Delphi

We started with a very crazy wild ride in a taxi ride from the hotel to the bus station. We then experienced Greece’s transportation system by taking a three hour bus ride to the mountain city of Delphi. Upon arrival we took a 20 minute walk back to the Delphi museum and archeological area. The actual town of Delphi is located along a road in the mountains of central Greece. At the Delphi museum we met Penny (on the left below), a tour guide that Rick Steves recommended in his book on Athens. She was great, knowledge of ancient history as well as the current climate of Greece and the world politics that affected ancient Greece history. We spent about 3-1/2 hours with her touring the museum and the Delphi site. It was well worth the money and effort to take a bus for three hours each way.

The Delphi Museum

The road from the city to the Museum

Museum Entrance

Museum Cafe

Museum Cafe

Museum Locals

Penny, our tour guide, and Carol

The Museum

Delphi City Model

Delphi City Model

Bronze Charioteer

Bronze Charioteer (Notice that it still has the glass eyes - Very Rare)

Bronze Charioteer Complete Model

Acanthus Column of Dancers

East Pediment of the Temple of Apollo

East Pediment

Lion's head rain gutter

Sphinx of Naxos

The story of Antinoos

Statue of Hagias

Melancholy Roman

Melancholy Roman

Twin Kouros

Twin Kouros

Twin Kouros

Treasury of Siphnos

Ancient Delphi

The Sacred Way

Notice the detialed carvings in the stone

Tempale of Apollo

Tresury of the Athenains

Very tightly fitted stones

Roman Forum

Tholos

Sanctuary of Athena

Athens Picture Index

Trip Report