Olympia Half-Day Tour: Discover the Birthplace of the Olympic Games
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63 Ratings
Archea Olimpia

Embark on a half-day tour of Olympia, where you can marvel at the remarkable cultural wonder that served as the origin place of the Olympic games. Experience the grandeur of the Olympia site while also visiting a local farm and the most attractive beach in the area, all within a 4 hour journey.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Katakolon Taxi - The most common tour for people visiting the area of Katakolon by one of the plenty of cruise ships that arriving at the area. This tour contains the basic important spots one should visit upon his/her arrival at Katakolon. The tour has a duration of approximately 4 hours
What's Included
  • Private tour
  • Bottled water
  • Driver/guide
  • English Olympia guidebook
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Port pickup and drop-off
  • Live commentary on board
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees (12 euros per person for Olympia)
  • Food and drinks
  • Licensed guide within the site and museum of Olympia
  • Souvenirs
  • Entrance fees to the Honey farm (8 euros per person)
Location
Πραξιτέλη Κονδύλη
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(63 Ratings)
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Susan_r
May 22, 2024
Great feel for Olympia the place and people. - Nikki our tour guide was very informative and sweet. She was at the port on time and ready to go. We visited the museum for 1/2 an hour and than the site of the Olympic games for 1 hour. Although Nikki did not guide us inside she lent us a book that explained and showed the ruins as they were before. This was a great way to understand what we were seeing. We also visited a local Bee farm near the port. We learned the process of making honey and were served a special fruit and juice to taste along with coffee. We also tasted the honey and were able to purchase if you chose to. We stopped to see a beautiful local beach. It was a memorable day and a good feel for the places and people of Olympia. We would recommend this tour. Thank you Nikki for a wonderful experience.
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Bandolinas
May 16, 2024
Entertaining and very interesting short trip - Booked through TUI. 1 hour bus ride from Kyllini Beach. On site we were given small devices with earphones that amplified the tour guide's voice. Her explanations were super interesting and the time flew by. About 80 minutes in the museum with great insights. Then about 100 minutes outside in the excavation area. Our tour guide Maria explained things brilliantly and vividly in very good German. There were also iPads on which we could see what everything looked like during the heyday. Our summary: Highly recommended!
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Katy_b
May 15, 2024
Excellent Experience - Nicolas was so nice and knowledgeable. He took us to a wonderful honey farm that was so interesting. Truly a delight.
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Pupca
Nov 12, 2023
Excellent Company and Tour - What a great experience we had in Olympia. From seeing the Olympic ruins to learning all about bees from Klio and her mom at Klio’s Honey Farm to eating excellent Gyros before heading back to our ship. The best part was our wonderful guide Kevin (hope I don’t have that wrong as we were a bit jet lagged). What a pleasure to spend the day with someone who loves life and gets excited about sharing his culture as well as learning about ours. I highly recommend this company to anyone visiting the area of Olympia. Thank you so much for giving us great memories. Nd
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Joanne_b
Oct 27, 2023
Olympic Origins - Olympia, it's an amazing cultural site period our guide was friendly and knowledgeable and add it to the value of the trip.
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Marcy_t
Oct 21, 2023
A fun day in Olympia! - Stathopoulos was our driver and guide. He was very knowledgable and his love for Olympia was evident. Although there is an itinerary, he was very flexible in changing as to do a few things that we wanted to do. When doing a private tour,, such as this one, especially when on a cruise, you usually get to places before it gets busy with tour buses. This was the case with the Archsrological Site of Olympia. When we got there, we had the place basically to ourselves. When we left, it became much busier. We also went to Kilo’s Honey Farm. It was very intimate and very welcoming. I highly recommend this tour and highly recommend Stathopulos!
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Almtim
Sep 29, 2023
Fantastic, marvelous, Bravo. - We were AMAZED at (Nancy, [Anastasia])the personal knowledge of the site, as well as communication with local persons. We were treated to a visit to a local farmer, bee-keeper and fruit grower, including sampling local honey. The experience was far above what we expected, and truly better than standing in Cruise-line queues. Amazing
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Chixenbaugh
Sep 20, 2023
Great Customized Private Tour - Nykos-Easy Rider- was an excellent guide. We really didn't want to do all of the walking on a standard tour. Nick allowed us to customize our time and we truly enjoyed our time with him. We were able to see where the Olympic torch is lit prior to the Olympic Games. Then we went to the "hanging monastery ". We had beautiful views and were able to meet one of the wonderful sisters who lives there. Afterwards he took us to a restaurant where the locals eat lunch. During our drive around the area we learned about Nick's family and the agriculture in the area. All in all we had a great time.
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Chgomom5
Sep 12, 2023
Wonderful excursion! - Excellent trip..Charis and Constantina were great. Nice van and great hosts. Took us to Olympia and we were fortunate to have Tina give us a guided tour. They were also very flexible with our itinerary and took us to a beautiful seaside lunch instead of honey farm since one of our family is allergic to bees.
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Teri_o
Oct 18, 2023
Private Taxi with Olympia, Kilo's Honey Farm and Beach - We loved our personal taxi driver who was so sweet and kind. I especially loved they honey farm as the tour was given by the owner of Kilo's The only reason I'm giving 4 stars instead of 5 is because the Taxi was a bit small for 4 of us and not having a tour guide at Olympia made it a little more difficult to understand what we were seeing. It was 300 euros for 4 of us so these two items would have made it 5 stars.
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