I put together this Athens Travel Guide containing all the most useful information you will need for your trip to Athens, all concentrated on one page. If there is anything particular you wonder about for which you cannot find an answer on this guide, feel free to drop your question in the comment section below or contact me directly. Contents Historical … [Read more...]
All the good places to go Hiking in Athens, Greece
This post includes a list of all the good places you can go hiking in Athens, Greece, as well as useful information for planning your hiking trips there on your own. If there is anything particular you wonder about that you cannot find in this post, feel free to contact me and I will be happy to assist you. If you are looking for additional resources for planning your hiking … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Poikilo Oros in Athens
This is one of my hiking stories on a short sunset trip to Mount Poikilo Oros in Athens. If you are looking for inspiration and information for planning your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page. Or check out this page for more ideas about hiking near Athens.Mount Poikilo Oros (gr. Ποικίλο Όρος) is the lowest of the five mountains surrounding the … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Parnitha National Park near Athens
This post contains resources to help you plan your hiking trip to Mount Parnitha National Park, north of Athens, Greece. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.If you are interested in an organized, guided hiking tour, I invite … [Read more...]
Athens to Naflpio and Epidaurus Day Trip
The other day I was contacted by an Israeli photographer and was asked whether I could plan and guide him on a day trip outside of Athens in hunt for some good shots. After pondering all the many different options this beautiful country has to offer, we decided to head to the city of Nafplio and Argolis prefecture. If there was any area in this country that could boast of being … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Penteli near Athens
Having been lately situated in Russia, there were two things I missed: warm, sunny weather and mountains. Coming back to Greece right on time for the spring's advent, it was the exact right time to hit a mountain. At about noontime of this beautiful, mild spring day, My French friend Olivier and I were driving out of Athens' center bound to conquer the top of Mount … [Read more...]
A Hiking Trip on Mount Hymettus
After the cloudy mood of the past few weeks, a more casual for Greece, brilliant day finally rose over the peninsula of Attica this morning. The bright sky in combination with the mild, November temperature made a perfect day to do some hiking. At 8 am, I met in Syntagma Square, downtown Athens, the folks from the Mountaineering Club of Athens. All 35 individuals who made … [Read more...]
A Trip to Geraneia Mountains
It was an inexorably hot summer Saturday morning in Athens. All the roads leading out of the urban area were flooded by folks surging out of the city, seeking refuge from the heat at the country's numerous beaches. On one of those roads were we also, for the moment trapped inside the car which resembled an oven, slowly moving along with the dense traffic jam. Unlike most of the … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Cithaeron
Mount Cithaeron is a mountain located north of Athens, of which the highest peak, known as "Profitis Ilias" or "Elatias", rises to 1409 AMSL. The homonymous, elongated mountain range to which it belongs used to form the boundary between the territories of Athens and Thebes in ancient times; and the border between the Greek prefectures of Attica and Boeotia today.It's … [Read more...]
Hiking Mount Aigaleo in Athens
A sunny and peaceful Saturday morning... and we were driving our way out from Athens. Our destination was the Gereneia Mountains on the west border of Attica; however, there was only a tiny portion of the distance separating us from our destination we got to cover, after all. As the car was rolling along the highway by the outskirts of the city, that rolling of it started to … [Read more...]
