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8 Reviews
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28 September 2021
Attended day trip to Delphi from Athens
Tl;dr poor communication & organization, rushed tour, unknowledgeable guide, gimicky tourist stops, no time in Delphi town. Absolute waste of a day & money.
Where to even begin. Our travel agency confirmed the day prior the time & pickup at our hotel. Day of, our hotel gets a call asking where we are; apparently the pickup point had been changed to a different hotel, thankfully just a short walk away.
For group size, expect a full-size charter bus of people, even in the current climate (Our travel agent marketed it as a small group, but that may likely have been her error. So I am trying to leave that bias out of this review). Also, evidently our tour was a multilingual one, not just English, which had some consequences.
Tour of Ancient Delphi was terrible. The guide (Eleni) basically gave us the same information we could've read on the site placards; sometimes she said things that weren't even correct (I say this as someone who has been there before w/ a better guide). Because this was a 2 language tour, she had to give explanations in one language, then the other, meaning there was a lot of standing around waiting. This also might've cut how much information she was able to tell us. Basically, reading the signs was faster & more accurate than the guide we paid extra for. Best part of the entire tour was the free time to wander up the ruins & through the museum. The tour was maybe 20-25 min max, with most of that being shuffling from spot to spot & waiting around for your language description. Had about 1.5 hrs for free time at the ruins & museum, which is kinda short if you want to traverse the entire ruins. Then back on the bus.
Our tickets included lunch, which meant no ability to visit local eateries & wander modern Delphi. Instead, we had a pre-set lunch at a hotel outside of town with no view of the mountainside. Felt like a cafeteria with tablecloths. Food was ok for the most part, but since it was prepared for us, there were no choices. 1 hr to eat & then immediately back on the bus.
According to the website description, our tour was supposed to drive thru the towns of Levadia and Arachova. I have no idea if we went thru Levadia, as our guide didn't mention it at any point of the trip. We did stop in Arachova for a bathroom break almost immediately after lunch, at a gimicky tourist shop which was the only thing open in town. The tour website mentions something about Arachova being famous for carpets? No clue, our guide didn't mention anything of the sort, only that it's a ski town. Basically we had a 20 min stop to be pressured to buy things from a shopkeeper she presumably had a deal with in an otherwise empty town.
Spent more time on the bus than anything. Bus was fine but extremely cold, so pack accordingly. Free wifi on the bus didn't work. Tour company also currently uses an app for whisper communication, so you can hear the guide from wherever. Except we weren't informed of it ahead of time & so I had no headphones to use with it (after using the hotel wifi to download it, as I have limited data abroad). Guide barely explained how to use once & then never mentioned it again.
Based on other reviews, I'd guess that the tour quality varies wildly depending on who your guide is. If you have to book with this company, see if you can check beforehand on things like who the guide is, when & where the meetup spot is, & whether it's a single or multilingual tour. Personally, it's not worth the Russian roulette style quality for the price; there are way better options out there.
I have been on big group bus tours before. I have been on a big group bus tour of Delphi before. This was not a quality tour in any way, & I would not recommend it to anyone.response / report this review -
27 September 2020
We had 2 tours. One to Delphi and one to Mycene&Epidaurus! Both were excellent tours! Our tourguide Joyce was so knowledgeable and nice. The bus driver drove very careful! Those were great and interesting days. If we'd stay longer in Greece we would have make more tours with her! Highly recommended !
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19 February 2020
We did a day tour to Delphi. I cannot day a bad thing about it. Tour guide Joyce was very knowledgeable and the bus driver was so professional. At one of our stops my husband left his cell phone. We were on the road about 10 minutes before we realized. She called the store we stopped at and they found the phone. The owner of the store met us on the way back to Athens!!!!
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02 November 2019
Loved our tour and guide. Was able to book last minute and easily found the bus at a nearby hotel. Our guide was extremely knowledgeable and brought Delphi to life on our trip. Skilled bus driver put us at ease on scary roads and in town when traffic was dicey.
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13 August 2019
We took a tour of the Acropolis in Athens. It was informative, needless to mention fascinating. Mariana, the guide was amazing. The depth of her archeological and historical knowledge was extraordinary. She took us centuries back in time, her narrative style and her beautiful Greek accent made for a delightful moment. Well done Mariana!
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10 November 2017
Round and round Athens for over an hour before even starting out in the tour. Miserable.
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21 June 2017
Poorly organized and rushed tour. Left the tour group to explore on my own. Would not recommend.
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18 July 2016
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For sen afgang fra Athen, og en guide, som brugte af meste af tiden i Korinth på et ret uinteressant museum i stedet for de meget mere interessante ruiner, som i flere tilfælde var ret velbevarede. Det betød, at et på ingen måde var en rundvisning i det antikke Korinth. Så spild af penge og tid.
Og i bussen var aircondition sat på så lav en temperatur, så folk sad og frøs, og flere mistede stemmen undervejs. Det blev nævnt men hurtig glemt igen.
Skal er nævnes bare en god ting, så var det opholdet ved Korinther-kanalen.response / report this review
