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...]
Hiking in Greece – Your Guide for exploring the Greek Nature on foot
If you are an outdoors enthusiast and you are planning to travel to Greece, then... congratulations! You've done a great choice! Greece, with its countless wild mountains, remote beaches, and astounding wilderness, offers virtually endless possibilities for thrilling hiking adventures. If you are looking for resources to help you organize your hiking trip in Greece, then you … [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...]
Drymonas Waterfalls and Mount Xiron (Xiron Oros) on North Evia
It was one of the first days of 2018 which found me and my good company at the village of Mantoudi on the north of the island of Evia. The winter had been wild last days, so we'd spent them mostly chilling at home. Finally, on the day of this story, the sky adapted a merry, favorable to our imminent excursion mood.Early in the morning, without even having had breakfast, we got … [Read more...]
A Winter Trip to Mount Pelion in Magnesia, Greece
This is a post about hiking on Mount Pelion in Magnesia Region of Central Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.It was about noontime of a freezing-cold, overcast day we were crossing the bridge over the straits of Euripus separating the island of Euboea from the Greek … [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...]
Climbing Mount Artemision in Peloponnese
This is a post about hiking Mount Artemision in Peloponnese, Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.Sunday was about to dawn in Syntagma Square, downtown Athens. For the hour, the city was surprisingly animated by crowds of drunk people wandering around aimlessly, as if … [Read more...]
Hiking to the Top of Mount Tymfrestos (Velouchi)
This is a post about hiking Mount Tymfrestos in Central Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page.Tymfrestos, also known as Velouchi, is a mountain located in central Greece, between the prefectures of Eurytania and Phthiotis. It reaches a maximum elevation of 2315 AMSL … [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...]
