Every   four   years   a   pan-Hellenic   truce   was   announced   and   people   from   all over    Hellas    gathered    at    Olympia,    in    order    to    compete    and    attend    the Games.   The   prize   for   the   winner   was   the   "kotinos",   a   garland   made   from wild olive tree. Olympia   was   as   sacred   site   as   Delphi.   The   sacred   precinct   was   situated   in the   valley   of   Alpheios,   in   the   territory   Pisatis   and   at   the   enclosure   of   Alte "the most beautiful place of Greece", in the north-western Peloponnese. Though   the   Games   historically   started   at   776   BC,   which   is   considered   the first   Olympiad,   they   were   held   from   very   ancient   times   and   tradition   tell   us that they were renewed by Herakles. In   this   unifying   event,   only   free   Greeks   were   allowed   to   take   part.   Greeks from   as   far   as   the   gates   of   Herakles,   the   Caspian   sea   and   Africa,   came   to compete   and   attend   philosophers,   sages,   heroes   and   well   admired   men could be seen here. It   is   not   accidental   that   Greece   for   the   first   time   in   history   held   the   Games. This   was   a   unique   event,   a   product   of   a   higher   civilization,   in   which   the people   were   honoring   their   race   and   Gods,   who   had   favored   them   with arete, strength and grace. Olympia is 90Km away from Castella Beach Hotel.

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