Paris 2024 Olympics Summer Games

Welcome to the vibrant and enchanting world of the Paris Summer Olympics 2024!!

As the 'City of Light' hosts this spectacular global event, all eyes are on Paris this summer. However, France offers much more than the allure of its capital. While you immerse yourself in the excitement of the Games, we invite you to explore the diverse and stunning landscapes that make France a top destination for tourists.

Olympic Games: 26 July 2024 through 11 August 2024
Paralympic Games: 28 August through 8 September 2024

Travel inspiration and more about the Olympics

• Find flight deals to destinations in France
• Other interesting places to visit in France
• When and where is the next Olympics?
• Olympics: Origins, Flames, Rings

More interesting places to explore in Paris and France

Although the capital city of Paris doesn't need much introduction, but besides the classic touristic hotspots, read more about some underrated places in Paris. Also how about exploring beyond and visiting some treasure destinations around France?

✔️ What is the slogan and theme of the 2024 Paris Olympics?

The slogan for the 2024 Paris Olympics is: 'Games Wide Open'

It highlights the importance of inclusivity and accessibility, striving to ensure the Games are welcoming and accessible to all, both in participation and spirit. The 2024 Games prioritise inclusivity, sustainability, and the celebration of sport and culture with a strong emphasis on reducing carbon emissions, using existing and temporary venues and promoting eco-friendly practices.

✔️ When is the next Olympics after Paris?

After the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, Milan, Italy will host the Winter Olympics in 2026, followed by Los Angeles, USA for the next Summer Olympics in 2028.

Milano Cortina 2026

Olympic Games: 6 February through 22 February 2026
Paralympic Games: 6 March through 15 March 2026

The Milan Winter Games will be focused on the development and challenges of its host city and local regions. Northern Italy intends to use the Games to promote its mountainous regions, while also fulfilling its ambitions to become a new hub for winter sports.

How did the Olympics as we know them come to be?

Did you know that during the opening ceremony Greece leads the other teams by entering the stadium first in honour of the origin?

Origin of the Olympic Games

We all know that the Olympics were born in Ancient Greece, where it was a religious festival in which the major city-states competed against each other in various sportive events. After fading away for many centuries, it was revived in 1856 in Athens, sponsored by a wealthy Greek philanthropist. A few years later, in 1890, Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee, with the idea to hold the Games every four years, in rotating host cities around the world. Thus was born the modern tradition of the Olympic Games, to which we still abide to this day, except during exceptional crisis, like world wars or global pandemics.

The Olympic Flame

One of the most famous Olympic symbols, 'the Flame' is a reference to the Greek origins of the Games. For that reason, it is always lit in Olympia at the Temple of Hera, in Greece, by a woman performer portraying a priestess, joined by 10 other female performers playing Vestal Virgins. The Flame then lights the torch of the first relay bearer and passed it on to other bearers all the way to the host city, until it lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony.

Did you know that the Flame has been reintroduced as a symbol in 1928, the torch relay was introduced at the Nazi Games of 1936?

The Five Olympics Rings

We all know the 5 rings of the Olympic Games, but do you know what they actually mean? Each ring represents a continent (the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania), and they are all intertwined as 'a symbol of unity', which is truly the ideal of the Olympic Games, unity and peace through sports. The colours of the rings were chosen so that each participating country had at least one of the colours on its national flag.

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