Finally reopened to the public after the damage caused by the earthquake of 1999, although only open two days a week and surrounded by the scaffolding of the restorers who are still working at full speed. Included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites, the Monastery of Daphni is located only 10 kilometers from Athens on the road to Corinth.
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Pelion: the Aegean coastline
Once on the east coast, it is immediately clear to us how nature has been more generous with this side of Pelion. The beaches are all very beautiful and it is not by chance that one of these, Damouchari, has been used as a natural set for the film ‘Mamma Mia’.
Ossios Loukas Monastery
A small, so to speak, jewel of Byzantine architecture and decorative art, considered World Heritage by Unesco, located just a few kilometers from the archaeological site of Delphi, Hosios Loukas is often forgotten by the guidebooks although it is definitely worth a visit.
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