Athens Trip Overview
We suggest this tour in order you to admire, enjoy and experience an amazing area, that in the Antiquity was named the Center of the Earth. This is unique!
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Athens, Greece
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Athens, Attica, Greece
We suggest this tour in order you to admire, enjoy and experience an amazing area, that in the Antiquity was named the Center of the Earth. This is unique!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Arachova, Arachova, Boeotia Region, Central Greece
A traditional village, with local atmosphere and products, on the foothills of the mountain Parnassos.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Delphi, Delphi, Phocis Region, Central Greece
The whole secret meaning of what they said and they did, in the famous Oracle of the Sanctuary of Delphi, concerns the human’s inner, the soul. Everything what is written here, since the deep antiquity is symbolic. The expression, “centre of the world”, the oracles, the Delphic orders, everything is symbolic. If you wish to be in the middle of the atmosphere of Delphi, where the Sanctuary of God Apollo stands since the 6th century B.C. you have to visit this divine area.
The Archaeological site with the Temple of Apollo, the Treasury of the Athenians, the Polygonal Wall of Delphi, the Treasury of the Siphnians, the Stoa of the Athenians, the Ancient Theatre, the Sacred Way, the Ancient Stadium.
We suggest also to visit the Temple of Athena Pronaia and the Spring Kastalia, close to the Archaeological Site.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Delphi Archaeological Museum, Ethniki Odos Amfissas – Livadias, Delphi 330 54 Greece
One of the most important museums in Greece, exhibits the history of the Delphic sanctuary.
The permanent exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Delphi focuses on the history of the Delphic sanctuary and oracle, covering the long time span from Prehistory to Late Antiquity.
The exhibition focuses mainly on the art of the Archaic period. Admire the famous bronze Charioteer and the Sphynx a great symbol.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Distomo 32005 Greece
It is the best preserved monastery complex of the mid-Byzantine period in Greece.
The complex consists of two churches, the Monastery of Panagia and the Katholikon, which are framed by cells and ancillary buildings. The oldest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary dates to the second half of the 10th century. The Katholikon was built in the first decades of the 11th century in order the body of Hosios to be kept.
Duration: 40 minutes
