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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olympia and Statue of Zeus at Olympia.
Olympia
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
Photo: Joyofmuseums, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Pisa is a village situated 2.15 kilometres to the east of Olympia, Greece, located on the northwest side of the Peloponnesus peninsula. Currently it is not politically independent but it is a community of the municipality of Ancient Olympia, in the regional unit of Elis. 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″ northLongitude
21.62526° or 21° 37′ 31″ eastElevation
49 metres (161 feet)Open location code
8G93JJVG+94GeoNames ID
9293826
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