Day 2: Olympia, Greece

My second day in Greece, I traveled to Olympia! 

In Olympia I decided to visit the Ancient Olympia Museum. It’s a famous museum, founded in 1982 that houses some of the most famous artifacts from ancient times. 

outside the Olympia Museum

I was especially excited to see it because it houses the first training grounds for athletes.

outside the museum // the training grounds

This ancient site displays the training grounds and athletic facilities of the original olympic games that took place here in 8th century B.C. The games were dedicated to the Gods (Zeus and Hera). Seeing the ancient stadium was really cool. It’s amazing that this stood the test of time since Pelopponsian times. And all of this was outside the museum!

Just one of many statues inside the museum

Once we went inside the museum, there were even more cool things to see. I took some pictures and I’m posting them below. The Greek vases were really cool, its hard to see just from a picture but its amazing to think they have stood against time this long.

Economically, the museum does very well for the city of Olympia, which is in Western Greece. It attracts a lot of tourists because of its presence of archaeological artifacts (first stadium and sight of the Olympics). 

a picture taken from inside the museum