The Ultimate Delphi experience (1-3 pax)

Visit Delphi, center of the ancient world, in a full-day tour
departing from Athens

Explore Delphi’s unique landmarks: the Temple of Apollo,
the Athenian Treasury, the Tholos, the Theater, and more.

Admire masterpieces of classical Greece in the Delphi museum, including the world-famous statue of
the Charioteer of Delphi

Discover one of the most interesting villages of Greece,
rarely visited by tourists.

Tour eerie tanneries from another era and visit one of the
last tanners at work!

Meet the locals, who let you into
their daily life to share their very own version of Greece with you

Enjoy a traditional Greek lunch, cooked by mountain village women,
under the shade of hundred-years old trees.

An original and unique
tour, unlike any other day trip to Delphi and its surroundings

The ancient past meets
the present in this all-day exploration of the site of Delphi, with its unique
temples and monuments, the world of traditional crafts and the unexplored
villages in the surrounding area.

The oracle of Delphi is located in a setting of
outstanding natural beauty on the lower slopes of Mount Parnassos; before
entering the archaeological site and admire its wonders, you’ll have a chance
to find out much more about the mountain and what life is like here today.

To accomplish that, you
will visit an old town neighborhood, largely abandoned today, which
used to be the leather tanner’s district. Here, in a space that’s strongly
evocative of the past, you’ll witness firsthand what a tanner’s working life was like a century ago (and
still is today!) and listen to the tanners’ stories –father and son– to understand
what life is like today in this part of Greece.

If you are lucky, you’ll
also get to visit the last bell-maker
in Greece. In
his small workshop, he’ll show you the art of bell making, creating the bells
that the local villagers use for their livestock. As his work schedule is
irregular, his workshop isn’t open to visitors at all times.

After that, it’s time for
lunch, all in the form of local delicacies from
the region,
which you’ll enjoy sitting in the town square, under a large plane tree –you’ll
taste local cheeses and the famous Amfissa olives before tucking into a traditional regional specialty as a main course that the
women of the village have prepared for you.

When lunch is finished
it’s back to Delphi, the ancient oracle of the Gods. This is the best time to
visit the site, when the tourist hordes
have departed and
let you admire in peace the ruins of the Temple of Apollo, the reconstructed Athenian Treasury and the Theater. You’ll want to take your time, not
only because the site is built into the side of a mountain, but also because
there’s just so much to see here, and the setting itself is magical; a place of
great spiritual power hugging the side of a towering mountain, and below it, a
sea of olive groves as far as the eye can see, all the way to the Corinthian
Gulf in the distance. No wonder that even the most powerful rulers and noblemen
of antiquity were awed by the splendor and revered the sacred site of Delphi
and its earthly connection to the divine.

When you’ve seen all
there is to see outside, it’s time for the Delphi museum, a short walk downhill from the
site. Here, be sure to see the bronze Charioteer of
Delphi (it’s
said his profile is completely different, depending on which side of his face
you choose to look at), the haunting Sphinx of Naxos and what might be the very
first ever recorded notation of a musical melody, contained in an ancient inscription
from the walls of the original Athenian Treasury.

Now, it’s time to head
back to Athens, taking back memories of the mountain, the town and the
incomparable ancient Delphi.

Notes:

Ideal starting time 07:30 -08:30

Return time: 19:00-19:30