Take this Delphi & Meteora Two Days Tour from Athens and enjoy a majestic trip.
Begin with pick up from Athens and board your luxury air conditioned bus with your professional guide.
Visit the Delphi archeological site where the temple of Apollo was considered as `the navel of the wold` in ancient Greece, a site that has played an extremely important role at the evolution and political situation of ancient Athens and the rest of Greece.
We also visit the impressive Meteora. Meaning “suspended in air” the name Meteora soon came to encompass the entire rock community of monasteries, the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage.
3 Hours Before Flight Time
Leave for Delphi via Thebes, Levadia and the picturesque village of Arachova, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, arrive in Delphi and visit the Archaeological Site.
Delphi was considered the center of the earth and the universe, and played a central role in the classical Greek world. Proceed though the sacred way to the Athenian treasury, the stoa of Athens, the temple of Apollo, where the oracle was and the theater.
After the visit, we depart through Central Greece and the cities of Lamia, Trikala crossing the Thessalian plain, to Kalambaka, a small town built at the foot of the majestic grey rocks, and crowded by the Meteora Monasteries.
Dinner and overnight stay in Kalambaka.
Start point: Transfers from / to hotel or closest available to apartment, Athina, Αττικη, Greece . Time: 08:30
Savor breakfast in your hotel and then travel for nearby UNESCO-listed Meteora for a tour of the cliff-top monasteries.
Visit Meteora and enjoy a unique and most impressive scenery with ageless Monasteries, containing priceless historical and religious treasures, standing between earth and sky atop huge rocks. Meteora is considered one of the most beautiful and inspiring area of mainland Greece, and its monasteries are one of the country`s most unique attractions.
The monasteries are perched on top of towers of sandstone, which for centuries provided totally inaccessible retreats for the monks. It is also the biggest and most important group of monasteries in Greece after those in Mount Athos.
In the past there were no steps and the main access to the monasteries was by means of a net that was hitched over a hook and hoisted up by rope and a hand cranked windlass to winch towers overhanging the chasm. Monks descended in the nets or on retractable wooden ladders up to 40m long to the fertile valleys below to grow grapes, corn and potatoes. Each community developed its own resources and by the end of the 14th century, the Grand Meteoron emerged as the dominant community. The rock monasteries have been characterized by UNESCO as a unique phenomenon of cultural heritage.
You will enjoy a guided tour of two of the six monasteries. Then you will start your drive back to Athens. On the way you will stop to visit the monument of Leonidas where the 300 Spartans fought against the Persian army at Thermopylae (Hot Gates) – short stop to see across the road the Leonida`s Monument.
Continuing our journey, we arrive in Athens early in the evening.
Traveled comfortably by motor coach from Athens to Adelphi and Meteora with plenty of bathroom breaks. Hotel was excellent with pool and balcony. Tour guides are very knowledgeable. Scenery was spectacular. Food was good.
Our tour guide, Anastasia, and driver, Nikos, were wonderful. Friendly, nice, and super informative. You can tell Anastasia has a real passion for talking about her country’s history, culture, and environment. The bus was nice. The food was fine. The hotel was not as clean as I would prefer.
Easy way to visit these inland locations. Delphi itself is alot smaller than one would expect since it is told it was the religious center of the ancient Greek world. For a place, that Alexander the Great visited before becoming world famous, grandeur is lacking. The setting of the location is very nice. Food at Delphi museum was extremely expensive. The tour organisation is self is dedicated to its guests and helps you out with all practicalities. Bring a book or tablet on the bus. I would recommend them.
