And only when you visit such a great culture and its place, even after thousands of years you feel awe and admiration .. And you turn from the other and see the current carpets ... It is worth visiting them like the museum with the awesome cultural valuable findings!
After visiting other places the impression of this one is to be very poor. There is only the lions' gate and the tomb of Agamemnon that stands out. The ruins live up to the word: they are just ruins. There is nothing to see. It is not worth the trip just to this place, only if you are passing through and want to enjoy it.
The site is back to normal opening hours, at least for now (August 2020).
Awesome. The door of the Lions, the old citadel, the treasure of the Atriums ... Essential visit
Magical. Getting to the Lion Gate and entering the Treasury of Atreus and the other tholos tombs is a unique experience.
Lions Gate Mycena
The Lions Gate is a massive and construction, standing 3m wide and 3m high at the threshold. The opening was closed by a double door mortised to a vertical beam that acted as a pivot around which the door revolved. The gate itself consists of two great monoliths capped with a huge lintel. Above the lintel, the masonry courses form a corbelled arch , leaving an opening that lightens the weight carried by the lintel. The heads of the animals were fashioned separately and are missing. The Lion Gate is the sole surviving monumental piece of Mycenaean sculpture, as well as the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean. It is the only monument of Bronze Age Greece to bear an iconographic motif. Amazing experience if you know more about history.
Also very interesting site, was the last point of the ride I did. Highlight the tomb of Agamemnon it is myth means, what the guide told when I was there. It was a good conclusion of my trip into Greek
Nice place need to be see too imagine what Greece civilization was before us
There is not much to see. The museum is tiny and there is almost nothing left of the ruins.
Extremely preserved, walking on the acropolis you can grasp the strategic importance of the sign. The vaulted tombs and finds in the museum travel you to other times.
Lovely place to visit! Ancient city and archeological museum
Awe and admiration. Every Greek should visit it. Very good and the museum.
Absolute fantastic. The busts and the rebuilt pillars in the museum are superb.
Mycenae is for the elect an open door from reality to mysticism.
One of the most important city of the Ancient World.
A historic site that anyone who passes or is close to should visit. The ticket price is justified and includes the Acropolis, the Museum, the museum shop & the Treasure of Atreus (a few meters below).
It is advisable to bring a bottle of water from the street because once you arrive there is only one canteen which is closed as many times as I have been !!!!
This appears to be like any other ruins, but if you learn some of the context about this place before and while you're there, you can more fully appreciate it. It blows my mind to think the earliest ruins here are from 3000 B.C. The contemporaries of Socrates and Plato came here as tourists to marvel this ancient site! What a mind trip. Came here at 5:45pm for about an hour which was enough.
Much to see and enough information on the signage.
Admission is 12.00 for the treasury, the museum and the citadel
An absolute must see. The magic of this place breaks my head.
The site is open despite what Google Maps says. Brilliant little museum and well preserved site.
Well-kept archaeological site, with a very interesting Atreu treasure museum
Best BestBest. Prepaire your self. Read about it. If you can,go first to Crete, see Knossos archeological site. That palaces were before Mycene.Mycene culutre came afther destroying a second Konossos minoyan palce) and other palaces like Faistos,.Malia,Zakros)..... It came around 1450bc...The lion gate was from 1250bc.You are going to find also a MEGARON, the kings room. It is a basic of present day churches main isle..
Those who know history will definitely not put less than 5 .... The rest, just open a book ....
If there are no difficulties with imagination, it will be interesting ..
Awesome place history and incredible views. Mykonos is worth a visit if you travel by car.
Well worth the walk to the top and back down but you need to be fit
The place would be perfect if they made some restoration efforts, with the 12 / person asking for entry. It offers nothing, just some stones thrown in from there !!! Unfortunately the Archaeological Museum that works inside is good, but not worth more than 6 / person for a ticket.
Mycenes is filled with history and legende ; still the site lacks some reconstitutions and interactive explanations that would help the visitor stepping into what it could be like at those times.
Nonetheless, we understand the strategic location of the ancient city.
It is part of the Mycenaean culture, the Greeks said that it was founded by Perseus, according to the legend son of Zeus and Danae.
From second millennium BC, great political center for Greece.
Dominated from its hill the plain of the Argolida to the Aegean Sea ..
Archaeological remains well preserved, with guidance is better understood.
Here the words are superfluous. Unmatched cultural value outdoor archaeological site well maintained by people with a love for what they do. It also has a large parking lot. A basic requirement for your visit is the weather. It is a must visit.
Awesome to see the past, and realize that there is so much we really don't know. The older build was more precise, and parts of the newer build used the more square blocks from the older time. Which brings up the question? What happened to the people that build the square blocks? I believe they were not the same people. Just my opinion.
Nice archaeological site, not very big, in excellent condition, very nice view!
You can breathe the story in front of the door of the lions
First thing in the morning there are no people and it is very enjoyable. The tomb assigned to Clytemnestra is wonderful.
Unfortunatly, yesterday the moment we arrived there, it was time to close. So we couldnt get in to visit. But still we sit outside to have a fantastic view and my husband told us the whole story of this historic place. It was breezy and sunny day. Perfect temperature! It made us not a tourists but travellers.
Quite a hike but an amazing view at the top of the surrounding fields and olive orchards. The lion gate is the main attraction and a perfect photo op. Be careful as the paths are slippery and the hike up is steep - wear the appropriate footwear and bring water. There's an area where you can walk down a seemingly endless set of stone steps underground - I'd skip it as there's literally nothing at the end and it's dark, claustrophobic, filled with spiders, and enirely unlit. Not sure why people go down there or why it's even allowed - there's nothing to explain what it is either.
What do I tell you to do? If you don't go there you do very very badly
It is one of the oldest sites of ancient Greece. Go for it !!!!
Great view. We went during tourist season but we hired a private taxi tour. We loved actually seeing and touching the sites we only read abouy in books. Not alot to see in this area but is still worth the 6 Euro.
You have to work a lot with the imagination but ... it's worth it!
A dive into the past, the truly unmissable door of the lions, you turn the site to the open air in a very windy area, even if in the late morning the heat is felt. Beautiful the tombs of the princes, some hidden nearby, others more complicated to find. That of Atreio .. the most famous, is off site and not well indicated ...
A magnificent travel back to history. Worth see g it but not between 14.00 and 16.00 when it's very hot as there is no shade..
An interessant place. I got a better understanding of the Mykean culture after being here.
Wonderful but even 12 euros per person ... it hurts
Take time to visit not only the archeological site but also the museum and treasures of Atrea a little further down.
mycenae-excavations.org