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Olympia - Private Half Day Tour with Mini Bus

Name: Olympia - Private Half Day Tour with Mini Bus
Brand: Stathopoulos Theocharis
SKU: 66179P9
Price: 494.16 USD
Rating: 5.0 (25 reviews)

Badge of ExcellenceOlympia, Greece

4 hours to 4 hours 30 minutes
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Spend your time in Katakolon Cruise Port exploring the birthplace of the Olympic Games on this half-day tour. Meet your chauffeur at the pier and set off to discover Ancient Olympia, including the spectacular Archaeological Museum, independently. Visit a honey farm in the countryside with a stop for a swim on the beach (and lunch if you wish) before returning to your ship. All entrance fees are at your expense.

Explore the home of the original Olympics independently, including the stadium
Sample local honey and pancakes on a honey farm
Enjoy live commentary as you travel from your friendly host
Pickup and drop-off from your cruise ship included

What's Included

Driver/guide
Live commentary on board
Port pickup and drop-off
Guaranteed to skip the long lines
Private tour
English Olympia guidebook

Food and drinks
Licensed guide within the site and museum of Olympia
Souvenirs
Entrance tickets to the museum and site
Entrance tickets to the honey farm

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to your preferred meeting point, or request pickup.

Meeting points

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Pickup point

Katakolon port

Start time

Opening hours

10/1/2018 - 12/31/2026
Monday - Sunday : 07:00 AM - 05:00 PM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Pickup details

Meeting point will be exactly after the port gate of Katakolon port. A sign with your name will be visible to meet the tour lead.

What To Expect

Katakolon Taxi

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Archaeological Site of Olympia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Archaeological Museum of Olympia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Klio's Honey Farm

1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included

Agios Ilias Beach

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Most travelers can participate
Wheelchair accessible

Minimum drinking age is 18 years
At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Operated by Stathopoulos Theocharis

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Reviews

5.0

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Great guide makes for a great day in Olympia

Bryan_D, Oct 2023

Tina was great! Totally customized the trip for our group of 6. The olive press visit was interesting and the tasting was awesome.

Relaxing day for a change!

Eddy_H, Oct 2023

We had an amazing time at Olympia, visiting the museum and the ruins. A must do. We had a great time at the honey farm. Really recommend. Our tour guide was really nice and brought is to a great seafood restaurant near the beach. The food amazing of course!

An experience

Granalyn_P, Sep 2023

Our tour guide was so-so. Not much to see in Olympia. The one good thing about having a private tour is that you dont feel rushed at all. Missed the museum because of miscommunication from our guide.

The best of the best

John_B, Sep 2023

Our guide Constatina was excellent. We had a great time with her. She was an unexpected treasure who was informative, caring and shepherd us around like she was doing it for family.

Delightful Mix

Lauren_G, Aug 2023

Tour went really well. Katherine was nice. Mini bus was really nice I really liked the combination of activities. Honey tour in particular. Seaside Cafe was an excellent choice.

Excellent tour to see Olympia

Nicholas_Z, Jul 2023

Our guide was great. She was very knowledgeable about the area and was great with my overheated kids. Although seeing ancient Olympia was amazing we loved going to Klio's honey farm. It was very cool seeing this farm ran after many generations. My daughter was basically drinking the honey. Such a cool experience.

Olympia Gold Medal

David_F, Jul 2023

Our family had an absolutely wonderful time. Harris was the best! After our tour he took us to a family restaurant to try some delicious Grecian dishes. Thank you for a wonderful day!!

Olympia and Honey Farm

Kristin_N, Jun 2023

We were a party of 6 and booked the minivan with driver and guide. The trip was as advertised with a visit to Olympia and we had the option to visit a honey farm or other locations if we preferred. The guide did not accompany us into Olympia and suggested we just spend about 30 minutes walking the site (she did provide us with an illustrated book but I think having an audio guide would have been better to really understand what we were looking at). We opted to go to the honey farm which was an enjoyable local experience. Our guide then asked us what else we wanted to do, which we didn't know as we'd never been there and asked for recommendations, which were hard to come by. We asked about seeing a beach (for scenic purposes and maybe a quick dip in the water for our teen girls) and were driven to a hotel where we felt awkward and obligated to buy refreshments to access the beach. We didn't spend much time there and asked to be driven back to the port instead. In comparing this tour with driver/ guide combo to others we experienced in other cruise ports, I'd say the guide portion was lacking from an information perspective (we didn't learn much from the guide about the region and Olympia).

Wonderful time

f_k, Jun 2022

Nikki and Palos were great. We enjoyed seeing the Olympic site as well as Klio’s honey farm- she and her family were so welcoming and hospitable- her honey is amazing! We also enjoyed a nice time at the beachside. They were flexible and accommodated our requests. Can’t believe how much we saw in that time. They were wonderful- thank you!

Great Experience!

John_C, Jun 2022

Great service, nice bus. Dora was flexible, knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommended. We changed the plan in the middle, and Dora was great about it.

Olympia, Honey farm & Restaurant

Itschak_K, Jul 2019

We were a party of ten, which included four teens, a four year old girl and two senior citizens. We visited in June, during a heat wave. We had a relatively long walk to the beautiful, nicely chilled van, which supplied us with much needed cool water bottles. While the driver did not really speak English, she did seen to understand it, the guide was fluent in English. They brought us to Olympia and introduced us to the booth, where we bought tickets. Even though it is stated that it will be a no-line ticket purchase, that only works with credit cards (which we had). Teens under 18 do not pay and students pay reduced rate, so bring your student IDs. The seniors and some of the teens were not interested in the ruins, but the museum was interesting to all. After our guide-free time in Olympia, we were taken to a nearby local honey farm, where we given samples of local pastries to dip in the farm-made honey and some local drink, made with carrots and oranges. The presentation about history and present bee keeping was interesting, including to our four year old girl, who got to be dressed as a bee keeper. We then bought some far made honey and beeswax based creams. As time was running out, we opted to go to a local recommended restaurant instead of beach time. We were brought back as close to the boat as possible, and the driver even bought a gift for our little girl!

Olympia Private Half Day Tour

Lana_D, Jun 2019

We had an amazing time on this tour! We were treated so well by Stathopoulos Theocharis and our driver. They were very attentive to what we wanted to do and even took us to a lovely Greek restaurant, where we had a great, traditional Greek meal. The honey farm tour was very informative. It was so peaceful and beautiful there and a welcome change from the crowds in the tourist areas. At Olympia, we were given plenty of time to enjoy seeing the ruins. It was amazing to see where the Olympics originated in the 8th century BC. I highly recommend this tour! It was my favorite tour of our trip!

De bouwkunst van...

schoutenayahoocom, Jul 2023

De bouwkunst van duizenden jaren geleden: geweldig! Zo ook de kunst in het museum! Onze chauffeur gaf een gids in boekvorm mee, waarin de ruïnes werden verklaard