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Ancient Olympia Archaeological Site & Museum Skip-the-Line Ticket

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Activity location

  • Archaeological Site of Olympia
    • 270 65, Archaia Olympia, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Archaeological Site of Olympia
    • 270 65, Archaia Olympia, Greece

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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedArchaeological site of Ancient Olympia Admission Ticket
  • What's includedWhat's includedArchaeological Museum of Ancient Oympia Admission Ticket
  • What's includedWhat's includedMuseum of the Olympic Games Admission Ticket
  • What's includedWhat's includedService fee

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • The individual ticket can be used on any date within the applicable visit period Apr-Oct or Nov-Mar.
  • Children up to the age of 5, from non-European Union countries, upon presentation of their passport for verification of their age and country of origin are entitled to free admission.
  • Children and young people up to the age of 25, from EU member-states, upon presentation of their ID card or passport for verification of their age and country of origin are entitled to free admission.
  • If you accompany free admission beneficiaries, buy your general admission tickets online and gain direct access to one of the Acropolis fast-lane ticket offices to obtain the free admission tickets quickly and easily, upon proof of eligibility.

What you can expect

Skip the Line ticket to Olympia archaeological site, museum and Olympic Games Museum. The most important spiritual, sports and artistic center of the ancient world.

The Olympic Games were the greatest religious festival in honor of Olympian Zeus, the father of the gods and humans. It was held every four years at the Sanctuary of Olympia, one of the most important Sanctuaries of the ancient world in the green valley formed by the river Alpheus and its tributary Kladeus in Peloponese.

The fame of the sanctuary of Olympia spread throughout the Greek world, while the Olympic Games soon became the symbol of Panhellenic unity.

Activity itinerary

Archaeological Site of Olympia
  • 1h
In the western Peloponnese, in the beautiful valley of the river Alpheus, flourished the most glorious sanctuary of ancient Greece, which was dedicated to the father of the gods, Zeus. Olympia was established in Greece as the most important religious and sports center. Here were born the most important games of ancient Greece, the Olympics, which took place every four years in honor of Zeus, an institution with pan-Hellenic radiance and brilliance from antiquity to the present day. The beginnings of the cult and the mythical confrontations that took place in Olympia are lost in the depths of the centuries. Altis, the sacred grove, occupies the central part and within it develops the core of the sanctuary, with the temples, the treasures and the most important buildings of the area. In Roman times the enclosure was expanded and on its west side two monumental propylae were formed.
Archaeological Museum of Olympia
  • 1h
The Archaeological Museum of Olympia is one of the principal museums of Greece, located in Olympia. It is overseen by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, and, as of 2009, is directed by Georgia Xatzi. When the original building was completed and opened in 1888, it was the first museum in Greece outside of Athens
Museum of the Olympic Games
  • 1h
The building that today houses the Museum of the History of the Ancient Olympic Games in Olympia was erected in the 1880s and was one of the first provincial Museums in Greece. Here the artistic and historical treasures of Olympia, the Hermes of Praxiteles, the Victory of Paionius, the sculptural decoration of the temple of Zeus and dozens more findings of the systematic excavations that were in progress since 1875 were housed for the first time. Since the late 1970s are transfered and exhibited at the New Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESArchaeological Site of Olympia
    • 270 65, Archaia Olympia, Greece

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEArchaeological Site of Olympia
    • 270 65, Archaia Olympia, Greece