- ANCIENT OLYMPIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES, WAS BUILT ON THE BANKS OF KLADEOS RIVER IN THE ALPHIOS VALLEY, IN THE TRANQUILITY OF AN ENVIRONMENT DOMINATED BY GREEN FORESTS. - THE AMALIA OLYMPIA IS IDEALLY SITUATED IN A SIMILAR SETTING NOT FAR FROM THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, IN PLAIN ARCHITECTURE TO FIT THE UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT OF OLYMPIA. - THE FLAME OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES IS STILL LIT HERE AND BEGINS ITS WORLDWIDE JOURNEY FROM OLYMPIA. - ONE CAN ALSO VISIT THE ANCIENT HERA, THE PALAESTRA, THE HIPPODROME, THE PARLIAMENT, THE PRYTANEUM, THE GUEST HOUSE AS WELL AS THE OLYMPIC ACADEMY. AMONG ITS MANY TREASURES, THE LOCAL MUSEUM HOUSES THE GLORIOUS STATUE OF HERMES OF PRAXITELES.