After busy Thessaloniki, we took a rest at nearby sandy Potamos Beach, which is the gateway to the Thermaic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. As the prettiest beach near Thessaloniki, Potamos is particularly popular among city-dwellers during the weekends. It is situated on the open sea, so the...
We were not sure, how to enter Olympus National Park with our truck, so we did pay a visit to the local office in Litochoro, where we got all the necessary information for our tomorrow’s exploration of the national park and mythic Mount Olympus. This little town stretches up the...
After the visit to Platamon Castle, we drove a few minutes down to Skotina Beach. It is a sandy beach divided into two parts, one part belongs to a nearby army base where only army personnel can enter. There are many budget hotels and apartments in the area, so some simple touristic...
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...