Grécia Ocidental · Greece
In the destination Peloponeso.
In the photo: Palestra de Olímpia
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The city
Olímpia is the village that grew up beside the sanctuary of Zeus where the Olympic Games began in 776 BC. It is in the west of the Peloponnese, about 4 hours from Athens, in a pine valley between the Alfeu and Cládeo rivers. The archaeological site, with the stadium and the Temple of Hera where the Olympic flame is lit, the Museu Arqueológico with the Hermes de Praxíteles and two smaller museums fill a full day. The village, called Archaia Olympia, has a main street with hotels, tavernas and shops.
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The local experience
The sanctuary of Zeus where the Olympic Games began in 776 BC: the stadium with the starting line, the fallen Templo de Zeus, the Templo de Hera where the Olympic flame is lit, Fídias's workshop and the Filipeion.
One of the major museums in Greece, next to the site: the Hermes of Praxíteles, the Nike of Peônio, the pediments and metopes of the Temple of Zeus gathered in one room, and the country's largest collection of ancient bronzes.
In the 1888 neoclassical building that was Olímpia's first museum, an exhibition about the ancient Games: the events, the victors, women in sport, Zeus and the other pan-Hellenic games, with pieces on loan from museums across Greece.
Private museum in the centre of the village with working reconstructions of inventions by Archimedes and other ancient Greek engineers: the Antikythera mechanism, the water clock, the Archimedes screw, pumps and automata, with explanations in English.
Rotas entre países
From Puglia to Greece by sea: overnight ferries depart from Bari and Brindisi and arrive in the morning at Igoumenitsa, in Epirus, or continue to Patras, the gateway to the Peloponnese.
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