Piriaeus: anyone done a private Corinth Canal cruise

[Wayfairers]

Has any done done a private cruise through the Corinth Canal as a day trip from Piraeus Greece?  
 

We saw the canal from above last time from Piraeus and it looked interesting.  The cruise ship offers an excursion but a smaller group would be nice. 

[deebee54]

On 2/25/2023 at 5:19 PM, Wayfairers said:

Has any done done a private cruise through the Corinth Canal as a day trip from Piraeus Greece?  
 

We saw the canal from above last time from Piraeus and it looked interesting.  The cruise ship offers an excursion but a smaller group would be nice. 

 

On 2/25/2023 at 5:19 PM, Wayfairers said:

Has any done done a private cruise through the Corinth Canal as a day trip from Piraeus Greece?  
 

We saw the canal from above last time from Piraeus and it looked interesting.  The cruise ship offers an excursion but a smaller group would be nice. 

 

[deebee54]

A few years ago I did a boat ride through the canal.  I guessing maybe 2 hours on the boat.  There was no dialogue while on the boat we basically rode on the boat and looked at the stonewall lining each side of the canal.  At points the canal becomes very narrow and the boat gets quite close to the stone walls.  It was actually quite boring.

[pdmlynek]

Is the Canal open again?  There were landslides in Nov 2020, Jan 2021, and Feb 2021 that closed it down.  See the landslide on Google maps at 37.9370N 22.9807E.

 

https://greekreporter.com/2022/10/04/greece-corinth-canal-closes-again/

[Wayfairers]

Thanks for the info!   Here is the latest https://shipsatsea.de/news/update-corinth-canal-construction-works-start-in-january/

 

it will be closed for ongoing repairs through 2023 and expected to open in 2024.