Please sign in to post.

Athens to Olympia & Delphi

Posted by on

From Athens I would like to visit Olympia and will be traveling by rental car. Another site that I would be interested in seeing is Delphi, but Olympia is the main draw.

Not high priorities, but other sites/places I think we could add as stops to help break it up that we'd be open to are Epidaurus, Nafplio, and Mycenae. As I mentioned, Olympia is what I really want to visit, but I've read it's quite a long trip to/from Athens for that alone.

I can devote 3 days and 2 nights to this, what would be the best way to arrange it/where to stop/where to overnight?

Thanks in advance!

Posted by
11180 posts

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Athens,+Greece/Delphi,+Greece/Olympia,+Greece/Archaeological+site+of+Mycenae,+Mykines+212+00,+Greece/Nafplion,+Greece/Ancient+Theatre+at+the+Asclepieion+of+Epidaurus,+Epidavros+210+52,+Greece/Athens,+Greece/@37.8648292,21.2415692,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m44!4m43!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a1bd1f067043f1:0x2736354576668ddd!2m2!1d23.7275388!2d37.9838096!1m5!1m1!1s0x135f796588cfa485:0x5fba919f0a8cb15b!2m2!1d22.4940617!2d38.4800567!1m5!1m1!1s0x136085869b4683b9:0x59d7a6719d19df0d!2m2!1d21.6255129!2d37.6446689!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a00266da8e0b59:0x62a883f6112f71f7!2m2!1d22.7561327!2d37.7308631!1m5!1m1!1s0x149ffa9cc1517963:0x84e450db6d640b8!2m2!1d22.8015531!2d37.5673173!1m5!1m1!1s0x149f8bc5e7b2f867:0x47ba752e3e5ec40b!2m2!1d23.0792851!2d37.5961218!1m5!1m1!1s0x14a1bd1f067043f1:0x2736354576668ddd!2m2!1d23.7275388!2d37.9838096!3e0?entry=ttu

Above is a loop that hits all your wish list places, With only 2 nights it is a challenge to fit it all in, but doing it counter-clockwise is how I would tackle it. Leave Athens early, do Delphi and continue on to Olympia ( night one) then spend night 2 in Nafpio and work in the other sites before ending in Athens at the end of day 3.

All are great places to see

Add Reply

Please do not reply to violations of our Community Guidelines.