The Torch Relay for the Beijing Olympic Games will last seven days on Greek territory, after the Lighting of the Flame in Ancient Olympia, on the 24th of March. The Olympic Flame will cover in Greece 1.528 kilometers by the hands of 605 bearers.
The torch relay will pass through 16 Prefectures, 43 Municipalities, 4 Communities and there will be organized 29 ceremonies in specific cities along the route of the torch relay.
The Olympic Flame will be lit in Ancient Olympia at 12.00 o' clock in the afternoon and will be handed over to the Organizing Committee of Beijing on the 30th of March, at 15.00 at the Panathenaikon Stadium, the place where the history of the first Modern Olympics Games began, in 1896.
| DATE |
TOWNS |
CEREMONY |
| |
| 1st DAY/24-3-08 |
ANCIENT OLYMPIA |
LIGHTING CEREMONY? |
| ANCIENT OLYMPIA-PIRGOS |
YES |
| PIRGOS-AMALIADA |
NO |
| AMALIADA- ILIDA |
YES |
| ILIDA-KORIVOS |
NO |
| KORIVOS-GASTOUNI |
NO |
| GASTOUNI-PATRAS |
YES |
| PATRAS-BRIDGE OF RIO |
NO |
| BRIDGE OF RIO-MESOLOGI |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 2nd DAY/25-3-08 |
MESOLOGI-AGRINIO |
YES |
| AGRINIO-STRATOS |
NO |
| STRATOS-AMFILOCHIA |
YES |
| AMFILOCHIA-MENIDI |
YES |
| MENIDI-ARTA |
YES |
| ARTA-FILIPPIADA |
NO |
| FILIPPIADA-KERASONA |
NO |
| KERASONA-PANAGIA |
NO |
| PANAGIA-IOANNINA |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 3rd DAY/26-3-08 |
IOANNINA-Μ. PERISTERI |
NO |
| Μ. PERISTERI-METSOVO |
YES |
| METSOVO-MILIA |
NO |
| MILIA-KIPOURIO |
NO |
| KIPOURIO-GREVENAΑ |
YES |
| GREVENA-KOZANI |
YES |
| KOZANI-DREPANO |
NO |
| DREPANO-VERIA |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 4th DAY/27-3-08 |
VERIA-NAOUSSA |
YES |
| NAOUSSA-KOPANOS |
NO |
| KOPANOS-SKIDRA |
YES |
| SKIDRA-KLISOCHORI |
NO |
| KLISOCHORI-EDESSA |
YES |
| EDESSA-RIZARI |
NOΙ |
| RIZARI-KARIOTISA |
NO |
| KARIOTISSA -MELISSΙ |
NO |
| MELISSI-GIANNITSA |
YES |
| GIANNITSA-ANCIENT PELLA |
YES |
| ANCIENT PELLA-CHALKIDONA |
NO |
| CHALKIDONA-THESSALONIKI |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 5th DAY/28-3-08 |
THESSALONIKI-DION |
YES |
| DION-LARISA |
YES |
| LARISA-VOLOS |
YES |
| VOLOS-Ν. AGHIALOS |
NO |
| Ν. AGHIALOS-LAMIA |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 6th DAY/29-3-08 |
LAMIA-AMFIARIO |
YES |
| AMFIARIO-KALAMOS |
NO |
| KALAMOS-KAPANDRITI |
NO |
| KAPANDRITI-GRAMMATIKO |
NO |
| GRAMMATIKO-MARATHONAS |
NO |
| MARATHONAS-RAFINA |
YES |
| RAFINA-ATHENS |
YES OVERNIGHT STAY |
| |
| 7th DAY/30-3-08 |
PANATHENAIKON STADIUM |
HANDING OVER CEREMONY |
(BOCOG March 18, 2008)