Arriving in Naoussa.
Our boat the Alexander finally arrives. All aboard for Delos. (Delos was originally called Velos - the vanishing island)
The trip takes about an hour. Unfortunately my photo just looks like a bunch of rocks but it’s the ruins of a previous thriving place where at one time 30,000 people lived. It was a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo and his sister Artemis with the Hellenistic city around it. This was the 7th century BC. It was a major commercial port of the central Aegean and was destroyed in 88 BC. Unfortunately the museum was closed for renovation at the time we were visiting.
We secure a guide and head off. It’s extremely hot. I don’t know how you could do this in the peak of summer.
The walls originally had a plaster type covering with pottery mixed in which the guide said helped with reducing humidity,
These are the lion statues that protected the area.
This is the Sacred Way leading to the lions that we’re protecting the area.
So many beautiful flowers in such a dry, barren landscape.
This is a well going down into a cistern. There is still drinkable water in these cisterns.
This room was used as a bathroom. They had heated water below the floors to provide heat.
After 2-1/2 hours on Delos we arrive on Mykonos.
Mykonos- very pretty from the sea.
Lots of alleys for shopping. You can easily get lost.
The famous windmills of Mykonos.
After a lovely lunch we head back to our boat for the journey to Paros. Another amazing day.
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