What to do · Delphi
Hosios Loukas Monastery and its mosaics
Information
- From
- €10 per person
- Duration
- 1 h 30
- Season
- All year · 8:30 to 15:30
- Who it's for
- Adults and teenagers; clothing that covers shoulders and knees
What it is
One of the three Greek monasteries on the UNESCO World Heritage list, along with Daphni and Nea Moni on Chios. It is near Distomo, on an olive-covered slope, and has two churches side by side: that of the Virgin, built after 961, and the katholikon, the main church, from the first decades of the 11th century. Inside, marble floors and walls and, above, mosaics on a gold ground that are among the most important of their era. It was also a base of the resistance under the Ottomans and a starting point of the 1821 war in central Greece.
Hours and tickets
Open every day from 8:30 to 15:30, in summer and winter; last entry is 20 minutes before. It costs €10 (reduced €5), with the same free days as the other state-run sites. Closed on 1 January, 25 March, 1 May, Easter Sunday and 25 and 26 December. Phone: +30 22670 22797.
How to fit it in
It is a detour from the Athens – Delphi road, past Distomo: better on the way out, in the morning, because it closes at 15:30.
Tips
- Appropriate clothing It is a monastery with monks: shoulders and knees covered.
- Go before Delphi It closes in mid-afternoon all year.
With teenagers
