# Hosios Loukas Monastery and its mosaics

What to do en Delphi · Delphi

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/things-to-do/hosios-loukas-monastery · Revisado: 2026-11-12

- Desde: 10 € per person
- Duración: 1 h 30
- Temporada: All year · 8:30 to 15:30
- Para quién: Adults and teenagers; clothing that covers shoulders and knees

Visit · 1 h 30 · A World Heritage Byzantine monastery with 11th-century mosaics on a gold ground, about 35 km from Delphi; €10

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.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.hh.gr/en/destinations/osios-loukas/
- Coordenadas: 38.3952, 22.7466

## Cerca de aquí

- [Arachova, the stone village on the slope of Parnassus](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/things-to-do/arachova), a 17.0 km
- [Castalian Spring and the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/things-to-do/castalian-spring-and-athena-pronaia), a 22.9 km
- [Sanctuary of Apollo: the oracle, the theatre and the stadium](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/things-to-do/sanctuary-of-apollo), a 23.5 km
- [Delphi Archaeological Museum and the Charioteer](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/things-to-do/delphi-archaeological-museum), a 23.6 km
- [Vakhos taverna](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/where-to-eat/vakhos), a 23.9 km
- [Parnassos Delphi Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/where-to-stay/parnassos-delphi-hotel), a 23.9 km
- [Epikouros](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/where-to-eat/epikouros), a 23.9 km
- [Phaedriades Delphi Hotel](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi/where-to-stay/fedriades-delphi-hotel), a 24.0 km

## Consejos

### Appropriate clothing
It is a monastery with monks: shoulders and knees covered.

### Go before Delphi
It closes in mid-afternoon all year.

Destino: [Delphi](https://www.geocalia.com/en/greece/central-greece/delphi.md)