Peloponnese 🇬🇷 - Cats and the Corinth Canal

Sven Walther

October 24, 2026

Back to Civilisation

After a few nights of absolute solitude up in the mountains, it’s time to head back to civilisation. There are still a few tight hairpin bends to negotiate, plus a drive through a village with streets that are just a little too narrow for the Mammothon. But then things get surprisingly easy: wide, paved roads take us all the way to Corinth. Almost too comfortable!

Corinth

Once again, we find a spot in the middle of an olive grove. It comes with toilets, showers and all those little luxuries you really appreciate after a few days off the beaten track. And we can finally empty our wastewater tanks, too. It’s funny how much you learn to appreciate the simple things on the road.

Behind the trees a mountain rises, a fortress on its summit: Acrocorinth. We’ll get to that later, it deserves a post of its own.

A rock massif with a castle on the summit above olive groves — Acrocorinth towers over our pitch

We soon notice that we’re not alone here. The place obviously belongs to the cats, and they have recognised the Mammothon as a playground at once: the steps are perfect for sunbathing, and our camping chair was occupied before we could sit down.

Two tabby cats lie curled up together on our camping chair — Our chair is taken

Two tabby cats on the step of the Mammothon, one lying on its back — The steps are now a cat tree

The Corinth Canal

A visit to Corinth wouldn’t be complete without seeing the famous Corinth Canal. So we hop on a little boat and cruise along it in both directions. The canal is an impressive feat of engineering from the 19th century: it cuts through the isthmus between the Peloponnese and the mainland, and the rock walls rise steeply on both sides. On a boat in between, you feel pretty small.

The entrance of the canal with a bridge between two wooded hills — The entrance to the canal

View through the narrow canal onto a bridge between high rock walls — A bridge high above the water

A pitted, yellowish rock wall with many eroded hollows — The rock wall up close

Lou looks out over the water from the boat, a fellow passenger's arm beside her — Lou is on board too

Lou sits at the bow of the boat looking into the canal between the rock walls — Lou takes over navigation

The boat sails between overgrown rock walls towards the open sea — On the way back through the canal

Afterwards, we head up to Acrocorinth. But that deserves a post of its own. More on that next time!