Kalamata to Costa Navarino and Olympia: Private day trip

Visit this award-winning sustainable resort development where luxury hotels, championship golf courses, and environmental consciousness blend seamlessly. Tour the Bay Course, one of Europe's finest golf destinations, designed around natural lagoons and dunes. Explore pristine beaches with powder-soft sand and crystal-clear waters perfect for swimming. Visit traditional villages where local families maintain customs while benefiting from tourism opportunities. The development's protected status preserves natural ecosystems and archaeological sites. Walk through olive groves and Mediterranean landscape where innovative design respects environmental sensitivity. Experience beachfront dining featuring local seafood and regional cuisine. The peninsula represents Greece's most sophisticated approach to sustainable luxury tourism, combining world-class amenities with ecological responsibility.

Explore Olympia, the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, first held here in 776 BC and continuing for over a thousand years until 393 AD. Walk through the ancient stadium where athletes competed before crowds of up to 45,000 spectators, and stand on the original marble starting line still visible today. Visit the Temple of Zeus, which once housed Phidias’s colossal gold-and-ivory statue—one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Nearby, the Temple of Hera remains the site where the Olympic flame is ignited using sunlight and mirrors before each modern Games. Discover the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, displaying masterpieces of ancient sculpture, athletic equipment, and votive offerings dedicated to Zeus. Wander through the palaestra and gymnasium, where wrestlers and athletes once trained. The tranquil grove setting still evokes the spirit of ancient Greece, when warfare ceased and city-states united to celebrate athletic excellence in honor of Zeus. Visitors should keep in mind tickets to the site will need to be purchased.