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1-Day Delphi |
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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.
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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