Delos Island: the famous ancient holy sanctuary:

Half day boat trip & guided tour bookings. Site is closed on Mondays.
Departure from town (Hora) Old Port, behind the Townhall.
A well organized tour offering the following different schedules and language.

Daily departures for Delos island: Tuesday - Sunday Departures: 10.00am, return (there are 3 boats) at 12:30 / 13:30 / 15:00 (Prices for 2012):  Price per person: 44.00 Euro. Children 2-12 yrs: 30.00 Euro (under 2 years,free). (includes the boat trip of about 25min. , entrance fee and authorized guide). Monolingual guided tours in:
English:  everyday except Monday   French:  every Tuesday - Sunday   German:  every Friday   Italian:  every Wednesday - Saturday from 06/06/2012	Delos Guided Tour Adult €44.00 EUR Child 6-12 years (now:) €30.00 EUR child 1-6 €0.00 EUR Choose language & date!
Spanish language: only on selected dates as indicated below: soon for 2012... June:   July:   August:   September:

The Delos archaeological sanctuary, birthplace of Apollo and Artemis, is listed by Unesco as one of mankind's most important cultural and historical sites. Delos was the sacred island for Ancient Greeks and became the holiest place in the Aegean with a flourishing commercial town & harbour, large population, temples, and open air theatre....

Delos is now uninhabited and off-limits for an overnight stay..
Delos was mostly the spiritual focus of the Ancient Greeks ethnic identity: it was a holy island, dedicated to the god Apollo and the religious festivals grew in the ancient world into a huge trade fair and city without defensive walls with public buildings, a cosmopolitan banking and trading center, with it's grain port and slave market.

Today Delos constitutes the most well preserved ancient city in Greece.

The short boat trip and guided tour gives insight and facts on the remarkable Hellenistic ruins dating from 300 B.C. with Greek & Roman relics. The enormous spread of ancient ruins show you temples, courtyards, houses, baths and shrines with the most eye-catching Avenue of the Lions  (the originals from Naxos marble. You will discover Cleopatra's house, the Temples of Isis, Athena and Apollo, the Altar of Dionysos with its huge broken phallic symbol, and the House of the Dolphins, House of the Masks and House of Dionysos with contain marvellous mosaic floor. The theatre could seat 3,000 to 5,000 spectators, and the small but attractive Museum has sculptures of the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, together with a collection of vases from various periods.

To escape the crowds at the end of the guided tour you have time to climb to Mount Kynthos, from where you will discover panoramic views to the many islands that create the circle of islands surrounding Delos, giving its name to the Cyclades.

A Professional Private Guide for small groups are also available in different languages (minimum 10 persons);
Depending number of persons price will vary from 50 to 60 Euros per person..
Advanced booking is necessary as available guides are few...

Mykonos Accommodation Center arranges reservations for organized tours and excursions to all famous Greek archaeological sites including Mycenae, Epidaurus, Delphi, Olympia, the Meteors and more: click here

reservations by,
MYKONOS ACCOMMODATION CENTER
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(end Matoyianni Street: main street)
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last updated February 22nd. 2012