The best way to get the most out of your visit to this site is to get on a guided tour. Make sure you visit the museum. more

This ancient site is huge, in both cultural and spatial terms. The site is rather manicured (they pride themselves in the site as beautiful "garden" of enjoyment) and feels somewhat more of a park, especially compared to other sites like Ancient Corinth or Delos. Must admit that in terms of artifacts in situ Delos was more impressive, but it's such... more

We visited Olympia on an excursion from Cruise Ship and found this a Fantastic Archaeological Site, though much has suffered destruction, due to earthquakes which have constantly hit this area, we were still impressed by the sheer scale of the site. We docked at Katakolon and travelled by coach for the 21 mile journey inland to Olympia. We were lucky... more

I feel that I need to apologize for rating this historical sight so low, but for me there is just not enough left to justify rating it more highly. Perhaps I would have been more impressed if I hadn't seen Ephesus the week before. If you want to say that you have been to the birthplace of the Olympics then... more

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

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

un luogo magico,tra le montagne con grande signuficato e valore artistico ed archroloico,tuutavia il rimanere una notte nell'albergo in prossimita'... more

affascinante anche se in piedi non c'è rimasto molto. Bello il museo con l'hermes di Prassitele more

Sito archeologico molto interessante. Da portare assolutamente giacca a vento, la nostra guida a detto che ad Olimpia piove spesso,... more