Itea tours start in the port town on the Gulf of Itea, an inlet of the Gulf of Corinth in Phocis, which serves as the port of Delphi. The routes cover the road up to the sanctuary of Apollo, the olive grove of Amfissa, ancient Kirra, the islets of the bay and the coast toward … Read more
Galaxidi Boat Tour A Galaxidi boat tour is a skippered trip on the Gulf of Itea, the calm inner bay of the Corinthian Gulf below Delphi, where small boats and RIBs leave Itea or Galaxidi for swims at hidden beaches, the seven islets of the bay and sunsets over Mount Parnassos. Greece Tours lists every … Read more
The Stoa of the Athenians is a long open colonnade on the Sacred Way at Delphi, built against the polygonal wall below the Temple of Apollo, where Athens displayed the naval trophies it took from its enemies in the Persian Wars. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers the Stoa of the … Read more
The Antinous of Delphi is the marble statue of Antinous, the young favourite of the Roman emperor Hadrian, carved after his death and deification and found in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, ranked among the finest of the hundreds of surviving portraits of the deified youth. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This … Read more
The Dancers of Delphi, also called the Acanthus Column of Dancers, are three marble maidens carved in high relief around the head of a tall votive column set up in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi, and now a headline masterpiece of the Delphi Archaeological Museum. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide … Read more
The gymnasium of Delphi is the ancient athletic complex on a terrace below the main sanctuary, where athletes and youths trained on two levels holding a covered running track, an open track, a palaestra and baths, built in the fourth century BC and rebuilt under Rome. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This comprehensive … Read more
Kleobis and Biton are twin brothers of Argos honoured with two Archaic marble kouroi found at Delphi and now displayed in the Delphi Archaeological Museum, among the earliest and best-preserved monumental Greek statues, carved in the early sixth century BC. Plan the whole trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers Kleobis and Biton in full: … Read more
The Siphnian Treasury The Siphnian Treasury is a small marble treasury on the Sacred Way at Delphi, raised by the island of Siphnos in the late sixth century BC to hold its offerings to Apollo. It is famed for the two standing marble maidens that replaced columns in its porch and for the continuous sculpted … Read more
The Corycian Cave The Corycian Cave is a large stalactite cavern high on the plateau of Mount Parnassus above Delphi, around 1,370 metres up, sacred in antiquity to the god Pan and the Corycian Nymphs. A cult cave rather than a built shrine, it drew worshippers up the mountain from the sanctuary of Delphi for … Read more
Hosios Loukas Monastery Hosios Loukas, also spelled Osios Loukas, is a walled Byzantine monastery near Distomo in central Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage site that holds the finest surviving middle-Byzantine mosaics in the country. Its two linked churches stand on a slope of Mount Helicon, about thirty-five kilometres east of Delphi, a natural stop on … Read more