Olympic Torch

Olympic Torch is a hotel in Olympia, Elis, West Greece. Olympic Torch is situated nearby to the town Ancient Olympia, as well as near Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.

Olympia

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Olympia is a town and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Peloponnese, Greece. This was the site of the original Olympic Games from 776 BCE. The games, held every four years in honor of the Greek god Zeus, lasted through the entire Classical Age until the late 4th century CE.

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Work of art

Photo: Quatremère de Quincy, Public domain.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was a giant seated figure, about 12.4 m tall, made by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC at the sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, and erected in the Temple of Zeus there. Statue of Zeus at Olympia is situated 750 metres southeast of Olympic Torch.

Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity

Museum

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Museum of the History of the Olympic Games in Antiquity is situated 260 metres south of Olympic Torch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ancient Olympia and Koskinas.

Ancient Olympia

Town

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Olympia, officially Archaia Olympia, is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name.

Koskinas

Village

Koskinas is a village in the municipality of Olympia, Elis, Greece. It is 1.5 km northeast of Olympia.

Archaia Pisa

Village

Ancient or Archaia Pisa, sometimes distinguished in Greek as Archaía Písa Ileías, is a modern village located 2.15 kilometers of Ancient or Archaia Olympia on the northwest corner of the Peloponnese in southern Greece. Archaia Pisa is situated 2½ km east of Olympic Torch.

Olympic Torch

Type: Hotel
Categories: accommodation, building, and tourism
Location: Olympia, Elis, West Greece, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

37.64344° or 37° 38′ 36″ north

Longitude

21.62526° or 21° 37′ 31″ east

Elevation

49 metres (161 feet)

Open location code

8G93JJVG+94

GeoNames ID

9293826

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