The 2-day tour of Delphi, Meteora and Thermopylae from Athens joins the oracle site, the mountain town of Arachova, the Leonidas monument and at least two Meteora monasteries. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the Delphi, Meteora and Thermopylae tour includes, each stop, the … Read more
A Delphi day trip from Volos drives south past Thermopylae to the sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, and returns to Volos the same evening. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the road, timing, Thermopylae, the Leonidas … Read more
A Sparta day trip is a one-day tour to Sparti in Laconia, in the southern Peloponnese, from Athens or Kalamata, with the ruins of ancient Sparta, the Leonidas statue, the Archaeological Museum and, on longer routes, the Byzantine town of Mystras. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections … Read more
Thermopylae tours start at the pass in Phthiotis, Central Greece, between Mount Kallidromo and the Malian Gulf, where Leonidas and the Greek army held the Persians in 480 BC. The routes cover the Leonidas monument, the Kolonos hill, the hot springs that gave the pass its name and the later battles fought on the same … Read more
A Thermopylae day trip from Athens reaches the legendary “Hot Gates”, where King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans made their heroic stand against Persia in 480 BC, with the Leonidas monument, Kolonos hill and a battle museum. Make it effortless with a guided tour or skip-the-line tickets from My Greece Tours, often paired with Delphi. … Read more