This scenic mystery site is located on Mt. Parnassus, about 3 hours northwest of Athens. To the ancient Greeks, it was the center of the world, initially sacred to Gaia, the great mother, and an oracle site guarded by the monstrous Python. After the god Apollo killed the Python, he took over the ... Read More »
Name that Site Quiz
Greece Tours – Name that Site!
This site can be seen as part of several of our Greece tours. It's located on the Peloponnese peninsula, about a 90-minute drive from Athens. It's an easy daytrip from Athens and is also included in longer scheduled bus tours visiting historical sites such as Delphi and Olympia. The city was the ... Read More »
Morocco Tours: Name That Site!
Washed in shades of blue, this Moroccan mountain village is a meditation on the divine. In Jewish tradition, blue is the color of the divine. The village was founded in 1471 by Jews and Muslims fleeing the Spanish Reconquest. Jews also fled here prior to World War II but most left upon the ... Read More »
Turkey Tours – Name That Site!
Many of our Turkey tours include a visit here, an area in central Turkey known for fantastical rock formations, rock-cut churches and underground cities. It's not so much a 'site' as a region that we're looking for. Within the region, there are multiple distinct sites and one could spend days and ... Read More »
Israel Tours & Jordan Tours: Name That Site!
This site is a popular spot for rest and rejuvenation on many of our Israel tours and Jordan tours. At 1400 feet below sea level, the lowest land elevation on earth, this salt lake forms part of the border between Israel and Jordan and the West Bank and Jordan. Water flows into the lake from Lake ... Read More »
Jordan Tours – Name That Site!
Thirty miles north of Amman, is the second most visited tourist site in Jordan, after Petra, and one of the world's most extensive Roman sites outside of Italy. The site has been inhabited since the Neolithic period and was developed by Hellenistic Greeks in the 3rd-century BCE, but it was under ... Read More »
