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Delphi Tour: Explore Ancient Ruins and Museum
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Athina
Embark on an eco-friendly day trip from Athens to Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore ancient ruins, visit the Delphi museum, and enjoy the picturesque scenery of Arachova.
Embark on an eco-friendly day trip from Athens to Delphi, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore ancient ruins, visit the Delphi museum, and enjoy the picturesque scenery of Arachova.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Athens - After being picked up from your Athens hotel, enjoy the scenic journey through Thebes’ picturesque valleys and cotton fields as your expert guide shares tales of the Ancient Greeks. Traveling by air-conditioned coach, your first brief stop is Levadia, a town famous for its trade in beautiful brightly colored carpets.
- Temple of Apollo…
- Athens - After being picked up from your Athens hotel, enjoy the scenic journey through Thebes’ picturesque valleys and cotton fields as your expert guide shares tales of the Ancient Greeks. Traveling by air-conditioned coach, your first brief stop is Levadia, a town famous for its trade in beautiful brightly colored carpets.
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Temple of Apollo - At midday, stare in amazement as your coach arrives at the foot of Mt Parnassos where the sanctuary of Delphi lies. Head inside the UNESCO-listed Archeological Site of Delphi, and explore the intriguing ruins with your guide while learning about famous monuments such as the Temple of Apollo.
Please note that admission is included if you have chosen the relevant options.
Then, you will have 45 minutes free time to explore the site on your own and to visit Athena Pronaia and its Tholos. -
Delphi Archaeological Museum - Next, make your way inside Delphi Archeological Museum and explore the veritable treasure trove at leisure. Home to countless artifacts and relics, the museum consists of some 15 rooms arranged in chronological order. Be sure to check out the bronze Charioteer of Delphi and the Sphinx of Naxos.
Please note that admission is included if you have chosen the relevant options. - Delphi - After exploring the museum, enjoy your time at your leisure, perhaps stopping for a refreshing drink in a cafe or enjoy a delicious Greek meal at a traditional restaurant and then begin your way back to Athens.
- Arachova - Head back to Athens via the beautiful mountain village of Arachova, situated on the hills of the Parnassus Mountains, where the tour will stop for a short photo opportunity.
What's Included
- Visit to Athena Pronaia on your free time (no extra cost, available for all options)
- Pick up from selected central located hotels
- Guided tour in the Archaeological site of Delphi and the Museum of Delphi (if option selected)
- Services of a Professional - licensed guide (if option selected)
- This is a green tour that reduces the environmental…
- Visit to Athena Pronaia on your free time (no extra cost, available for all options)
- Pick up from selected central located hotels
- Guided tour in the Archaeological site of Delphi and the Museum of Delphi (if option selected)
- Services of a Professional - licensed guide (if option selected)
- This is a green tour that reduces the environmental footprint by offsetting carbon emissions
- Free WiFi on coaches
- Audio devices to hear the guide better during the tour
- Entrance fees for the archaeological site and the museum of Delphi (if option is selected)
- Round-trip transfer by luxury A/C bus
What's Not Included
- Pick-up service for the option “Tour without lunch or tickets”
- Personal expenses
- Pick-up service for the option “Tour without lunch or tickets”
- Personal expenses
Additional Information
Join your tour guide in Athens and learn about the historical tales of ancient Greeks and their existence in Delphi, while traveling in an air-conditioned, carbon-neutral motorcoach. Your destination is Delphi, situated close to Mt. Parnassos, with a brief break at the outskirts of the city of Levadia. First up is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the…
Join your tour guide in Athens and learn about the historical tales of ancient Greeks and their existence in Delphi, while traveling in an air-conditioned, carbon-neutral motorcoach. Your destination is Delphi, situated close to Mt. Parnassos, with a brief break at the outskirts of the city of Levadia. First up is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Delphi archaeological spot. Circumvent the queues and tour the suggestive remains with your guide to behold renowned sites such as the monument of the Argive Kings, the Athenians’ treasury, the Platea monument, and the Temple of Apollo, celebrated for its oracle. Your next stop is the Delphi museum displaying stunning exhibits. Don’t miss the Delphi’s bronze Charioteer and the Sphinx of Naxos. Post lunch, you’ll visit Athena Pronaia Sanctuary, Delphi’s most snapped location. The return journey to Athens includes a trip past the scenic Arachova, nestled on Parnassus’ inclines, famed for its beautiful handmade carpets, rugs, and quilts, as well as its wines and cheeses.
Location
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Athanasiou Diakou
Your meeting point is 3 min walk from Acropolis metro station, beside Royal Olympic hotel. Please call us at least 24 hours before your travel date in order to confirm your meeting point details.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Vinod_p
Sep 24, 2024
Delphi fun - Very knowledgable tour guide. The Key tours driver and guide were excellent.
