Delphi

It took 4 hours of driving on the snake roads from Meteora to Delphi. 

Delphi is most famous for the ancient sanctuary that housed the oracle who was consulted on important decisions throughout the ancient classical world by the rulers, explorers, philosophers, priests and orindary people.  According to tradition, Delphi was considered as the navel (or centre) of the world by the Greeks as represented by the Omphalos (navel), the meeting point of two eagles dispatched by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the centre of the world. 

The Temple of Apollo, completed 330 BC, was the centrepiece at the archaeological site. Many pilgrims, such as Socrates, spent a good portion of their life time pondering the wisdom and riddles spoken by the oracle. The entire sanctuary is about 640 feet by 442 feet, twice as big as abfootball field. 

Not far from the archaeological site, there is the Santurary of Athena who was worshipped at Delphi along with Apollo. The star attraction is the tholos, a round structure that was built around 380 BC. Many of the artifacts are now housed in the museum which is situated next to the archaeological site. 

Because of the historical significance, the site attract visitors from the globe. Many tour buses dropped off and picked them up. Most people would do a day trip to Delphi and return back to Athens on the same day as Delphi is a very small town, only three streets. We stayed at Delphi for one night and walked around to discover that there are so many hotels here, virtually every house/apartment has a hotel sign. In its hay days, this town must be very busy. During our stay, we hardly saw tourists walking on he street. I don't know how they sustain their living here, even the restaurants are quite empty.