What Makes This Private Delphi and Olympia Tour Different
Skip the rushed day trips and see Greece's two greatest ancient sanctuaries properly. Instead of spending your vacation exhausted in a car on back-to-back day trips from Athens, this private 2 day Delphi and Olympia tour moves at your pace, with one overnight and no coach schedule to keep.
- The sites. The archaeological site and museum of Delphi, where the oracle spoke, and Ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in a private vehicle with your own driver. A licensed guide is available as an add-on and we recommend it, since drivers are not permitted to guide inside Greek archaeological sites.
- Tastings and local flavors. An olive oil tasting and farm lunch in the groves below Delphi, straight from the family that pressed the oil, plus a honey farm in the hills above Ancient Olympia where the same family has kept bees for generations.
- The overnight. A night by the Venetian harbor of Nafpaktos, one of the smallest and best preserved in Greece, and a town almost no tour from Athens stops in.
Travel on your own schedule, avoid the tour bus crowds, and start day two rested instead of leaving Athens at dawn again. Book your private Delphi and Olympia tour from Athens online and see both sanctuaries at your own pace.
Delphi and Ancient Olympia are ancient Greece’s two greatest sanctuaries, but they sit on opposite sides of the Gulf of Corinth, and seeing them as separate day trips from Athens means two very long days in a car. Our private 2 day Delphi and Olympia tour from Athens splits the journey with an overnight stay by the Venetian harbor of Nafpaktos, so you explore both UNESCO World Heritage Sites at your own pace. Along the way, enjoy an olive oil tasting and farm lunch below Delphi, a family honey farm near Olympia and a stop at the Corinth Canal. Your own licensed guide and driver, and no group to wait for
Day 1 - Athens - Delphi - Olive Oil Tasting and Farm Lunch - Nafpaktos
- 08:30 Pick-up: Meet your driver at your hotel for a scenic drive to Mount Parnassus and Delphi (approx. 2.5 hours), home of the Oracle and once considered the center of the ancient world.
On this private Delphi tour, your licensed guide leads you up the Sacred Way past the Treasury of the Athenians, built after the victory at Marathon in 490 BC. Continue to the Temple of Apollo, where the Pythia gave her prophecies, and up to the 5,000-seat theater and the stadium at the top of the sanctuary.
In the Delphi Museum, see the bronze Charioteer, cast around 475 BC, the twin kouroi of Argos and the Sphinx of the Naxians. Your guided tour of the site and museum lasts about 2 hours.
Drive down through the ancient olive groves of Amfissa to a family farm. Enjoy an olive oil tasting with the producer, followed by a farm lunch made from what the farm grows.
Continue along the Gulf of Corinth to Nafpaktos (approx. 1.5 hours), the town that gave its name to the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Walk the Venetian harbor before an optional dinner. We recommend Apiko Mageirio, a traditional Greek cookhouse serving home-style dishes. Overnight in Nafpaktos.
Day 2 - Ancient Olympia - Honey and Food Tasting - Corinth Canal - Athens
- 09:00 Departure: Cross the Rio-Antirrio bridge, the longest fully suspended multi-span cable-stayed bridge in the world, and drive through the Peloponnese to Ancient Olympia (approx. 2 hours).
On your private Ancient Olympia tour, walk through the sanctuary where the Games were held from 776 BC to 393 AD. See the Temple of Hera, where the Olympic flame is still lit today, the Temple of Zeus, home of Pheidias’ gold and ivory statue, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and his workshop next door.
Pass through the vaulted tunnel into the stadium and stand on the original starting line. In the museum, see the Hermes of Praxiteles and the Nike of Paionios. Your guided tour of the site and museum lasts about 2 hours.
Taste local olive oil and wine at a producers’ market in Olympia. Then relax at a family honey farm in the hills with coffee and homemade desserts made with local pine and thyme honey
On the way back, stop at the Corinth Canal, 6.4 km long and cut up to 90 meters deep through solid rock. Arrive at your Athens hotel around 20:00.
Accommodation in Nafpaktos
- 3-star hotel: Akti Hotel or similar, with breakfast.
Optional accommodation upgrades – available at checkout
Boutique or 4-star hotels: Nafs Hotel, Battaglia Al mare or similar.
The additional cost for your selected upgrade is displayed before payment. All accommodation is subject to availability.
- Delphi archaeological site: Temple of Apollo, theatre, stadium, Castalian spring
- Delphi Archaeological Museum, home of the bronze Charioteer
- Olive oil tasting and lunch at a family farm below Delphi
- Overnight by the Venetian harbor of Nafpaktos
- Ancient Olympia: Temple of Zeus, Temple of Hera, the treasuries, the original stadium
- Archaeological Museum of Olympia and the Hermes of Praxiteles
- Honey tasting at a family farm in the hills above Olympia
- Photo stop at the Corinth Canal
- Duration: 2 Days
- Tour Type: In-depth Cultural & Food
- Group Type: Private
- Availability: All Year
- Languages: English
- Accessibility: Moderate · some steps
- Ideal for: Families, Couples, Solo Travelers
- Group Size: 1 - 7+ participants
2 Days
All Year
Private · Cultural · Culinary
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