{"id":15249,"date":"2023-08-19T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15249"},"modified":"2026-06-06T23:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T22:38:09","slug":"azura-med-cruise-day-3-pireaus-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hweb.uk\/?p=15249","title":{"rendered":"Azura Med Cruise – Day 3 (Pireaus, Greece)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A trip to Delphi<\/strong>
Sea:<\/strong> Flat
Weather:<\/strong> Hot … 27C rising to 36C when returned to ship (high 30s whilst in Delphi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Too early for the main dining room breakfast this morning so no choice but to brave the Buffet. It was surprisingly quiet and a much nicer experience when not so many people around!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our tour was scheduled to leave at 7.30am so headed down a little before this. However, as the captain hadn’t made his welcome ashore announcement, security told us to go back and wait on Deck 5.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ship was cleared about 10 minutes later and we headed onto the dock to find our coach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were just nine of us booked on the Delphi tour … a very small group experience with a 52 seater coach. Mika was our guide and Andreas our driver.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Delphi was about 2.5 hours away from Pireaus. The first hour was motorway then we hit the provincial roads.  Mount Parnassus eventually loomed large ahead ..  and had snow atop.  Over winter, this mountain becomes a ski resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphi was on the southern slopes of Mount Parnassus.\u00a0 We arrived about 10am and temperatures were already 33C. Mika brought us slowly up the path towards the Temple of Apollo and explaining the various ruins as we walked by.\u00a0 She had a knack of finding us some shade to stand in when\u00a0 there was very little about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a trip Jon REALLY want to do – he was the Delphi Product Manager whilst he worked for Borland and this was a pilgramage he wanted to make. He even dug out the old product artwork and t-shirt to bring along!<\/p>\n\n\n

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