The lunch was delish. Overall great time
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Paula_o
Sep 23, 2024
Great tour yo visit the mountains and historical in 1 dayDelphi - The site is very interesting and the views amazing 🤩
The guide very friendly and informative. The bus trip is long but it went fast thanks to the guide and the free WiFi. Be prepared for a crowded museum!
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Raghunath_s
Sep 23, 2024
Delphi historical tour - The guided tour to Delphi was great, with ample amount of time to visit the historical preserves of the oracle. The guide explained significance of the city and gave us the museum tour also
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Michael_k
Sep 21, 2024
Good tour of Delphi - The tour does a good job of taking us through Delphi and discussing the Oracle. The museum has several interesting exhibits. Our guide, Katia, was excellent. Very informative and friendly!
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Sarah_t
Sep 21, 2024
Excellent trip - Katea was an excellent guide and did a great job narrating throughout the whole trip. Will recommend.
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Randyst8432tf
Sep 15, 2024
First guided tour, great tour guide, highly recommended. - The site of the tour (Delphi) exceeded expectations. Our tour guide, Irene, from Key Tours was great. She made the trip to Delphi fun and informative. Her knowledge and great effort to provide interesting commentary on the site was very much worth the cost. I would definitely recommend an expert guided tour for all outdoor site seeing in Greece-it’s worth it. I personally would recommend against including the prepaid lunches because it was possible to get lunch at the same location for those who prepaid as well as for those who didn’t. The location for the lunch was nice but the food was a bit lower in comparison with other food I’ve had while in Greece. The bus was nice. Overall, I’d definitely recommend this tour and I’d use the same tour guide again if I come back to Athens.
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Karen_w
Sep 15, 2024
Informative and beautiful day out - Kostas was such a wonderful guide.
We didn’t realize until we were on the bus that it was a 3-hour ride to Delphi. However, our guide, Kostas, gave us lots of information and anecdotes about Athens’ culture and history along the way. The three hours went quickly.
I did have concerns about how difficult the climb would be, but it there were absolutely no issues.
There was an opportunity to climb the hill above the temple and explore unguided, for which I opted out.
After visiting the ruins, Kostas took us through the museum at Delphi. As an archaeologists, he was able to point details and give information which we might have missed on our own.
From there we were driven to our lunch location. The meal was included in our ticket price, and was adequate. It was nice to have a vegetarian option. Staff was busy, as the restaurant was packed with tourists from several bus tours, but they very pleasant.
We had two more short stops on the return, which broke up the 3-hour ride nicely.
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Hiulam_c
Sep 20, 2024
Good trip, misleading itinerary - This was a fun little day trip. Our tour guide Katerina (hope I spelled it right) was fantastic! Super knowledgeable and funny, I learned a lot about the ancient Greeks from her. The Temple of Apollo was also really cool and the tour through the museum was also very informative. The drive from/to Athens was comfortable too.
Just a note on the itinerary. It seemed to imply that you had an hour to walk around Delphi and if you didn’t want to join in for the group lunch at the restaurant, you could go somewhere else to get food. This was NOT the case. Everyone was taken to the same restaurant a bit outside of the main city area and was told to eat there. We didn’t pay for the lunch option when signing up because we thought we would be able to eat elsewhere and then explore the town.
It was a bit awkward ordering off the of the wider menu while the rest of the group ate from the set menu. If the itinerary was more clear, I would have paid for the set menu as well. It was also a shame not being able to walk around Delphi on our own. Maybe update the itinerary because it is misleading.
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Craig_b
Sep 20, 2024
Delphi was awesome, tour guide great, tour company awful. - BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU BOOKS TOURS WITH THIS TITLE. My group of 4 people all thought this was a private tour as the way it reads is that it is a small group. We talked with other people on our 44 person bus who also thought it was a private tour. No one at this tour company seems to know that traffic in Athens ranges from awful to unbelievably terrible to downright endless gridlock, so you hear constantly about how the time might be delayed "due to traffic." You do these tours every day and you don't know there is traffic? Anyway - we got picked up at our hotel and driven to the tour operater's office (Key Tours). DO NOT GO ON A TOUR WITH KEY TOURS. Disorganized chaos is all I can call it. We got on the bus of 44 people last and as a result, I was unable to sit with my wife for the 3.5 hour drive to Delphi. NO ONE would move for us. That being said, our tour guide was great, very knowledgeable and friendly. Delphi should not be missed but pay the money, MAKE SURE you do a small group/private tour. Much less hassle. 3 stars was for the location, KEY TOURS would get negative one stars.
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Jerry_g
Sep 16, 2024
Not worth the the time. - Good, but not worth the time and effort. Tha tour guide was ill and, despite being very knowledgeable, gave a very uninteresting presentation.
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