Late in the evening, a curvy road brought us to the famous beach resort of Northern Evia – Pefki. It lies in a lush landscape with pine trees facing Pagasitic Gulf. It has four kilometers long pebble beach with sandy spots. Along the beach, there are many restaurants, cafes, and a popular...
We drove from Athens (🛣️ 8.30 EUR / Class 3) late afternoon to beautiful Evia Island. It is the second largest island in Greece after Crete. Along with Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, it is one of the two islands connected to the mainland by a bridge. It’s just a short drive from Athens. but...
The north of Peloponnese was very difficult to navigate to some beach accessible with our truck, finally, we found east of Patras large and busy Agiias beach. We arrived there just for the sunset, it’s a pebble beach on the rocky coast with deep and cold waters, there are also showers...
After a long day on the scooter, we drove just 10 minutes downhill from Areopoli to very little Itilo beach. It is one of two beaches in a large bay, it’s a pebble beach with some sandy spots and umbrellas with chairs for 10 EUR / day. There is a minimarket, gyros fast food, Oasis bar...
After extended sightseeing, we drove a few kilometers to the north to Pori beach. It is one of the longest beaches in the Peloponnese, with an excellent view of old Monemvasia and its fortress. Its two kilometers long beach, mainly sandy with small pebbles, the south bеach end has sоme...
Surrounded by the teal waters of the Aegean Sea, imposing Monemvasia is an iceberg-like slab of rock, with sheer cliffs rising hundreds of meters from the sea, linked to the mainland by a single, highly defensible 200 meters long causeway. While uninhabited in antiquity, the rock may have...
On the way to the south, we stopped for an overnight at the largest beach in Laconia located just two kilometers from the town of Gythion. It is six kilometers long sandy beach with small pebbles. It gets livelier in summer, but thanks to its size, it never gets overcrowded. We parked...
We made a relaxed overnight at the gravel car park next to the sandy beach in Arcadia, just four kilometers from Paralio Astros. We arrived there in the evening and parked next to the scary abandoned church, but the ghosts were friendly and let us sleep. The next morning we got a...
We spent the afternoon in the small charming city of Nafplio. It occupies a knockout waterside location beneath the towering Palamidi fortress and is graced with attractive narrow streets, elegant Venetian houses, neoclassical mansions, and interesting museums. It’s also chock-full of...
To forget the heat of Athens and Mycenae, we took a one-day beach holiday at gorgeous palm-tree-lined long sandy Karathona Beach. We had great parking in a shade of a big tree, the whole beach is flat and easy to walk. There are two restaurants and a few beach bars with snack food and...