Travelogues Thessaly and Central Greece

View of Volos from the village of Makrinitsa

Dear diary. Greece is really beautiful. The weather is warm. The sun shines every day. I really enjoy the food. My favorite meal is something with meat and fries. I have...

Kastoria, Kastraki, Kalambaka, Karditsa... das kann sich doch niemand merken...7.10. Fr https://www.komoot.de/tour/946556402?ref=aso Ich verabschiede mich wehmütig von Goricë e...

April 23-25, 2022: Meteora, Kastraki, Kalambaka F. Before I write about our spectacular visit to the Meteora Monasteries, I still have to say something about Orthodox Easter....

Corfu - Igoumenitsa - Fotino - Vikos Canyon - Ioannina - Metsovo - Katara Pass - Kastraki/Meteora

April 18-19, 2022: Chalkida, Delphi F. On the way from Athens to Delphi, we spent a rainy day in Chalkida, in Evia (also called Euboea in German). Because this second largest...

So, we were back in Albania, drove to the Greek border and crossed it. Finally, we were able to drive on a proper highway and less crowded country roads. Suddenly, we came...

Greece and our conclusion. Since there are different opinions on a joint trip, you will also get the conclusion individually. RONNY: - a very beautiful country, - nice and...

Finally arrived in Delphi, or rather at the campsite in the rain, which has an impressive view. Presumably, that was also the reason why there was a concentrated mass of British...

Grand Canal

After the Meteora Monasteries, we longed for the sea again. We drove across Greece and ended up on the other side, on the east coast of the mainland, on the Pilion Peninsula. As...

The Metéora Monasteries are located east of the Pindos Mountains in Thessaly. One of the unique things about these monasteries is that they appear to be floating in the fog....

Exciting thing today! Yesterday at the end it was a bit challenging, but today the undeserving traveler has chosen a path where the exhausting day before was a tiny rabbit poop...

The today's stage could also be called: 'how to completely destroy your bike within 500 meters after 4000 kilometers of smooth riding.' I was looking forward to a short stage,...

In the morning, I received a great breakfast and lots of good wishes for the rest of the trip from my host family (it definitely didn't feel like a hotel). Then I restocked...

April 2nd, 2024: Today we drive to Delphi in 3.5 hours. It's getting greener; almost 30°; However, the sun is pale, the light is pale, the colors do not come into their own....

53. Tag: As we want to mitigate the effects of the bad weather front approaching here, we have left Euboea and moved northwards to Pelion. Pelion, called Pilio here, is...

I spent a hot summer in 2021 on AIDAblu in Greece, our itinerary was as follows: Corfu - Athens - Rhodes - Crete - Katakolon - Corfu - Katakolon - Crete - Rhodes - Athens -...

54. Tag: Unfortunately, there will be no sunrise this morning as the sky is cloudy. So we can sleep a little longer. Afterwards, we take a morning walk along a hidden path to a...

52. Tag: Until early afternoon we hang out at the beach of Agias Annas: knitting, reading, sunbathing, etc. As there are lots of jellyfish in the water and we would like to cool...

51. Tag: Once again, we are greeted by a bright blue sky in the morning. We quickly set off for the island of Euboea. After Crete, it is the second largest Greek island and can...

Day 21: The travel guide advises being there early if you want to visit the temple complex at Delphi. That's why we are already at the Athena Pronaia Temple before it opens. And...

Days 1 and 2 with a net sleep time of 2.5 hours on the most uncomfortable car seat since the invention of the automobile. Unless you are driving yourself - the driver's seat is...

We have of course heard and read about the Meteora Monasteries. Seeing them has impressed us a lot and the boys liked it too. We arrived in Kastraki in the late afternoon, this...

Day 20: Today we went hiking in the magnificent surroundings of Delphi. We followed paths that were already used by the Delphi pilgrims in ancient times to reach various holy...

The missed dinner was compensated the next morning with a particularly extensive visit to a bakery in Loukisia. In perfect weather and on a calm, well-paved road, we first...

After a total of nine days of driving pause, I started heading north with a niggling calf to finally get back to the coast. Fortunately, on Sundays, the city traffic in Athens...

After a few wonderful days at the crystal-clear Gulf of Corinth, we headed to the mountains of central Greece. In this mountain landscape, the highest peaks in Greece can be...

Last night, a pretty strong wind suddenly came up. You could see lightning in the sky. So we quickly brought in all our stuff. But it stopped at the wind. Nothing more. The...

After leaving Athens with a hint of nostalgia, we feel like explorers again and enjoy the drive towards Meteora through diverse landscapes: through vast plains with cotton...