welcome to mainland Greece today we're exploring three cities the seaside town
of nafpaktos the mythical Delphi in the mountain town of arachova let's
go check it out first we cross one of the longest
bridges called Rio Antirio bridge which opened in 2004 and connects to enough
Nafpaktos is a quaint town situated on the coast with a rich
history it was once under Venetian control and was also an important naval
base during the Peloponnesian War we head into one of the restaurants to try
one of the local Greek specialties called mastiha liquor. It tastes like licorice mixed with
cedar mixed with mint it's a local Greek specialty grown in the island of Chios
from a tree that produces a SAP which is turned into many products such as
natural gum it's one of my favorite products from Greece and if you want to
buy it check the link in the description below
there is at no and mountains in Greece although they don't promote it as much
as the islands
this is why
now on to one of the most mysterious and mythical cities in Greece Delphi the
first stop is the Museum Delphi is a unesco world heritage site dating back
to the 7th century BC during its heyday people would travel far and wide to
Delphi to seek spiritual advice from the god Apollo who they believed spoke
through an Oracle this phase depicts Apollo playing a musical instrument and
it's almost in perfect condition dating from 470 BC the story of Delphi is a
strange and mythical one soos father of Apollo sought to find the center of
earth he sent two Eagles flying in their paths crossed over Delphi he declared it
the navel of the earth so people would receive information here from the Oracle
and they would tell them what to do what kind of decisions to make and they were
written in kind of like parables very hard to understand somewhere two
horoscopes this is the Oracle of Delphi very rainy out today kind of looks like
Zion up here
got the first bank is attributing the Treasury of the athenians was designed
to hold the offerings for the Oracle including silver and gold it was built
sometime between 490 and 510 BC
look at these mythical landscapes now time to walk in the footsteps of Apollo
this is the most sacred spot so this is where the ten Delphi commandments were
including know thyself everything excess baby
at the top of this hill is a studio here we're at the Oracle of Delphi and this
is where people were able to talk to God the messages the Greeks believed we're
directly from God so the Greeks they also had a Sphinx here they had a lot of
inter cultural influences from Egypt and also from Turkey so there was a space
this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
the Incas built not to teach you but hundred years earlier if you watch my
mitla video in Oaxaca they have similar patterns to this after driving through
the beautiful mountainous landscapes we reached the mountain town of arachova
which is a ski village right behind me is a ski village
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