Today we visited Delphi. Unusually for us we managed to get off early to catch the local bus and be the first at the gates when they opened at 8am and for a short period we pretty much had the whole site to ourselves, which was wonderful. Definitely recommend the early start as it gets hot very quickly and the coach tours arrive. The site is absolutely amazing and the position and views are spectacular.
Wall holding up the temple to Apollo. Each stone has been individually cut to fit exactly with those around itLooking down on the amphitheater, Apollo’s temple and across the valleyTreasury
The on-site museum has a fantastic amount of material recovered from the site.
The Sphinx- was seated on the top of a column 12.5 metres highMiniature bronze figures – episode from the Argonaut’s expedition – very tiny and superbBeautiful gold leaf – very smallBronze statue – The Charioteer
The Charioteer was covered and hidden as a result of an earthquake and so didn’t get looted but was found pretty much intact during the excavations.
