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Adventures by Foot-Camino de Santiago,Greece&more
Spain
Приєднався 3 чер 2022
It is an alternative travel channel in the English language, where we explore the world-famous Camino de Santiago, plus unknown treasures of Greece and Spain, footnotes of history books, that do not often appear in the tourist guides. The kind of places that are only known by experts and locals.
In a series of weekly short videos, you will explore each of these places, its history, what makes them interesting, as well as the instructions and alternatives for arriving to those places and the costs involved.
The list of places includes: ruins, ottoman castles, hellenistic fortresses, roman ruins, underwater ruins, pyramids, churches, abandoned ships, ancient tombs and more...
In a series of weekly short videos, you will explore each of these places, its history, what makes them interesting, as well as the instructions and alternatives for arriving to those places and the costs involved.
The list of places includes: ruins, ottoman castles, hellenistic fortresses, roman ruins, underwater ruins, pyramids, churches, abandoned ships, ancient tombs and more...
Roman Ruins of Kos: Western baths and Odeon
This week we travel to the Greek island of Kos, to visit 2 of its best preserved roman ruins, the odeon and the roman baths.
In this video, we talked of the odeons in general, besides the roman way to plan cities...
Map:
www.google.com/maps/place/Roman+Odeon+of+Kos/@36.8895821,27.2825888,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14be0f2402487a93:0x53072bf5977c2aa!8m2!3d36.8896552!4d27.2847796
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Sources:
odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5141
zwiedzo-maniacy.pl/en/gymnasion-in-kos
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#adventuresingreece #greece#kos #romanruins #odeon
In this video, we talked of the odeons in general, besides the roman way to plan cities...
Map:
www.google.com/maps/place/Roman+Odeon+of+Kos/@36.8895821,27.2825888,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x14be0f2402487a93:0x53072bf5977c2aa!8m2!3d36.8896552!4d27.2847796
www.google.com/maps/place/%CE%94%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82+%CE%91%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82+%CE%A7%CF%8E%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82/@36.8895821,27.2825888,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x14be0f2402487a93:0x53072bf5977c2aa!2sRoman+Odeon+of+Kos!8m2!3d36.8896552!4d27.2847796!3m4!1s0x0:0x5a62480a8a9d03b2!8m2!3d36.8910057!4d27.2845887
Sources:
odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5141
zwiedzo-maniacy.pl/en/gymnasion-in-kos
Royalty free music by Bensound
#adventuresingreece #greece#kos #romanruins #odeon
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Відео
Oiniades - Spectacular ruins of an ancient city in western Greece
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Oiniades is located in western greece, a 268km from Athens, and 80km from Patra. It has a theater, an agora, baths, city walls and shipsheds, most of them extremely well preserved. We explore each area and we tell a little bit of its history... Location: www.google.com/maps/place/Archeologikos Choros Iniade/@38.414247,21.1991181,12.46z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8aa1bf34b6e5452f!8m2!3d38.4112471!4d2...
The fortress of Eleutherai, Greece
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The fortress of Eleutherai is one of the best preserved of the entire Greek World. Its location made it play a crucial role in the conflicts between Athens and Thebes. Build on a hill, it used to watch over the main road that connected the regions on Attica and Beocia. Original place of birth and cult of the God Dionysus. In this video we explore the archeological site and its history... Locati...
Intermittent Fasting in the Camino de Santiago
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In this video, I tell my personal experience of doing intermittent fasting on the Camino de Santiago, how I did it, what the results were (which included weight loss) and the side effects... Royalty Free Music by Bensound #caminodesantiago #wayofsaintjames #intermittentfasting #fasting #weightloss #losingweight
Camino de Santiago - Camino Aragonés Review
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The Aragonese Way is a less popular and less traveled variant of the Camino de Santiago that begins at the port of Somport on the border with France and joins the French Way at Puente La Reina...and it has 3 variants: In this video we will tell you what are the interesting things to see, the different variants, what are the difficulties of the ways and tips on how to do the planning plus, how t...
Iera Odos - The Sacred Road From Athens to Eleusis
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The Eleusinian Mysteries were initiation rites for the cult of the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, which were celebrated annually in the city of Eleusis, in ancient Greece. And they remember Demeter's search for her daughter Persephone, when she had been kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld... This sacred road included shrines, temples and holy places, as well as many tombs and monu...
