Delphi Art Hotel

...  headed into town since the rest of the ruins and museum were closed for the Easter Holiday and found our  hotel.   The town of Delphi is not big but apparently swells to feed and house thousands during the high season.  Right now is ...

From our itinerary: ELEUSIS - THEBES - TROPHONIOS - DELPHI "After breakfast, we board our motorcoach, following the route of the Sacred Way that initiates walked to partake of the death/rebirth Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone. There at the site of ...

... ;  No Further My     Oracle         Spoken I was unable to see most of Delphi due to rocks falling...a hazard I guess... A bit disappointed but then a quick rethink and I saw the beauty in being able to ...

... for the danger they threatened. Still, we felt safe, thinking that this was just another day at the office for the driver. Approaching Delphi, we started a long upward climb til we were in the clouds, and this is where we were to spend the next 3 days. ...

... are free to visit on Sundays. We love free entrances! The museum housed alot of the original statues and archeological finds around Delphi. We did the walk around and saw the sculptured cone that stood in the exact centre of the world and the famous ...

... to Athens, and eventually come home--yay! Right now I am coming to you live from the top of a glorious moutain range in Delphi, Greece--home of the famous ancient oracle and temple of the Greek sun god Apollo.  Tomorrow I will visit the site of ...

... had everyone settled in and our guide, Maria, came in to take the role call. She explained that it was a 3 hour drive to Delphi (180 km) and there will be 2 breaks before that. We went past the University, National Library and the Center of Arts ...

... brought me back to earth.... especially when Joe bought me a most extravagant Orange juice that cost 8 euros. I almost flipped.   Delphi was the next most beautiful place besides Heaven, I thought. I really thought so when I looked out of ...

... of statues that included four horses and a chariot. With the exception of his missing left arm, the bronze statue is preserved in a remarkable state at the Museum of Delphi. Enjoy the tour through my pictures! You can add your comments below of course. ...

... while we planned out the rest of our week.  That night, we decided to spend the day after Christmas at the ruins in Delphi and then later take a night ferry to the Greek island Santorini and back.  We planned out what all we wanted to see ...

... and engraved with Greek and Latin inscriptions that attest to the wisdom and ambition of the Emperor. The Serpent Column, nee Delphi Tripod, was first erected in 478 BC in Delphi as an offering to Apollo in gratitude for the Greeks' military victory over ...

... Rome, but the ones here are much less crowded. Also there is something about Greece that makes it feel exotic without making one experience too much culture shock. After a well-deserved night of sleep it was on to Delphi, the navel of the world. ...

... I would love to return to Greece someday, and would go back to Athens for sure. It would be nice to see Delphi and points north. However, I would probably head to different islands: Crete, and perhaps Cephalonia (the setting of Corelli’s Mandolin). ...

... think you're looking at something 3000 years old.   Our 2nd day we rode a bus about 3 hours to the city of Delphi and site of ruins of the temple of Athena, a treasurary and other building sites.  It was again set on a very steep ...

... nbsp;                     Athens A quick bus ride from Delphi brought us to Athens where we had to catch a tram to the Metro link. Construction had closed the Metro station we had ...

... God or Goddess, you should build it for him or her, e.g. the Parthenon in Athens was raised to Athena, the biggest temple in Delphi is to Apollo, etc. You must next decide how large and upscale it will be.  At the time, this was determined by how ...

... in ancient Greece in the classical era there were four athletic festivals, one per year rotating between four localities: Olympia, Delphi, Isthmia and Nemea.  These were all pan-Hellenic events, which meant that anyone Greek could compete.  Any ...

... tables. 13.  Why was Alexander the Great so 'great'? 14.  What prophecy would you ask of the Oracle at Delphi today? If you wish, you may copy these questions, paste them into a document, add your answers, and submit them to ...

... back at the bus stop about 11:30am. Bus didn't freakin' arrive 'til about 12:45pm. Argh! Got to Delphi about 1:45pm and followed a guy to his hotel 'cuz rooms were only 15euro. (Greece is quite expensive for accomodation. Not so bad for food and transport ...