…and took a quick stop here at the Corinth Canal separating the peninsula of the Peloponnese from the Greek mainland. The guide had told us on the bus that the amazing thing about it was how deep they built the walls. We were expecting deep walls but everyone gasped anyway.
Begun in 1881, completed in 1893, plagued by technical and financial difficulties, and far too narrow for modern use, it never was a commercial success.