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Delos Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Delos, Greece
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Never Die in Delos
... of islands known as the Cyclades. It is considered as one of the most mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. In Greek mythology it is the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis. The island is a UNESCO World Heritage ...
Delos -- The Birthplace of the Greek god Apollo
... on the island since 3000 BC. and Delos is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations on the island are among the most extensive in the Mediterranean. From the diggings they have learned ...
Birthplace of Artemis and Apollo
A short boat ride today took us to Delos, reputed to be the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo, was a major sacred site for the ancient Greeks and has a long and interesting history. Unfortunately there has been major damage to the archaeological site and ...
Heaven, I'm in heaven.....
Well, what can I say but WOW. At breakfast yesterday, Nirmala had finally reached breaking point and, having discovered that our original hotel was now open, she advised Dimitri of her desire to re-locate to this hotel. The question was asked of all of ...
Mosaics and Lions in Delos
... been like in its heyday. The best know sculptures on the island are a row of lions. We anchored within the Bay of Delos and returned in the afternoon for lunch aboard. After we finished exploring the island, we boarded the yacht and returned to Mykonos ...
Delos
for ancient Greeks most sacred place because Apollo and Artemis were born there earliest inhabitants were 2500BC peak was 7th-4th c. BC town developed rapidly after 167BC when all commercial activity in the eastern Mediterranean was consolidated here ...
The Archaelogical City of Delos
... are making a slower journey to the next port which is Santorini. Santorini is supposed to be the most beautiful city in Greece. Melanie (the girl i'm replacing) and myself might go out for lunch in Santorini. So there is a virus going around the crew ...
Greek Islands, Delos
... a sacred palm on a slope of Delos's Mt. Kynthos, to Apollo, god of music and light. -Fodor's Greece travel book I though that was really interesting. Delos is a really barren land its only rock and shrubs, except it has beautiful wild flowers. There ...
Trip to Delos
Having woken early and packed we were all ready to go when Artemoula's son George showed up to bring us to the port. He dropped us off with our basg and we headed over to the ticket booth, they said we could leave our bags on board, we were a bit ...
GREEK ISLANDS - DELOS - SPIRITUAL CENTRE
NOW DESERTED - GREEK ISLAND WAS THE CENTRE OF THE GREEK SPIRITUAL WORLD FOR 700 OR 800 YEARS. MANY TEMPLES BUILT HERE DURING THAT PERIOD. AND THEY ARE STILL HERE - BIGGER THAN ...
DELOS
... the return trips back to Mykonos. The boat is similar to a fishing trawler and the guys on board are very friendly. Delos is an archaeological site of an ancient Greek city (from around 3rd millenium BC). It had declined by 3rd century AD ...
What Can I Say
Delos Island is the mythological birthplace of Apollo and his twin sister Artemis. Delos was settled more than 5000 years ago. We strolled among the ancient remnants of markets, temples, fountains and saw preserved home mosaics. It has to be ...
Mykonos and Delos
... . So days that we do excursions to other islands we're outside for the majority of the trip and walking all around Delos was rather tiring. Most people just breezed through the museum because we were tired and ended up eating our packed lunches outside ...
Holy crap this is old.
... of it, is Delos is where the sun god Apollo and his twin sister, goddess of the Moon, Artemis were born. Delos also used to be the capital of Greece and at one point had a larger population than Istanbul even though it is a fraction of the size. Delos was ...
Delos, Greece
... and assigned a knowledgeable Greek tour guide. The island of Delos is a part of the Greek Cyclades (a circular group of islands). Delos, according to mythology, is the birthplace of Apollo, the god of music, truth and light, and his twin sister ...
Morning trip
Delos es parte de las islas cicladas, 12 islas todas organizadas alrededor de una sola de ellas, justamente Delos. Es tambien el lugar de nacimiento del dios Apolo y un sitio arqueologico muy interesante. Lo mejor para mi es subir hasta el Mt Triglav, el ...
Delos - take me back a couple of thousand years
... out with them as if I had known them for years. The second day there I took a boat over to the neighboring island of Delos. You can't stay on Delos as there are no permanent housing options. The whole island was an archaeological site which was really ...
Land of the Gods – Delos
We catch a ferry to the sacred island of Delos this morning, and join with a larger group to hear a fantastic guide explain the history and show us the sights on this amazing island. It is my third time here, but this guide is the most interesting one we ...
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