is billed as the best preserved in all of Greece. It had a seating capacity of 15,000--that's a lot of "sick" people if you ask me.  It is customary for theaters to be built into hillsides, but what makes this one so nice (and I didn't photograph) is the view from the seats.  Everywhere you look, you are surrounded by green, it is beautiful!

You might be wondering why I took a picture of the two holes, that was for drainage.  There is a horseshoe shaped ring around the theater with holes at both ends to capture rain water.  The acoustics are genius.  I asked Eden to sing me a little song, but my never shy girl, was suddenly shy.  Luckily, a student group was also in the theater and their teacher exhibited the sound quality for us.