This tag marks all sites that have UNESCO classification.
A chance meeting after dinner in the beachside bar at Enjoy Lichnos on Tuesday night has led to us moving today up to Meteora a UNESCO listed group of rock formations with six precipitously built monasteries perched on top.
Our plan today was fairly straightforward, to visit Athens to see The Parthenon and any other attractions that took our fancy.
We took a drive out today to visit Olympia, where the ancient Olympic games were held, every four years, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.
It was a journey of about 70km each way and we took advantage of the lower diesel prices here to fill the cars tank. I don’t think the lady doing the filling could have got another drop in 🙂 Continue reading Olympia Visit
Today we set off to visit the prehistoric troglodyte settlement of Sassi di Matera and the Trulli di Alberobello famous for the unique trullo buildings, whitewashed dry stone huts with conical roofs.
We left it rather late to leave for our visit and didn’t arrive at Matera until around 4pm and the town was still very busy. We decided to backtrack to the belvedere on the Murgia plateau where there are fantastic views of Matera and the ravine, known locally as la Gravina, over which it hangs. The viewpoints location is 40.6639N 16.6178E.
Although we generally choose to take public transport when visiting cities the local bus from Villafranca to Córdoba only runs from 07.15, 08.00 and 09.30 and then again at 14.15 and 16.15, which is either a little too early or too late for us, so we opted to take the car the 21 kms and fingers crossed find a car park which we would be able to get into, as we have the top-box on the roof of the car which often limits our options.
We had the pleasure of the company of our neighbour Michael, who hails from Denmark but lives in Singapore, which made a change from the norm. We had enjoyed each other’s company last night over supper and a few drinks. Continue reading Córdoba