Delos, Greece - UNESCO World Heritage Site

 Place: Delos, Greece

Weather: Mainly sunny, 62/69F.

Route: From Heraklion 283 km north on ferry.

Significance: The birthplace of Apollo, this island was the most important island in the classical Greek world.  But it was a holy place for a thousand years before the Apollo legend was written. It was later occupied by the Romans, Byzantines, Slavs, Venetians, and Ottomans before finally being abandoned.

Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site

Images:

House of Cleopatra (from whc.unesco.org)

The Terrace of the Lions (from whc.unesco.org)