From Stemnitsa we turned onto a road with countless hairpins, dropping into the valley of the Lousios river. At an old bridge over the river our hike into the gorge started. Beside of the fantastic landscape, the monasteries plastered to the walls of the gorge are the main attraction on this hike. From this bridge …
In the mountain village of Andritsena, a market is held every Friday, where local farmers sell their products. A good opportunity to stock up on fruit and veggies. There are also a couple of shops including a supermarket, so everything you need you can buy here and support the locals. Much more fun than going …
Over a road recently cleared from a landslide, we reached the Neda river and the village of Figalia, from where we wanted to hike to the Stórmio waterfalls. We parked just outside of Figalia, which was an ancient town of some importance and remains of the circular wall of over 3 km are still visible. …
How to visit an archeological site during lockdown? By flying over it! We got a spectacular view of Ancient Messene, explored the once 9km long city wall, came past a Y shaped ancient bridge and a 1000 year old tiny church, covered with big trees. The day ended with an adrenalin rush when we traversed …
Our first destination, after we had finally left our camping at the coast, was Ancient Messene, the impressive ruins of the large classical city-state refounded in 369 BC at the site of an even older town. The archeological site was closed due to Corona, but we had intended to climb the mountain Ithome anyway. The view …
Before we leave our camping with its incredible beach, we want to give you some impressions. Camping Aginara was really a nice place to spend some time. There was this red bench at the beach bar, which was the perfect spot for a sundowner. We got into the habit to get there in time with …
As we are kind of waiting for the lockdown to ease so that restaurants and tourist sights are allowed to open again, we are in no hurry to get anywhere. We are still at the same lovely camping going on hikes or cycling. The rest of the time is spent working, reading and cooking. Famished …
On our hikes and cycling trips we see so many flowers, which is something we have really missed during the last months. We took our time to take pictures, which always lets you see so much more. Often we have a 100mm makro lens with us, which is really great for all the closeups. Otherwise …
South of Patras we stayed at Aginara Beach Camping, from where we could explore the remains of a roman bath and the castle of the crusaders. We were enjoying the vegetation of the Mediterranean coast with almonds in bloom and so many different flowers, something we hadn’t had for month while traveling in the North. …
We had 72 hours to get from a COVID test laboratory to the Greek border. That’s how old the PCR test may be at most to enter Greece. We had to cross into Italy and drive down to Ancona, not knowing how the situation will be at the border. From Ancona we wanted to take …
