Delphi
If you go
If you wish to use bus transportation to visit these sites, go to: KTEL Bus Schedule Private car service with driver? I recommend George’ s Taxi. Excellent service, reliable and very favorably priced.
Hosios Loukas Monastery Opening hours: Apr 1 to Oct 31: 8:00AM-2:00PM and from 4:00PM-6:00PM November 1st to March 31st, open from 8:30AM – 3:00PM Entrance Ticket: Euro 3.00, Reduced Euro 2.00, Students from EU FREE, Child / children under 18 years of age are free Admission is free on Sundays from November 1st to March 31st. Information Telephone: + 30.22.67.02.2797 Delphi Archaeological Site and Museum Web: Archaeological Museum, Delphi, Delphi, Τ. Κ. 33054, Delphi( Prefecture of Fokida) Telephone: + 30 22650 82313, + 30 22650 82312( Direct Museum Phone) Email: iepka @ culture. gr Museum Open: 8:00AM – 3:00PM( last entrance is at 2:20PM) Entrance Ticket: Euro 6.00 / Reduced Euro 3.00 Special Ticket good for both Delphi site and Museum: Euro 9.00 / Reduced Euro 5.00
Free Admission Days: March 6, April 18, June 5, May 18, Last Weekend of September, First Sunday of each month, November 1 – March 31, September 27 and October 28. Closed: January 1, March 25, May 1, Easter Sunday, December 25 and December 26. For those who wish to spend the night in Delphi, I highly recommend the Fedriades Delphi
Hotel. Excellent location for the Museum and Archaeological site, excellent restaurant with fair pricing and stunning vistas below the town of Delphi to the Bays of Iteas and Corinth. Athens. Crowded. Magical. Historic. Cacophonous. Mesmerizing. After four full days exploring the Acropolis, Agora, Archaeological Museum and so much more, it was time to seek the open spaces north and east of the city, where the history of ancient Greece comes even more fully alive. The E75 superhighway, once cleared of Athens traffic, makes for the easiest way to head out north out of the city. As the road curves north and west, the countryside opens up with views of fertile farming land, small homes, some gated estates and a true sense of rural Greece.
Hosios Entrance
up toward the main archeological site above the circular columned ruins of the Temple of Athena, they encounter ancient history in its most easily understood form: blocks of hand hewn stone, columns of temples-particularly the remains of the Temple of Apollo-the stunning ancient amphitheater and the paved stone surface which marks the place where the Oracle of Delphi foretold the futures of paupers and kings alike. I have encountered travelers
Mark Gordon Smith is a published author and President of Private Italy Tours. For over ten years, his company has provided unforgettable small small group explorations of Italy and Greece. www. private-italy. com.
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