European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse The spectacular natural setting of Delphi stuns visitors from around the world. The site can be hiked through during the Cool part of the Day. Cape Soulon Monitor Manuan saas amps Mimsi Teshean list of Greece s splendours by Michael Dematteis new Day it was on lit Quot straight Road Quot from Athens to Delphi that oedipus Kilk to his father Al the Quot split Quot or Crossroads near Daulis As seconal Century Historia Pausanias wrote. Although it seemed anything Hul straight when i travelled it for the first time the Road runs Over almost the same route today. A a on lie regularly scheduled bus from Athens serenely accompanied by local inhabitants and the More adventurous i lass of tourist the route winds through pastoral landscapes across the Boeotia Plains before rising steeply through sleepy villages and up the Rocky Spur of mount Parnassus. Fust beyond the final Bend of the ascent lies a Barren Hillside with Grey Stone ruins of temples and Walls burnished to a Golden glow in the Early morning Sun a the Plai e tire ancients called the Navel of c aia or Mother furl. A vast sea of ageless Silver tinged Olive proves spreads out Over the Quot sacred Quot Plain below and far in the distance fleas the Calm azure water of the sheltered Hay of Ilea on the Gulf of Corinth. My first glimpse of Delphi. I realized i null no a have littered Man h from Quot Apollo s utterly c Ricl and Ina it t Esible t Hasm Quot Sung in the i foment hymn. I his is the kind of sightseeing still available on a trip to Lieeie and worlds away from the one Loo frequently confronted by guided tourists facing packed itineraries. Some of Greece s Premier archaeological Sites c an be seen on Independent Day trips from a base in Athens Delphi the natural grandeur of Delphi makes it the most popular and impressive Stop for visitors after Athens acropolis. A variety of Daylong coach hours Art operated daily by numerous companies in Athens and taxis can be hired for the trip the regular bus which leaves the Street bus station six times a Day for the three hour drive beginning at 7 t0 a.m., provides the same service for less. Gel an Early Start because the museum which houses one of hr1 world s finest Collet Lions of r the and both Century . Sculpture Well displayed in a modern building loses at 2 ,the site i an be hiked through fit rises steeply or a magnificent ancient stadium High on the Ridge hidden by Pine Trees in the Coo of the afternoon to feel i he full Imant i of the isolation and mystery of flits most awesome of Luik sent Sites where tire Oracle prophesied for millennia you might try just sitting quietly on a tier of the til t entry . Theater around Sunset. A old Corinth another Day trip with ample time Tor enjoying both archaeology and landscape is Over the canal told Corinth. I he to Kilometre trip Tan be made by regular bus leaving the wifi Sou Street bus station hourly. But one of the Best ways to enjoy this ext Kursion Whu h lakes in More than one site is to rent a Star for the 6 stripes Nta Gasine june it i t
