Ancient sites across Greece are emerging as biodiversity sanctuaries, offering refuge to wildlife amid habitat loss and urban ...

In the shadow of Mount Parnassus amid olive, pine and cypress trees stands one of the truly sacred spots of the ancient world. About 2,000 feet above sea level, Delphi is one of the best ...

I have a confession: I’m crazed about the ancient fortune-telling sibyls. So crazed that I’ve raced through the Vatican to see Michelangelo’s depiction of the sibyls on the Sistine Chapel and I’ve ...

At Delphi's theater, singer-songwriters from all over the Greek-speaking world would perform hymns in honor of Apollo, accompanied by a flute or lyre. (photo credit: Gene Openshaw) Epidavros' theater ...

THE BEAUTY OF travel has always been its unpredictability but, in the Covid era, unpredictable has taken on new meaning. In November 2021, finding myself able to travel again and desperate to escape ...

When traveling in a country as old as Greece, ancient ruins can quickly go from magnificent to mind-numbing. Great — yet another nameless hill with more stony remnants of people from centuries past.

Visiting the Oracle at Delphi is nothing short of soul-stirring. So is retracing the path that ancient visitors took to get there. Credit...Maria Mavropoulou for The New York Times Supported by By Liz ...

Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big ...