Fokida spreads in the heart of Roumeli, where the mountainous forts raise their snow-white peaks close to the sea-shores. It’s the place where the silvery – green of the olive groves alternate with rivers and narrow mountainous crossings.

Fokida is the land of the salty, covered with caper, sea-rock. The land of thyme and Phoenician junipers.

It is the land of wild pears and evergreen oaks, of firs and resistant stinking junipers. Its people seem to be natural extension of the landscape. They are rough, well-organised, patient, satisfied with little and hard working people.

The land of Fokida spreads in an area of 2.122.000 sq kilometers. On the south it reaches the Corinthian bay. On the east its areas of Antikirra, Arahova and the peaks of Parnassos mountain are bounded by the administrative department of Viotia. On the north it steeply descends to the fertile valley of Viotikos Kiffisos river (at the areas of Polydroso, Gravia and Kastella) and is bounded by Fthiotida. On the NW it reaches southern Oeti mountain and northern Vardusia mountain. On the west, its boundaries with Nafpaktia are partly defined by Mornos river, on the SW, mountains ridges with the forests separate Fokida from Nafpaktia.

Fokida includes twelve municipalities : Amfissa, Desfina, Galaxidi, Parnassos, Lidoriki, Gravia, Tolofona, Efpalio and Vardousia.

Amfissa is the capital city of Fokida while Itea and Galaxidi are important towns. Desfina, Efpalio, Eratini, Polydroso, Krokylio, Mavrolithari, Gravia and Delphi are capital villages with significant history, culture and economic life. You can get to Fokida taking the route of Livadia – Arachova – Delphi – Amfissa or through Livadia – Desfina – Itea.

The history of Parnassida and Dorida goes together with the history of humans. Its culture has started in the pre-historic times and some traces of this history have been preserved by myths until our times.

Delphi, with its imposing sacred monuments, such as the temples of Apollo and Pronaea Athena, the Oracle, the Stadium and the Theater, as well as sites around them, such as the Korykion Andron cave and Lykauria, constitutes the pan-Hellenic spiritual centre. During ancient times, Delphi was the most important religious and cultural center. The enigmatic statements given by the Oracle were seriously taken into account not only by individuals but also by whole communities, thus affecting the flow of history. Delphi used to receive and collect a large amount of health. It became widely and for this reason it has been named the navel of the earth.