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 … [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 … [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...]
Climbing Mount Dirfys from the North Side
This is a post about a hiking trip in Mount Dirfys on Evia Island in Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page. Early morning in Chalkida city. The streets had just started becoming busier but they were still quiet. The fierce summer sun had just started heating the … [Read more...]
A Hiking Trip to Mount Kyllini
This is a post about a hiking trip to Mount Kyllini, the highest mountain in Peloponnese region of Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page. It was an exquisite Greek summer morning. The blue color which dominated the sky was steadily adopting brighter tints as the … [Read more...]
Hiking to the top of Mount Ochi and its mysterious Dragon House
This is a post about hiking Mount Ochi on southern Evia Island in Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page. Mount Ochi (gr: Όχη, also spelt Oche or Ohi) is the third highest mountain on Euboea Island in Greece. It is located in the southernmost part of the island, north … [Read more...]
Climbing Mount Giona, the Highest Mountain of Southern Greece
This is a post about climbing Mount Giona, the highest mountain in southern Greece. If you are looking for information and inspiration for planning out your hiking adventures throughout Greece, check out this resources page. Profound darkness was prevalent on half of the earth's surface where Greece is situated when, me and my friend Kasper, we were driving past the straits … [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 … [Read more...]