Day 16 - Ancient Olympia

Day 16 - 25 September 2016

Plan and artists rendering of Olympia

Awake at 06:00 again. Dozed on and off until 7:30 when I went to shower. Had breakfast and off to the archaeological site. Ships must have been in port today because by 08:30 there were four tour groups there already.

The spot where the Olympic flame is lit every four years

That's OK. The site is huge, so you don't notice them at all. I started to the left hand side and basically worked my around, leaving the Temple of Zeus for last, but always skirting it because it's so big and is in the center of the entire complex. I'm too lazy to describe everything, so I have included this excellent link Ancient Olympia  that I used as the basis of my walk through the site.

Starting block in the stadium

It really is like a park. There are trees all over and each building has a plaque with its description and where it sits in the complex.

I really enjoyed the experience because I could do it in my own time. I eventually left at 13:00 and went back to the hotel. Headache from hell. Too much sun and too little hat. After 4 disprin I started to feel better. Went back to the museum to take some photos that hadn't taken yesterday.
Later I went out for dinner. Was rather tasty. I had gigantes

(broad beans cooked in tomato sauce), in a word delicious. For a main, I had pastitsio. Really tasty concoction of macaroni, minced beef and bechamel sauce. Had pistachio ice cream for dessert and off to bed. All that for only €15.00!

Ancient Olympia - The Archaeological Site

Archaeological Museum of Olympia