Greece Experience Tours

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 - On my last day in Delphi I had only one obligation: inspecting two hotels in the city center, and of course during lunch time... but the morning was free for me to visit the Athena Pronaia archaeological site thoroughly. It was a lovely, sunny day and it being mid-October I was enchanted by the mystical low, yellowish early morning sunlight; a magical atmosphere enhanced by the fact that there was hardly anyone there - no groups, no crowd. Only when I left to get back to the town center, a school class from England arrived; I wonder if they realized how lucky they were to go on a school outing to Greece! Among the ruins of the archaeological site stands the most famous tholos of Greece. There is something special about these enigmatic circular temples; something even historians and archaeologists cannot explain what exactly they were used for. Most of them are from the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE, but it is commonly agreed that they are based on older ...

Monday, October 15th, 2018 - Day 5 of my business trip to Greece. Already very early that morning I woke up to what would become one of my favourite days of the entire trip. My legs were still stiff from the hike to the Pan Cave the day before. I stretched and peeked through the curtains to check the weather; a light overcast. The first thing I noticed when I opened my balcony door was a beautiful bird song, breaking the sleepy silence of the early morning. Then I noticed the sweet people at breakfast and an overall calmness in the atmosphere, not just in the hotel, but also in the town, in the streets. I decided to go for a stroll and sniff up the mountain air before the buses arrived from Athens, so I followed the road, aiming to visit the Castalian Spring. After all, my next appointment wouldn't be until 11.00 am at the entrance of the museum. As I walked passed the Roman Gymnasium, the sun tried to pierce holes through the thin clouds that covered the sky. How strange; be...