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Excursions on Itea
easyCruise offers guided tours and exciting events to various interesting sites at all the destinations. We have selected these special tours for you to enjoy, which represent particular highlights of the destination.
Delphi
Excursion: Delphi
Duration: 4 hrs
On board price: € 43 per person
Mystical Delphi was regarded by the ancients as the centre of the world. It was a sanctuary dedicated to the god Apollo and contained his most famous oracle - the Pythian Priestess - who would, when consulted, go into a frenzy inspired by the God and give his pronouncements on the future. Delphi was an international political centre, where Greeks came to commemorate their victories and celebrate their cities, states and culture. Several bitter wars were fought over its ownership and eventually a compromise was reached in which it was supposedly neutral and independent. Dominated by the Temple of Apollo and set high up on the hill side overlooking the largest olive grove of the Mediterranean, the site has a timeless feel. Above the temple is a well preserved theatre and stadium. The museum is magnificent, with beautiful artifacts from every era of the sanctuary’s activity- its treasuries were full to bursting with expensive treasures and offerings.
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