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“Ancient Olympia” Fodors.com
“The Ancient Site” Frommer's
“Olympia, Greece” TravelLady
“The Zeus Trip” New York Times (free registration required)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 4 attractions in Olympia
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Attraction type: Historic site, Ancient ruins
Address: outside of modern Olympia Olympia 27065
Greece
Tel: 06240 22517
Fax: 06240 22529

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“Olympics Glory”
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4 of 5 stars
Manoles 2 contributions
Greece
Apr 13, 2009

Ancient Olympia is one of the few historic places that has a direct implementation in todays life. Olympic games were born in this place and it is really shocking to realise what some people were able to do a few thousand years ago. The museum is a must, it has some unbielevable sculptures, but unfortunately the Statue of sitting Zeus... more

“Mayor and authorities”
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1 of 5 stars
demetri11 1 contribution
lowell
Aug 24, 2008
0/1 found this review helpful

I visited archaia olympia this past summer with a party of 15-20 people from the USA. We drove there and parked and immediately we were viewed as visitors and were tagged an 80 euro ticket each. We parked in the wrong place, but to our defense there were no parking signs in the immediate area, they were around the corner.... more

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Ancient Olympia (Archaia Olympia) Address

outside of modern Olympia, Olympia 27065, Greece
Tel: 06240 22517 Fax: 06240 22529