Aventuras a Pie (de Página)On Mount Hymettus or Ymittos, a few kilometers from the center of Athens, there are 3 caves, very close to each other.
The most interesting of these 3 caves is the Cave of the Nimfolepto, of Argedimus, of Pan or of the Muses. It is an underground temple, carved by Argedimus of Thera (today, Santorini) in the fourth century BC.
It is thought that it may have been the place that inspired Plato for the allegory of the cave.
Many locations in Greece were key during the Crusades because they facilitated communication between the Holy Land and the West.
Today, we’re going to visit three castles on the island of Kos that were used during the Crusades: Neratzia Castle, Paleo Pyli Castle, and Antimacheia Castle.
These three castles are easy to visit and are also free.
Neratzia Castle: Official Website: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/1/eh155.jsp?obj_id=951
Neratzia Castle: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Neratzia+Castle/@36.8963,27.2871998,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14be0ede388bbcaf:0x727bc3aa07bdd85!8m2!3d36.8962997!4d27.2903831
Paleo Pyli Castle: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Palaio+Pyli+Castle/@36.8072027,27.1405911,12.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14be0777e120c3e3:0x1ddf769a36249ed7!8m2!3d36.8389277!4d27.1865732
Antimacheia Castle: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Antimachia+Castle/@36.8117791,27.1726413,12.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x14bdfe62a9291339:0x5c88d07dba567eb1!8m2!3d36.8028654!4d27.1280434
Cape Sounion (or Sounio in Greek) is one of Greece’s top attractions, home to an impressive temple dedicated to Poseidon and a guidebook recommended for sunset watching.
In this video, we will cover its lesser-known side, the ruins outside the archaeological site, which are ignored by the majority of tourists and other YouTube videos, consisting of boat sheds, wells, and a Bunker and Radar Station from World War II.
Delphi is one of the main tourist attractions in Greece, home to a famous oracle and one of the 4 locations of the games in antiquity (or 5 if Athens is included).
In this video we will show the hidden side, we will visit the ruins outside the archaeological site and also details that are often missed at first glance.
We visit a Tower, the Second Kastalia Fountain, a Votive Pit and Roman era Sarcophagi.
On our day’s adventure, we are going to explore the Micenaean bridges, considered the oldest bridges in the world, with more than 3000 years of existence.
Known as the bridges of Arkadiko, these 3 bridges were part of a road that connected Micenae and Tiryns, with the port of Epidauro.
These 3 bridges are located in the Peloponnese, in Greece.
They are known as Ardadiko, Kazarma and Petrogefyri.
The likelihood of archaeological discoveries is very high when public works projects are underway, often requiring work to be halted until a survey of the findings has been completed.
Today we visited two streets in the city of Sparta, an excavation no more than 70 meters long by 1 meter wide, and saw a portion of what they found.
Churches near archaeological sites usually have several common characteristics.
The first is that they are usually quite old, dating back to the beginning of Christianity.
The second is a simple design, perhaps a product of its age. The third is that they tend to “recycle” material from the ruins…
However, the church of Agia Foteini, in the Peloponnese, shatters all those expectations.
The church of Agia Foteini is considered to be one of the strangest churches in the world.
Monemvasía or Monembasía is a huge promontory in the Aegean Sea, a few meters from the coast, with a charming medieval village, a large fortress, many ruins and much history.
In this video we explore the site in quite a detailed way and give some practical tips for visiting it better.
Acrocorinth is one of the largest Greek acropolises and one of the most important medieval fortresses in Greece.
In this video, we take a tour and explain part of its complex history…
Official Website: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/3/eh355.jsp?obj_id=15661
The Vouliagmeni lake is in Greece, in the north of the Peloponnese region, 98 km from Athens and 23 KM from Corinth.
The lagoon is 2 km long by 1km wide. And a depth of up to 40m.
It is connected to the sea by a 6 meter wide channel, with a strong current, fish and sea urchins.
Do not confuse it with another Vouliagmeni lake, 20km south of Athens, which is basically a cenote with thermal waters…
But we will talk about that at another time…
Multiple human occupation remains have been found from the 3rd to the 2nd millennium BC.
Nowadays, it is the favorite beach of the inhabitants of Loutraki, a seaside town about 16km to the east.