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Athens to Delphi: The Complete Day Trip Guide

Delphi is the most important day trip from Athens — not the closest, not the easiest, but the one that rewards the effort most completely. The sanctuary of Apollo on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, where the Oracle spoke for almost 1,000 years and where the most powerful people in the ancient world came seeking […]

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Temple of Olympian Zeus Athens: The Complete Visitor Guide

The Temple of Olympian Zeus — the Olympieion — is one of the most dramatically ruined ancient monuments in the world and one of the most consistently misunderstood stops on any Athens itinerary. Visitors approaching along Vasilissis Olgas Avenue see fifteen enormous Corinthian columns standing in a sea of tumbled drums and architectural fragments, the

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