Delphi (Apollo Oracle Athena Tholos) private day tour from Athens (10 hours)

Delphi (Apollo Oracle Athena Tholos) private day tour from Athens (10 hours)

We visit Levadia, Delphi as travelers, not as tourists. We get as excited as you, we love traveling, history & photography. Schedule is flexible, but most importantly our drivers are seasoned travelers and are dedicated to helping you live the tour of your life, that is suited to your needs.
If you want to see most of Archaeological sites in Delphi, as Apollo Oracle, Theater, Stadium, Gymnasium, Athena Tholos...then combine all sites in a full day tour.
The day starts with convenient pickup from your location and takes you to Levadia - Krya springs ( Explore at your leisure the springs of Remembrance and Oblivion). Next we drive via mount Parnassus to Archaeological site of Delphi. Visit at you leisure the sites of Apollo and Athena sanctuaries, the Museum, take a break for lunch in a restaurant balcony with a panoramic view of the olive grove valley and the Corinthian Golf.
Return via traditional villages as Arachova ( short stop for shopping of local products - optional) to Athens

Itinerary
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Stop At: Archaeological Site of Orchomenos, Orchomenos 220 02 Greece

Orchomenus, the setting for many early Greek myths, is best known as a rich archaeological site in Boeotia, Greece, that was inhabited from the Neolithic through the Hellenistic
Near by the Byzantine (9th century) monastery church of Panaghia Skripou one of the oldest monasteries

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Livadia 321 00, Greece

Drives through the fertile plain of Boeotia, driving by the town of Thebes. Proceed to Levadia, a busy town and an important junction in the road network. Also an industrial center where its textile mills treat the cotton grown in the Copais valley. The upper town is graced by white houses with jutting wooden balconies dating from the 18th C. We'll stop for a drink by the beautiful river Karya over the spot where the water springs out. In ancient times, Karya was said to be the location of the Oracle of Trofonios Zeus which included the springs of Mnemosyne (Remembrance) and the spring of Lethe (oblivion). The oracle was used as a stage before visiting the oracle of Delphi and as such, through the times, it acquired great power and riches.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Delphi Greece

Delphi is the ancient sanctuary that grew rich as the seat of Pythia, the oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The ancient Greeks considered the center of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the omphalos (navel).

It is now an extensive archaeological site with a small modern town of the same name nearby. It is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in having had a great influence in the ancient world, as evidenced by the various monuments built there by most of the important ancient Greek city-states, demonstrating their fundamental Hellenic unity.
General/summer admission: 12 € Reduced/ winter admission: 6 €

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Delphi Archaeological Museum, Ethniki Odos Amfissas - Livadias, Delphi 330 54 Greece

Delphi Archaeological museum is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic (Mycenean) period to the early Byzantine era.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Athena Pronaia Temple, Delphi 330 54, Greece

The Temple of Athena Pronaia was a temple at the ancient site of Delphi, in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, a group of buildings comprising temples and treasuries as well as the famous Tholos of Delphi.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Delphi, Delphi, Phocis Region, Central Greece

Visit modern town at your leisure and have lunch on a restaurant balcony with a panoramic view of the olive grove and the Corinthian Gulf

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Arachova, Arachova, Boeotia Region, Central Greece

Visit a traditional mountain village and buy local products (optional)

Duration: 15 minutes