Sentences with phrase «ancient stone villages»

Explore the enticing coves, myriad of islands with ancient stone villages and inlets.

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Scattered throughout the foothills of the Pindus, these villages were flourishing trading posts in the Ottoman era, linked by ancient mule paths and charming arched stone bridges.

Surrounded by many traditional villages, like Nopigia with its delightful ancient stone theatre and Kalathenes with the Venetian villa known as the Rotonda, you are sure to find a piece of Kissamos» long history.

The mountains, covered in ancient dry - stone terraces and centuries - old olive trees, are popular with hikers and bikers looking for a challenge, and any journey through their peaks will take you past picturesque old towns and villages full of tradition.

* Machu Picchu attractions - Sacred Valley o One of the Seven Wonders of the World + Gate of the Sun (Intipuncu) + Intihuatana Stone + Temple of the Three Windows + Huayna Picchu climb o Moon Temple o Sayacmarca o Winawayna - site just past Machu Picchu o Paucarcancha Ruins o Puyapatamarca Site o Llaqtapata - ancient village site o The Ruins of Intipata

The ruins of the ancient structures had their stones reused for residential construction of the agricultural village of Rockstone Pond in modern times, but the ancient site did not come to the attention of archeologists until 1963, when the existence of a sizable ancient site was recognized from the air by pilot and amateur Mayanist Hal Ball.

Visit the remains of ancient Palauan villages where stone paths and ceremonial stone podiums tell us the story of the past.