DELFI PRIVATE TOUR

This is a full day tour to Delfi. You leave early in the morning from your hotel to visit Delfi and the museum of Delfi. Near by is an historical village of Arachova and the tour can be include your visit to the Byzantine monastery of Hosios Loukas. The duration of this tour is usually 11 hours. Bellow there are a few informations for the places that you can visit to this tour:

DELPHI was an ancient Greek city in which worked the most important oracle in the ancient world. The city is mentioned by the Homeric times called Pytho. At the beginning of historical times was one of the ancient cities of Phocis, but gradually the city's role was strengthened and developed at the national center and the holy city of the ancient Greeks. It was also the center of the Delphic Amphictyony. Delphi maintained a significant position until the end of the 4th century AD, when it was finally clear to the oracle by decree of Emperor Theodosius. In the following centuries, the city declined and was finally abandoned in the period of the Slavic invasions.
Delphi is an area with a strong tourism and has been designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Besides the archaeological site and the museum, there is the European Cultural Centre and the surrounding area a number of monasteries of religious interest.

ARACHOVA is a stone village, just 8 km before the historic archaeological site of Delphi. Coming from Athens, shortly after entering the village you will find the right historic neoclassical building, a former elementary school, built in 1910 by Andrew Syggros, which has been restored by the City Arachova and used as an information center.
Just behind the former elementary school is the church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and in his backyard, you will find yourself under the Rock of Time or bell as the locals call it.

Hosios Loukas is situated on the western slopes of Helicon below the acropolis of the ancient town of Steiri, near the village of sterile, in Boeotia. It is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine art and architecture and is included in the world heritage list of UNESCO, together with the other two surviving monasteries of the Middle Byzantine period in Greece, Nea Moni Monastery of Daphni. The Saint Luke is however larger and differs from Daphni Monastery and the New that is dedicated to a single Blessed, by Saint Luke in one of the finest.