The 2011 Special Summer Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece from June 25 till July 4. More than 7,500 athletes from 185 countries will compete in 22 sports, making the Athens 2011 Special Olympics the largest event of the Year.

The Emblem of the Special Olympics Summer Games ATHENS 2011 is a radiant sun, the source of life that underlines the excellence and power of the athlete that takes part in the Games. Excellence is depicted in the olive branch and power in the spiral form in the center of the sun. The colours reflect: the Greek landscape and project emotions like passion for life in the warm red, optimism in the orange, determination in the blue, freedom in the light blue and hope in the green.

If you are looking for accommodation, transportation to and from the 30 venues, we can assist you with minibuses, with experienced drivers and escorts to take care of your visit to Greece.
Before or after your visit to the Special Olympics take a tour of Athens and Greece. A sightseeing tour of the city, a full day tour to ancient Olympia, Delphi or Mycenae and Epidaurus, where the temple od Asclepius (god of medicine) is, a day cruise to the Saronic gulf islands and lots more.

Briefly about Athens
Athens won the bid to organize the XIII Special Olympics World Summer Games after a long assessment process among three other cities in the world. Athens, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, is a city with an ancient tradition in sports, providing a unique platform to showcase the courage, dedication and talents of the Special Olympics athletes.
Athens, having been inhabited since the Neolithic age, is considered Europe’s historical capital. During its long, everlasting and fascinating history the city reached its zenith in the 5th century B.C. (the “Golden Age of Pericles”), when its values and civilization acquired a universal significance and glory. Political thought, theatre, the arts, philosophy, science, architecture, among other forms of intellectual thought, reached an epic acme, unique in world history.
Therefore, Athens constituted the cradle of western civilization. A host of Greek words and ideas, such as democracy, harmony, music, mathematics, art, gastronomy, architecture, logic, Eros, euphoria, and many others, enriched a multitude of languages, and inspired civilizations.
Over the years, a multitude of conquerors occupied the city and erected splendid monuments of great significance, thus creating a rare historical palimpsest.
After the Greek revolution against the Turks, in 1834 the city became the capital of the modern Hellenic Democracy State. During the last two centuries, it developed into an attractive, modern metropolis with unrivalled charm and great interest.
Today, it offers visitors a unique experience. A “journey” in its 6,000-year history, including the chance to see renowned monuments and masterpieces of art of the antiquity and the Middle Ages, and the architectural inheritance of the 19th and 20th centuries. You get an uplifting, embracing feeling in the brilliant light of the attic sky, surveying the charming landscape in the environs of the city (the indented coastline, beaches and mountains), and enjoying the modern infrastructure of the city and unique verve of the Athenians.
Visitors confess that they are fascinated by Athens, one of the most attractive and charming capitals of Europe.