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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