Delphi Museum

... , at noon on two, and in the evening on three of them? The museum was also quite interesting. We spent a couple of hours in Delphi, and then we headed towards Lamia, and afterwards - Trikala. We`d spent quite a lot of money on buses on that day, however ...

... tabby who loved her so much he started purring and kneading on her legs with full claws extended. When we got to the Delphi Archaeological Museum, we found an entire herd of stray tabby cats, all of whom looked identical, and none of whom were spayed or ...

... the scene as kings and pilgrims walked up to meet the oracle and offer their gifts.  Inside the museum, however, the imagination was unfurled a little more, with artists' renditions of the site, treasures, and remarkable sculptures, along ...

Our second day in Delphi began in the cool morning air that smelled of last night's rain. In ancient times, Delphi was the most visited site in Greece, where you went to seek advice from the Pythian oracle and tell the Greek world about your victories. ...

... and the original stadium where the Pythian Games were held. Not far from the sanctuary is the Archaeological Museum where many of the artifacts found during the Delphi excavation are held. Finally, down the mountain nearby are the Kastalian Spring (where ...

... of Apollo. They had some pretty unique things at the museum like some of the only gold and ivory statues that survive from ancient Greece and an authentic bronze statue from that time. Both were fairly common back then, but were either so valuable or so ...

... your face and have a cool drink. We came back to enjoy a simple Greek meal on a triangle of a plateia made of rocks between Delphi's two main streets. We couldn't see the actual sunset from there but we did watch the light change as day went to dusk. ...

... We stayed in Delphi Tuesday afternoon and evening (caught a fabulous sunset, as you will see) and hit the architectural site and museum on Wednesday. Our inn-keeper, a seemingly sweet little old Greek lady, tried to jack up the price of our rooms ...

... is on a mountain. Most other oracles were located in open plains, so that it was easily accessible to those coming. Delphi is on mountain, with several 'levels' of buildings. The first buildings you came across were treasuries built by various cities ...

...  There was an American, a couple of Kiwis, an Australian, a Singaporean and a Canadian, along with a whole load of others. Delphi itself was stunning, in a very unusual location, 2500 metres up a mountain.  The site was vast, one of the biggest ...