An Olympia day trip from Nafplio crosses the Peloponnese from the Argolic Gulf to the sanctuary of Zeus, where the ancient Olympic Games were held, and returns the same evening. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the tours you can book, the route, timing, the … Read more
The Athens Olympic Games workout is a 2-hour session that starts at the Zappeion with the story of the Games, trains discus, javelin, shot put and long jump in a 19th-century gym, and ends with a run in the marble Panathenaic Stadium. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The … Read more
The Olympic flame lighting ceremony is one of the most evocative rituals in the modern world, and it takes place at the very heart of Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Games. Before every Olympic Games, summer and winter, a high priestess and a group of priestesses gather at the altar before the Temple of Hera, … Read more
The Ancient Stadium of Olympia is the running track where the Olympic Games were held every four years for more than a thousand years, the beating heart of the greatest festival of the ancient world. Reached through a stone-vaulted tunnel from the sacred precinct, its clay track still stretches its original 192 metres between the … Read more
An Ancient Olympia day trip from Athens reaches the sacred sanctuary where the Olympic Games were born, with the Temple of Zeus, the original stadium and a superb archaeological museum. Make the long journey effortless with a guided tour or tickets from My Greece Tours, the cradle of the Olympics. This bucket-list excursion is a … Read more