Olympia Walking Tour with a Local Guide

There is a great archeological site in Olympia that we can explore, as well as one of the best archeological museums in Greece. In the archeological site, among several other remains of important buildings, you will see the gymnasium and the palaestra, the Phillipeion, the workshop of Pheidias where the gold and ivory statue of Zeus was built, the temples of Zeus and Hera, the altar where the Olympic torch is being lit in the modern days and the ancient Olympic stadium. In the archeological museum are housed all finds that were excavated in the archeological site. Bronze and clay offerings (tripods and figurines), armor, vases, the tools and cup from Pheidias's workshop, the gorgeous Hermes by Praxiteles, the Nike by Paeonios, the very impressive and very well preserved classical statues from the pediments of the temple of Zeus and more.