I love summer. It’s definitely my favorite season, at least here in Greece. Over the years I have been accustomed to high temperatures (or low, doesn’t really matter to me) hiking or cycling on the mountains during the hottest days of the Greek summers. This is a valuable advantage because mountain roads in Greece (and…
Category: Tours and great sleeps in nature
A solo excursion to ‘the rock'(the rock above Aiges village) (a photo travelogue)
It’s not very often that I go cycling by myself, but when I do I have a great time! I love the freedom of being able to stop and enjoy places whenever I want, or stop and eat wild fruits from the side of the road, rest as much as I want or push my…
Re-discovering the ghost villages of Aetoloacarnania (photo travelogue)
During the last Easter Holidays, we decided to explore the Akarnanika mountains in Western Greece. I’ve been wanting to see these mountains for years, since the day I first saw them while I was sitting inside a car. One of the things that got me really excited about this journey was the fact that these…
Patra – Livadia & Thessaloniki – Patra Tour (Photo travelogue)
Few months ago, a friend suggested the idea to cycle over to the city of Thessaloniki, spent one or two days there and come back by train. I said no at the time because I was swamped under work and couldn’t take more than 3 days off. Coincidentally, 2 months later my girlfriend booked a…
Christmas Holiday Tour in Kremaston Lake (a photo travelogue)
This Christmas holidays me and two friends decided to cycle all the way to the Kremaston lake in the central Greece area. Christmas and Easter holidays are usually the time when we plan out bigger tours in mountainous places around Greece. This route was selected by me because of the nice rural areas, the big…
Bike trip to celebrate graduation (Lamia – Patra) (a photo travelogue)
On 12th of December I went to the city of Lamia to get my bachelor’s degree. It took me almost 13 years to finish this university (wayy above average), so a degree in my hand after all those anxiety filled years would be be a great way to end a pretty good year. Anyway, the…
Bicyclosis : Oldschool Cycling 