Olympia Half-Day Tour: Discover the Birthplace of the Olympic Games

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.

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Lisa_v
Aug 3, 2024
Great - We had a great time! Honey farm was a lovely experience. Tour guide was excellent. Price was great also
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M2567pgmarym
Jul 24, 2024
Miami to Olympia - We were there for the day on a cruise, Tina our tour guide and the driver made our day in Olympia so wonderful and amazing. We were not supposed to be in Olympia our ship changed itinerary and I am so happy it did. Olympia was our top stop in Greece and it is all because of your tour company. We can’t wait to go back one day. We started out to Olympia and during our drive Tina gave some of the history of the site and which was the bast way to see the most important parts of the 1st Olympics. She gave little maps and pictures to help educate us so we would know what to look for once in the site. Then we went inside the museum. Next stop was the olive press family owned and it was so nice and very good olive oil. We had a tasting and had some shipped back. Lastly we ended our time at Saint Andrew Beach which was magnificent. By far the prettiest beach on our cruise and the restaurant there was wonderful. Thank you for an amazing day. Miami, Fl
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Paola
Jul 19, 2024
Friendly and professional service - We were taken to Olympia and back to port in a comfortably air-conditioned Mercedes. Our driver was the friendly and multilingual Stathis Paraskeuopoulos, who provided useful information along the way and excellent service. Highly recommended.
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Yvette_r
Jul 14, 2024
Lovely tour - We had an excellent tour of Katakolon! Our tour guide, Charis, was very knowledgeable and helpful. We absolutely loved the honey farm and Charis took us for lunch to a local restaurant with a view of the beach. Efcharisto, Charis!!
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Melodycounts
Jul 14, 2024
Perfect Olympia cruise excursion - Stathis was excellent and very accommodating. We went to the Olympia site, museum, a local honey farm, a charming local restaurant with amazing food, and purchased some locally made merchandise. Perfect cruise excursion. Highly recommend. Bella (and Melody and Bobby) from Tennessee
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Juan_o
Jul 12, 2024
Superb time in Olympia! - Our tour guide was excellent. Just two if us and the guide made it for efficient use of time and energy. We had a great time and the attention provided bu the tour guide was superb! Will do it again!
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Robert_b
Jun 29, 2024
Extremely Personalized Tour - As others have pointed out, Stathis is like hanging out with an old friend. He went out of his way to make sure that we were comfortable and our needs were met. In fact my daughter needed something from a pharmacy, it wasn’t a big deal if one wasn’t open (it was on a Sunday so most were closed) but Strathis drove us around until we got what we need. We only wanted to see Olympia historic sight and go to the beach. Strathis accommodated us with this. The only negative thing I can say is if you are looking for a tour guide at Olympia, you should probably look elsewhere. It would have been a nice detail but nothing in life is 100 perfect. To end the tour, Strathis took us to a nice local restaurant. We invited him to sit with us and he actually chose all the dishes for us to make sure we experienced a true Greek lunch. The food was amazing and as it was a local restaurant mainly for the locals, it was exceedingly cheap. Definitely I would recommend this tour as well as Strathis again.
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Steven_b
Jun 25, 2024
An amazing excursion and an amazing guide - This excursion was fabulous!! To start, Konstantina was an amazing guide who taught us so much about the area and the sites we saw. We especially appreciated the flexibility she offered, and we were able to change the trip to the apiary to an olive mill. It was a quaint, family owned mill that has the best olive oil. I would highly recommend this excursion to anyone interested.
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Mikala_h
Jun 25, 2024
Fantastic tour! - We took this tour while stopping for our cruise in Olympia/Katakolon. Great tour guide and driver! He made sure we toured all the places at less crowded times! Very knowledgeable of the area! We visited Klio’s honey farm, Olympia and the beach! Highly recommend! Don’t be scared of taking a shore excursion not sponsored by the cruise ship themselves!
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Carmelo_t
Jun 4, 2024
Ten out of Ten - Stathis made our day one that we will always remember! He picked us up in his car which was immaculately clean and his goal was to make us happy. He took us to the best places, he made sure we missed the crowds and he even brought us to a restaurant after our tour was done and had a beer with us. We highly recommend him!!!
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