Your day, step by step
08:30
Walk off the pier and along the main road to Katakolo station, about 5 minutes. Buy a €10 return ticket on the platform or on board.
09:15
Morning train to Olympia via Pyrgos, about 50 minutes.
10:10
Walk from Olympia station to the site, a few minutes. One €20 ticket covers the site and the museums.
10:20
Archaeological site: the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Hera, the workshop of Pheidias and the stadium tunnel. Carry water; there is little shade.
11:45
Archaeological Museum of Olympia, indoors and cooler: the Hermes of Praxiteles and the Nike of Paionios.
12:30
Quick lunch on Olympia's main street, a few minutes from the station.
13:00
Be at Olympia station well before the early-afternoon return train. If you miss it, take a taxi by 15:00 at the latest.
14:30
Back in Katakolo. Visit the free Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology or sit at a waterfront taverna.
16:15
Walk back through the port gate and board, at least 60 minutes before all-aboard.
- Latest you can leave Katakolo village waterfront16:30
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Katakolo village waterfrontWalk 5–10 min to the port gate16:30
- Ancient Olympia (taxi)Taxi, 30–45 min; leave by 15:00 for 17:3015:00
- Ancient Olympia (train)Single early-afternoon train, 45–52 min15:05
Where people get Katakolon wrong
Planning on a train to Olympia on a Sunday, or assuming there is a later train back; there is one return and no Sunday service.
Built from our Katakolon guide, checked against 15 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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