The Ancient Greeks may have had it better than we do in 2025. Imagine a world where leaders sought answers from a priestess instead of “experts.” From the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE, the ...

by Rick Steves, November 7, 2023 | Delphi, Epidavros and Mycenae are all within three hours of Athens—and all are well worth the trek on a trip to Greece. Read more here.

The pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, where the oracle of Apollo spoke, was the site of the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'. Blending harmoniously with the superb landscape and charged with sacred ...

Rick Steves: Exploring Greece’s ancient past in Delphi, Epidavros and Mycenae. When traveling in a country as old as Greece, ancient ruins can quickly go from magnificent to mind-numbing.

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered ...