Starting from Athens, via Thiva, Levadia, and the picturesque village of Arachova, on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, we arrive in Delphi. Within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. Delphi was regarded as the centre of the world. According to mythology, it is here that the two eagles sent out by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the navel of the world met. The sanctuary of Delphi, set within a most spectacular landscape, was for many centuries the cultural and religious centre and symbol of unity for the Hellenic world. Visit of the Sanctuary of Apollo Pythios with the ruins of the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo etc., and the Museum. with the famous Charioteer.
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