We have come to Delos and the small modern port has welcomed us. We've purchased our entrance tickets and we've entered the archaeological site. If we have booked a guided tour we just follow our guide, if not, we open and leaf through our booklets trying to make the best of the situation. If this is the case, please take our advice: forget about factual information and try to absorb the atmosphere. Let your senses take in whatever each one of them is made for: let your eyes see the Apollonian light and the maze of marble and gneiss architectural fragments, let your ears enjoy the birds chirping and insects buzzing and the 'meltemi' whistling through the ruins, your nose take advantage of the thin sea air and the odor of wild flowers, your fingers fumble the hot stone surface. Let your imagination run wild and dream, with eyes wide open, everything going back to its original position, columns rise, roofs recreated, statues re-erect, walls build up to their initial height, mosaics re-assembled in all their initial splendor, priests of all known religions mumble their individual sacred verses, merchants sweat to convince prospective buyers of the superb quality of their goods, crowds elbow their way uphill through the residential area to the open theater, wishing to attend yet another performance of their favorite playwright Plautus, Greek, Hebrew, Roman, Persian, Aramaic, you name it, spoken in the narrow streets...

To help you take in the atmosphere of the site we have worked on some panorama photos. Best spot to stand would be on the summit of Mt. Kynthos, but in this case you feel like rather flying above the site than being part of it, so we stood at the highest point over the central part of the archaeological site, in front of the Museum. At this spot, a general plan of the main part of the archaeological site has been put up, which we have also included in our photos in the following page.