Main Street Through Delphi.......View from our room
Great restaurant.........................moussaka
chicken souvlaki........................stadium at the top.
Temple of Apollo.......................Theseus & the Minotaur
We left Delphi today. :( We really liked the charming little town on the slope of Mount Parnassus. We met some wonderful locals, our hotel was great, and the ruins were awesome! Michael and I made the hour plus hike through the ruins to the top where the ancient stadium is located. Along the way, we passed the Temple of Apollo, ancient theater, and several treasuries where excavators found almost fully intact statues, weaponry, and carvings. Mount Parnassus is also the site of Apollo's ancient oracle, where people could go to get answers to their pressing questions. It was quite a cool experience! The Temple of Apollo must have been massive, because the perimeter of the pillars was bigger than any of the other temples we saw!
Side note: Breakfast at Hotel Varonos was wonderful. They put out a huge spread with great variety. I can't be sure, but it seemed like the owners had friends/locals in for breakfast, so maybe they operate as a breakfast restaurant too. I loved it!
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