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Olympia Walking Tour with Virtual Reality Glasses
4.9
254 Ratings
Archea Olimpia
Experience Ancient Olympia with VR glasses. Explore at your own pace, enjoy auto-triggered stories, and navigate easily with a virtual map. Perfect for families.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Archaeological Site of Olympia - • Meet me at my local office in Olympia named “Olympia back in time”.
• After a short demonstration, you will visit the Archaeological Site, the place where all the magic will happen. You will be immersed in the Ancient Era with a great feeling of presence.
• Use the Vr glasses in front of every temple and immediately see how it used to be like.
• Listen to unique stories for every monument with the integrated Audio Guide.
• Ancient people will be around you and all the temples will be standing up again.
• Athletes will be training for the Olympics just next to you and later you can watch them competing at the Stadium.
• Go to the Temple of Zeus and admire the magnificent statue of Zeus with its enormous size that will make you feel awe.
There are no guiding signs in the Arch. Site but you will have a virtual map with your Gps location on it.
It will help you find every monument and using the Vr glasses you will discover the beauty and learn the importance of each one of them.
- Temple of Zeus - Here you can go virtually inside the Temple and admire the Great Statue of Zeus. You will have the option to view it from many angles and be wowed by it’s size. Also many statues that are incomplete and white you will see them complete and colorfull.
- Stadium at Olympia - Here you will have the chance to watch an ancient Olympic foot race together with ancient spectators. At the finishing line you will also see the winner of the Olympic Games celebrating. The feeling is amazing…
- Temple of Hera - Here you will see the lighting of the Olympic Flame and learn about the Olympic Games for women, in honor of Goddess Hera…
- Νυμφαίον Αρχαίας Ολυμπίας - Admire this beautiful fountain and find out the importance of it and the big problem that used to exist before it…
- Palaestra - See how Ancient athletes were training for the Olympic Games and find out who was the most famous athletes and why…
What's Included
- Technical support & information
- Audio guide
- Live demonstration
- Virtual reality glasses
What's Not Included
- Admission ticket
Additional Information
The Virtual Reality glasses will make you feel like you are transported back to Ancient Olympia.
Small and interesting stories will start automatically as you approach every monument.
You will visit every monument at your own pace.
A virtual map will help you find your current location and the location of every monument.
This is perfect also for families. Kids love the experience and it is a great way to learn about Ancient Olympia.
Location
Olympia back in time
Πραξιτέλη Κονδύλη
Across from the main church of Olympia (office name "Olympia back in time")
Type "Olympia back in time" on Google Maps to find us easily.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(254 Ratings)
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Paul_z
Jun 28, 2024
Great experience - The vr glasses were wonderful. Very realistic and informative. We had no trouble finding the pick up spots and learning how to use them. We were able to see and hear how people looked and sounded. Many people around us wished they had them
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Rebecca_c
Jun 27, 2024
VR is the best - Having the VR headset made the experience so much better for my family. Being able to see what the areas looked like whole and in one piece was amazing. My kids loved it.
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Anna_g
Jun 8, 2024
Great VR experience in Ancient Olympia - It helped to see what the Ancient Olympia looked like 3000 years ago! I would recommend not getting VR glasses for kids but share yours with them because our kids didn’t wear theirs and we ended us carrying them around :).
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Barbara
May 25, 2024
Presentation of the ancient city comes to life with German explanations - We came across it because we were looking for a tour in German so that the children could understand something. With 2 children (7 and 8) 3 pairs of glasses were great. The children each had their own pair of glasses on the organizer's recommendation. It's easy to use and with a total of 15 stops/explanation points, we were on the tour for about 2 hours and we all had fun.
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Connector44111115257
May 23, 2024
Fun, immersive and exciting - The VR experience is applied very well. There is a good balance between being inside de VR world and being in the real world. Its also very comfortable to carry and move around with. The world was really immersive and the atmosphere felt lively. All of us agreed that it added 200% to the experience of visiting Olympia and understand how they lived back in their time.Also very well researched
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299j_r_meg
May 18, 2024
Amazing experience - Thank you Achille for this amazing experience! We loved it! It’s a very immersive experience. If you want to visit the archeological site of Olympia you need to go there!
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897arnauds
May 6, 2024
Visit to the Olympia site - A real plus for visiting the site. It was magnificent and one could better imagine the beauty of the place at the time. The staff explained to us very well how to use the glasses and were extremely kind and helpful. Without the glasses, we certainly wouldn't have enjoyed our visit as much.
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374manona
May 3, 2024
Very happy! - It was a real added value for the visit!! The person who received us spoke French and was very clear! The experience was really enjoyable!
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Gloriarossi
Jan 19, 2024
One of the best experiences of my life! - I would have liked to stay in that world, it was so wonderfully reconstructed and with an evident passion that transpired precisely from the care and historical attention placed in the virtual reconstruction. I am an archaeologist and I would really like this service to be available in all archaeological sites, as a means of bringing the visitor closer to reality, the colors and sounds of time, for an even more immersive experience. It was one of the best experiences of my life and I have to thank the guys for their extreme kindness and friendliness.
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Stacy_w
Jun 11, 2024
Highly recommend, but give yourself enough time - This was a great way to visit the Olympic grounds! My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and really appreciated the park more than we would without the VR. I definitely recommend this experience. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because it was not clear in the tour description that the place to pick up and drop off the VR sets is a 15 minute walk to the park entrance and the fee to get into the park is not included in the rental. The description sounds like it is, but it was not for us and the price we paid is the same as listed in the tour description. We had to pay an additional 12 euros each to get into the park. The other glitch for us as visitors from a cruise ship was that we had to be on a bus to take us back to port at 2:30...NO exception and the VR Tour office closes from 2:00-3:00 each day. That meant that we had to be back at the office to return the VR headsets before 2:00 pm or we would not get our drivers license returned. Because of this, we really hurried through the park. The tour operator was very kind to try to work with us, but there wasn't much we could do. If you book this, try to give yourself at least 1.5 hours in the park and factor in the time to get to and from the tour office. It really did enhance the visit, I just wished we had more time.
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