The Rio-Antirio Bridge - The most advanced bridge in the World
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The Rio-Antirio Bridge is the most important and impresive work of engineering of Greek history. It is designed to withstand all kind of disasters, including earthquakes of magnitude 7 (Richter scale), winds up to 250km/hour and direct hits from tankers... In this video, we will discuss the history of the bridge... Location: www.google.com/maps/place/Puente de Río-Antirio/@38.322229,21.7723208,...
Camino de Santiago - Camino del Salvador | August 2022 | 6 days | 75 miles (121KM) in 15 minutes
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The "Camino del Salvador" or Way of the Savior, is a less known and less travelled "camino de Santiago" that joins the Camino Francés in Leon and the "Camino Primitivo" and "Camino de la Costa" in Oviedo. Numerous devout pilgrims from the Middle Ages made a detour to visit the Cathedral of San Salvador and its relics. As an old saying goes: “Quien va a Santiago y no va al Salvador, honra al cri...
Camino de Santiago - Camino Aragonés | August 2022 | 6 Days | 101 Miles (170KM) in under 13 minutes
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The "Camino Aragonés" or the Aragonese Camino is a less crowded variant of the Camino Francés, starting in Somport, France or Jaca, Spain; and joining the French camino in Puente La Reina... Here is a day-by-day journey of the 6 days and the 171km it comprisses... Joining me in this adventures was the guitarrist @AthanasiaNikolakopoulou The journey includes the Foz de Lumbier alternative route....
Basilicas of Agios Stefanos, in Kos, Greece
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We are going to visit the amazing ruins of the basilicas of Agios Stefanos (Saint Stephen, in English) and its amazing blue flag beach. These old christian churches are considered to be the most grandiose and the best preserved, of the basilicas found in Kos. They were built around 469CE and 554CE, recorded dates of the largest earthquakes registered in the island and they were destroyed by the...
Nicopolis (part 3) - The aqueduct of Nicopolis
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The aqueduct of Nicopolis is the largest work of roman engieneering in northwestern Greece. It had 50km long, where it crossed rivers and mountains. The structure included channels, tunnels and bridges. In this video, we are going to cover several of the sites where it is visible, and we are going to tell a bit about its history... Location: Bridges: www.google.com/maps/place/Roman Aqueduct of ...
Nicopolis (Part 2) - The Christian Side of Nicopolis
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Nicopolis, "the city of the victory" was the most important roman city ever founded in Greece. It included stadium, theater, odeon, temples, churches, city walls and more. In this second part, we are going to explore the christian ruins and tell a bit about its history... Location: www.google.com/maps/place/Nikopolis Western Gateway/@38.9963059,20.7761461,14.21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x135c3f6a0a680c...
Nicopolis (Part 1) - The most important roman city in Greece
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Nicopolis, or "the city of victory" was the most important roman city ever founded in Greece, It included stadium, theater, odeon, temples, churches, city walls and more. In this video we are going to explore the remains of the city and tell a bit about its history. Location: www.google.com/maps/place/Nikopolis Western Gateway/@38.9963059,20.7761461,14.21z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x135c3f6a0a680c91:0x8...
The Hidden Side of Mycenae - Lots of tombs and more stuff...
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Mycenae (Μυκῆναι Mykênai, in ancient Greek) is an archaeological site located on the Peloponnese peninsula. Among its most visible remains are the cyclopean walls of the ruins of the acropolis and funerary constructions, such as the so-called Treasury of Atreus. It was declared, along with the archaeological site of Tiryns, a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999. In today's video, we are going...
Pantokrator castle, Eipiros, Greece
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Pantokrator castle is a french-ottoman castle in Greece. We are going to explore the Pantokrator castle (Κάστρο Παντοκράτορα in greek), in Preveza, Greece; one of the castles that protected the mouth of the Gulf of Arta, a extremely strategic place and witness of the most important naval battle in human history. Location: www.google.com/maps/place/Pantocrator Castle/@38.9452151,20.7365617,17z/d...
The Well Preserved Roman Baths unknown even by locals...
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The Well Preserved Roman Baths unknown even by locals...
A catalan castle in the middle of Greece
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A catalan castle in the middle of Greece
Aigosthena - The best preserved watch tower and long wall of Greece
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Aigosthena - The best preserved watch tower and long wall of Greece
Saint Fotini - One of the strangest churches in the world
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Saint Fotini - One of the strangest churches in the world
The castle of Ali Pasha (Anthoussa) - An ottoman italian-castle with spectacular views
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The castle of Ali Pasha (Anthoussa) - An ottoman italian-castle with spectacular views