Places to visit in Central Greece, Greece
5 places to visit in Central Greece, Greece, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Archaeological Site of Delphi, Hosios Loukas, Temple of Apollo in Delphi and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Central Greece volume.
3 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 2 Famous places to visit
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Central Greece (3)
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Archaeological Site of Delphi
The sanctuary where ancient Greeks consulted the oracle of Apollo, set on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The site includes the Temple of Apollo, a theatre, a stadium and the Treasury of the Athenians.
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Hosios Loukas
A walled monastery near Mount Helicon, founded in the 10th century around the tomb of a local hermit. Its church has fine gold mosaics and is one of the main examples of Middle Byzantine art, listed by UNESCO.
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Temple of Apollo in Delphi
The ruins of the temple where the priestess Pythia gave oracles on behalf of Apollo, at the centre of the sanctuary of Delphi. The surviving columns date from the 4th century BC and sit high above the valley of the Pleistos river.
Famous places to visit in Central Greece (2)
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Mount Parnassus
A limestone massif above Delphi that peaks at 2,457 metres. In myth it was sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and today it has ski slopes and hiking trails inside a national park.
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Thermopylae
A narrow coastal pass where King Leonidas and his Spartans held back the Persian army in 480 BC. A bronze statue of Leonidas and a hill with a memorial mark the spot, beside hot sulphur springs.
Collecting in Central Greece
What are the best places to visit in Central Greece?
LOQAH lists 5 places in Central Greece. The best known include Archaeological Site of Delphi, Hosios Loukas, Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Mount Parnassus and Thermopylae. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Central Greece?
5, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Central Greece?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Central Greece before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Central Greece and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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