Spa Olympia Greece

Hi again everyone After a day sailing yesterday we arrived in Katakolon which is the closest port to Olympia, I decided to have a tour free day today as I've already been to Olympia. The port town of Katakolon is quite small and pretty much setup for the ...

... . Praktische info: de haven verlaten: je kan te voet van de haven naar het stadje (enkele minuutjes wandelen) van Katakolon naar Olympia: op het pleintje is het eindstation van de trein. Neem 'station' niet te letterlijk: de tickets worden op het perron ...

... Ancient Olympia, Mycenae, catch a show in the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, Acrocorinth, Ancient Corinth and maybe Monemvasia. Well, Ancient Olympia was amazing and although they had a terrible fire about a year ago we really enjoyed the site. It took ...

... Philip and Anna and later Rex and Trish who were back from there Zorba tour at about the same time as us having had a snack and dong some Greek dancing as well as visiting Olympia. We had a three o'clock departure and enjoyed the spa before tea and ...

... by taxi ($25 Euros per person). We had a rainy and windy day but that did not stop us from visiting this amazing place. After Olympia we returned to Katakolon to wonder around its streets and visit the souvenir stores. The next day on October 28 I got up ...

... car park.  We had finally found a place that was popular with the winter tourist.  They were here in force. Like Olympia everything is cordoned off so that you can’t really get a good look at anything.  Some of the locations are ...

... go any further than the port. The town is Katakolon in Greece and is famous for being the destination to go through to Olympia (where they start the torch for all the Olympics) and where the first Olympics were ever held. (The ship was not docked in the ...

... will get more out of a visit to Greece with a small amount of history preparation, Best ruins: My vote goes to Olympia.  Impressive site, decent museum and being awestruck from walking on the 2500 + year old grounds that started a tradition of ...

... a Venetian Castle (see photos at www.trigonogroves.com/methonicastle.html )  and there is a Roman bath house at Olympia.  I get quite confused with the Roman and Greek architecture and design as they seem to merge.  I ...

... to all our Blog friends. Well here we are again with some more tales to share with you all. We are now heading to Olympia Greece where we have a tour booked to visit the ancient ruins of the original Olympic Games and the altar where the flame was lit ...

... Dali & Destino.  Katakolon, Greece Peloponnese historic fact and legend are rich and the sites include the Temple omf Zeus at Olympia which was counted as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.(We did not do the tour).  It is a ...

... through the cocktail menu and me the cold stuff . It is 5.30pm on Sunday 11th and we have just set off from Bari towards Olympia in Greece and just had our first emergency drill and we are still alive and kicking so that’s good . This ship is like a ...