Morning Tour
Daily Mornings – all year round
Dep.: 8:45am - Ret.: 7:00pm
Price: Adult 90 €
Child (under 12) 45 €
Includes: Pick-up service from or near your hotel, Guided
tour, Entrance fees to archaeological sites and Museum
Lunch LEVADIA-ARACHOVA-DELPHI-ATHENS
After the Acropolis, DELPHI
is the most popular archaeological site in Greece. Located
180 kilometers from Athens, a trip to Delphi is listed in
just about every tour itinerary and is by far the most popular
day trip out of Athens. Visit Delphi as part of a 1 Day Tour,
2 Day Tour, 3 Day Tour to Delphi.
This one day excursion highlights the Delphi Museum, Sanctuary
of Apollo, and the picturesque village of Arachova. Leave
Athens at 8:45 a.m.Driving through the main highway arriving
in Delphi "the Navel of the Earth" you will visit
the Museum with the famous bronze Charioteer. You will feel
the mystery in the Temple of Apollo where Pythia was seated
giving out her predictions of the future. See the "Castalia
spring" with the two monumental fountains receiving water
from the spring for the last 3000 years.
After lunch we will visit the traditional Greek village of
"Arachova" known for its famous handmade carpets
and quilts. Then we will continue passing through the cities
of Levadia, Thieves and arriving in Athens.
During the Mycenaean period, the female deity of Earth was
worshipped in the small settlement of Delphi. The development
of the sanctuary and oracle though,
began in the 8th century B.C. with the establishment of the
cult of Apollo. Under the protection and administration of
the Amphictyony, the sanctuary continued to be autonomous
after the First Sacred War and, as a result, increased its
panhellenic religious and political influence. The Pythian
Games were re-organized, the sanctuary was enlarged and it
was enriched with nice buildings, statues, and other offerings.
In the 3rd century B.C. it came under the domination of the
Aetolians and later, in 191 B.C., was conquered by the Romans.
During the Roman occupation the site was sometimes plundered
but was also favoured by some of the emperors. With the spread
of Christianity, the sanctuary lost its religious meaning
and was permanently closed down with a decree of emperor Theodosius
the Great.
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