Modern Olympia shamelessly greets tourists with inflated prices of numerous souvenir shops and taverns. And this is easily explained - the birthplace of the bright and exciting sport holiday and one of the most popular attractions of Greece is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year.
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Tourist Bureau
The Tourist Office is located on Praxitelous Kondyli Street, on the way to the ancient city. Here you can get a map of the site and get information about excursions, bus timetables, etc. Opening hours from 09.00 to 18.00
How to get to Olympia
From Athens bus terminal A (Kifissou, 100) to Olympia, via Pirgos, there are two direct buses a day: at 9.30 and 13.00 (en route - five and a half hours). From 06.30 to 21.30 with an interval of one and a half to two hours there are buses to Pirgos, then you need to change to the bus to Olympia (sent once in half an hour - hour). The cost of tickets from Athens to Olympia for June 2011 is € 27, 30.
From Patra to Pyrgos, daily bus services run from 05.30 to 20.30, and the journey time is one and a half hours.
By car, the road from Athens to Olympia will take about 6 hours. You can go on the route Athens - Corinth - Patras - Olympia, or go from Corinth through Tripoli
Railway communication between Pyrgos and Olympia is suspended from January 2011.
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Restaurants
As usual, the more tourists in the city, the fewer places where there is a tasty and inexpensive feed . But a couple of establishments in Olympia still it is possible to note . The "Aegean" tavern features a long and intricate menu, with like "Another Greek Salad", but in fact everything turns out to be very tasty and at home . It can be found on one of the alleys adjacent to the main street at a noticeable angle . B tavern "Bacchus" in nearby Myraka, the god of wine would obviously not mind eating: lamb with oregano is cooked here simply superbly . By the way, there is a rather nice boarding house with a swimming pool and a view to the valley . in one more another. In one more from the suburbs, Floka, there is a tavern "O Thea" with a large terrace excellent grill .
Ancient Olympia
The Olympic Games of ancient Greece were a grand event dedicated to the deities and sport. The complex, organized for their conduct, impressed both in scale and beauty. Even now, despite the considerable damage to which the city was exposed, it is possible to imagine the former grandeur of the remaining fragments.
Partially preserved gymnasium and palestra, designed for training athletes, the temple of Hera, the temple of Zeus, when the huge statue of Zeus, which contained in itself, is one of the seven wonders of the world, and, of course, the first Olympic stadium. By tradition, revived in 1928, it is here during a beautiful theatrical ceremony that the Olympic flame is lit, which is then transported to the site of the next Games.
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Museums of Olympia
The history of the appearance and conduct of the Games as on the palm is represented in the expositions of the Archaeological Museum and the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in antiquity, and the restoration works of the site are reflected in the museum History of archaeological excavations in Olympia
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 08.30 to 19.00, Saturday to Sunday from 08.30 to 15.00
Entrance ticket - € 9 (includes visiting museums)
On the reverse way to the city you can look at the Olympic Museum, where medals and photos of the winners of the Games of different years are exhibited. Photos of Olympia (12)