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    Day 5

    168 mi

    Katakolo - Olympia - Patras - Nafpaktos - Itea.

    Visit to Olympia, home of the Olympic Games. Then stop in the city of Patras, the temple of St. Andrew. Transfer over the bridge between Rio and Antirio in central Greece. Picturesque Venetian fortress Nafpaktosa. Overnight in the seaside town of Itea.
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    24.9 mi
    40 min
    09:402 hrs 30 min

    Ancient Olympia (Ολυμπία)

    In the shadow of the Sacred Grove, in slender rows of moss-covered marble columns, time has stopped. The first sports competitions were held here almost 3 thousand years ago, in 776 BC, and were held every four years for a thousand years. To this day, the start and finish lines for the single stage (192.27 m) competitions have been preserved in the ancient stadium. The sanctuary of Zeus, decorated in the V century BC with a grandiose statue of gold and ivory, became one of the seven wonders of the world. Today, you will see the impressive ruins of a Doric temple and the workshop of the sculptor Thidius, who made himself famous for centuries. The history of the Olympic Games will be told not only by the stadium and Palestra, the treasury and the altar where the Olympic flame is lit to this day. The Archaeological Museum of Olympia, where ceramics, sculptures, armors, jewelry from the archaic to the Roman period are collected, has one of the richest collections in Greece.
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    72.4 mi
    1 hr 40 min
    14:0030 min

    Άγιος Ανδρέας

    Patras is the capital of the Peloponnese and an important seaport from which ships leave for Bari and Ancona. The Church of St. Andrew - the largest Orthodox church in the Balkans, where the relics of the saint and part of the cross on which he was crucified are located.
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    7.6 mi
    20 min
    15:0030 min

    Rio-Antirrio Βridge "Charilaos Trikoupis" (Γέφυρα Ρίου-Αντιρρίου «Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης»)

    It is the longest bridge in Europe that connected central Greece with the Peloponnese in 2004. Unique technologies were applied in its construction. Fare is toll. Those who want to take pictures of the bridge from the side can cross the Corinthian Gulf by ferry with a car.
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    7.7 mi
    20 min
    16:001 hr 30 min

    Nafpaktos Castle (Κάστρο Ναυπάκτου)

    Picturesque town of Nafpaktos with a Venetian fortress. Here, in 1571, the famous Battle of Lepanto, in which Miguel de Cervantes participated and was wounded.
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    55.5 mi
    1 hr 20 min
    19:0013 hrs

    Trokadero Hotel

    Overnight stay in the seaside town of Itea. The town has several small pebble beaches, two of which own Blue Flag.
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