Dutsen Olympus an ce shi gidan Zeus ne da sauran ' yan wasan Olympia 12 wadanda suka cancanci zama tare da Zeus a gidansa a cikin girgije. Abu ne mai yiwuwa cewa alloli na ainihi "mahaifiyar dutse" maimakon wani allah kamar Zeus .
Mount Olympus ba haka ba ne mai ban mamaki dutse dangane da tsawo. A mafi girma, mai suna Mytikas ko Mitikas, yana da mita 2919 ko kusan 9577 feet.
Ya kasance a cikin arewa maso gabashin Girka a yankin Thessaly.
Duk da yake an ce ba zai zama mawuyacin ƙware ba, kusa da tafiya fiye da hawa, har yanzu yana fuskantar kalubale kuma a kowace shekara wasu 'yan marasa lafiya ko masu jin tsoro sun shiga babban matsala a dutsen. Abubuwa na faruwa.
Akwai dukkanin motoci masu yawon shakatawa daga Athens da Tasalonika da ke tafiyar da matafiyi zuwa Litochoro, ƙauyen wanda ke samar da mafi kyawun hanya. Har ila yau akwai sabis na jirgin kasa a yankin. Hakanan zaka iya fitar da dutsen, saboda haka kada ka ji cewa ka rasa idan ba a cikin cikakken tafiya ba. Kwarewa mai kyau na Dutsen Olympus shine ziyara a kananan coci na Agia Kore, ta hanyar sauƙin tafiya a kan ƙafar da take biye da ƙananan kogi. An ce ana gina ginin a kan wani d ¯ a da aka dade don Demeter da 'yarta Persephone, "Kore" ko budurwa.
A gefen Dutsen Olympus, tashar ilimin archaeological da gidan kayan gargajiya na Dion ya nuna a kan dutsen da kuma sauran manyan temples na Isis da sauran allahntaka.
Garin kauyen Litochoro yana da kyau kuma yana da matukar farawa don tafiyar da dutsen.
Aikin binciken archaeological kwanan nan ya samo tsohuwar dakin da ke zuwa lokacin Minoan, yana nuna cewa bauta wa wani allah a kan dutsen zai iya zama mazan da aka fara tunani.