Aventuras a Pie (de Página)In this video we explore the ruins of the royal estate of Tatoi, which belonged to the Greek royal family.
It was the childhood home of Queen Sofia of Spain, and her brother, King Constantine II of Greece.
In this video, we are not only going to visit the royal palace, but also the estate and the pantheon of the kings of Greece, while I will tell you a little history, as well as some curiosities.
In this video, we analyze how much money is needed to do the Camino de Santiago, first segregating what are the main expenses, the different types of pilgrims, tips for saving money and an approximate cost for the most common routes.
In the adventure of the day we visited the red castle of Karistos, in the Greek island of Euboia, in Greece.
The castle of a thousand years of age passed through many hands, being a Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian and Ottoman castle, before ending up in Greek hands.
In this video, we explore it in detail.
In this video, we visit the ruins of the Egyptian temple of Marathon, Greece.
In this video, we visit the ruins of the Egyptian temple to the gods, in the vicinity of Marathon, in Greece.
The temple was funded by a very rich Roman senator, named Herodes Atticus, more known for having built the odeon of Athens, and the Nymphaeum of Olympia.
Herodes Atticus had his villa in the vicinity in which his own statue and the one of his wife have been found.
The success of the Camino de Santiago is undeniable and a world phenomenon.
However, the reasons are not so clear.
In this video, I analyze a personal theory that is not related to the reasons usually cited, and that is not related to famous movies, books, or social media.
The archaeological site of Lerna is one of the most unknown and most fascinating in Greece.
It was a small village in the Peloponnese, not far from Tiryns and Mycenae, which is older than these 2 and older than the Pyramids of Egypt.
The site has been inhabited from 8000 years ago until the Mycenaean period and with human activity until the Roman period, when it was finally abandoned.
The most important ruins is the “house of the tiles” which is believed to have been a government building of the time, from 2500BC to 2250BC, when a fire destroyed it and a sacred mound was built on top of the ruins.
The house was desecrated 2 times, with 2 tombs 1000 years later, in the Mycenaean period.
The site includes the ruins of a house, from 5900BC, remains of a wall as well as other Mycenaean period ruins.
In mythology, Lerna was known as the lair of the Hydra, the multi-headed aquatic serpent, which lived in a swampy lake, which unfortunately no longer exists.
In this video, we explore an abandoned Roman quarry with several giant columns, high up on a mountain, near the city of Karistos, in the Euboean region of Greece.
The region was very well known and desired in antiquity for its marbles, which adorned the entire Roman world, from Rome to Constantinople.
Today, the region is known in Greece for the stone, to which it calls “Plaka Karistou”.
The quarry that we filmed had 9 enormous columns, plus some smaller columns and others unfinished.
In this video, we show the certificates or accreditations of the Camino de Santiago, what they look like, what the requirements are and where they are obtained, including the Compostela, the Welcome Certificate, the Distance Certificate, the Visit Certificate, La Perregrina, (“the compostela for dogs”), the Cotolaya, the Finisterrana, in Finisterre, the Muxiana, the Pedronia, the Salvadorana and the Ignaciana.
Other certificates/accreditations not included:
La Carta Peregrina, en Sahagún (Tony P )
It indicates the halfway point of the French Way. It is requested at the tourist office from 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Weekends closed. Price: 3 €
La Uclediana: (Alfredo Guerra)
Walking the Camino de Santiago in the opposite direction; from the Church of Santiago in Madrid to the Monastery of the Order of Santiago in Uclés.
It also has a specific credential, issued by the Association of Friends of the Uclés Way.
La Lebaniega: Upon completion of the Camino Lebaniego (also has a specific credential)
Prices for the year 2022.
Designs for certificates and accreditation may have changed and the dates indicated refer to the year of delivery, not the year when the design was changed.
In this video we explore 4 dragon houses (“drakospiti” or “drakospito” in Greek), which are very ancient buildings built with huge stone blocks.
There exist throughout Greece, including Athens, but they are mainly found in the south of Evia (Euboea).
It is not known with certainty who built them, but it is believed that it was a nomadic people who settled in Evia (Euboia) in 1200 BC.
Their use is not clear and Pausanias does not name them in his accounts.
It is located on a dry hill near the Greek Public Power Company (DEH) power plant in the Milaki village of Euboea and near a cement factory.
From above there is almost a 360-degree view.
It was probably built in the early decades of the Frankish occupation of Euboea in the 13th century.
It is said that a 1.5 km tunnel connects the castle with Milaki.
The castle remained in use at least until the years of the Greek Revolution when it was a prison for the Turks.
The shape of the castle is a trapezoid measuring 46x30m with an area of 1200 square meters. In the center of the enclosure rises the central tower, almost square. Its dimensions: 7.10 x 7.60 meters. It is preserved to an approximate height of 11 meters.
Of the castle walls, the north and west sides are better preserved. The east wall is destroyed. On the south side, only a part in the west is in relatively good condition. The western wall extends approximately to a length of 42 m.
Outside the castle, to the south and to the west, there was a small fortified settlement consisting of small houses with dimensions of 4x4m or 4x5m, with adobe walls without mortar and with wooden roofs.