Never heard of Katakolon? Yeah, same. It's a small port city and is closest to the site of Olympia, where the first Olympic Games were held. It's thought Olympia started to be used as a religious center around 1500 BC with the first Olympic Games being held 776 BC.
Back in the day, there were about 760 buildings here, but it's pretty much just footings and pieces of marble strewn all over with mother nature taking over with bushes, trees and grass. It's pretty, and in the middle of nowhere, and very quiet and peaceful.
You can take a bus or train to Olympia. We took the train - about 35-40 mins through the countryside
We arrived at Olympia!
Do you really need a sign if every single thing is in the same direction?
Not sure what this is - it's a sweet snack that was in a cafe
They have a pretty good museum where the original pieces have been preserved and put back together the best they could be
At first the site seems pretty small...but as you wonder around, it's pretty big - about 70 acres
This was part of the Olympic Village where the competitors stayed. This was a 'lazy river' with a fountain in the middle and a pool nearby they would have used when they were relaxing and hangout chillin
There's pieces of ruins just laying all over the place
Yep..of course the insta posers were out...not even realizing their surroundings...just making sure they got the perfect pose
This is what's left of the biggest building here - the Temple of Zeus
Entrance to the Stadium
Lynnette and Bill
Kinda cool to think athletes ran on this back long long ago..in a field far away
This is where the Olympic Flame burned during the games. And even now, the flame starts here for every Olympic games
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We stopped for lunch at a local diner
The train arrives once in the morning bringing people, and then goes back 3 hours later. If you miss it, you're walking. Same with the bus. We wanted to be sure to be there early!
Then there's this iconic statue in the town center
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