🚍 Arachova🚶🏼🍴 Explore Arachova 🚍 Delphi🚶🏼Explore Delphi🚶🏼Delphi Archeological Museum🚶🏼Vakhos🍴
This morning we leave the hustle and bustle of Athens behind and make our way to the rugged mountains on our coach with our driver Christus. Our destination is Delphi with a lunch stop in glorious Arachova.
Exploring the Alleys and Passageways of Arachova🤩 CUE A WOW MOMENT 🤩 What a wonderful place to stop for lunch, but we make it a snack so we have time to explore this unique mountain village. There is one main street through town, everything else is twisty-turny alleys and passageways waiting to be discovered. Arachova serves as a ski resort in winter - yes, there is skiing in Greece! And that means there are lots of steps to climb in Arachova. So let's go climb them... |
First we climb 264 steps to the Church of Agios Georgios. ⬆️ The climb ⬆️
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Delphi: The Center of the Ancient Greek World
Delphi is a two-in-one town. The new town is a modern day village of narrow, terraced roads. The nearby ancient town, which the ancient Greeks considered to be the center of heaven and earth, is an archeological site with a small museum. The residents of the ancient town were transplanted to the new town to make way for archaeological excavations.
After exploring new Delphi, we join our group at 6 and walk along a path to the ancient site where we meet our guide, Penny. Penny guides us through the museum and then along The Sacred Way teaching us about mystical ancient Delphi, where mortals conversed with the gods via the oracle.
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APOLLO | The most Greek of all gods. The ancient god of oracles. ORACLE | A person through whom a deity speaks. |