Greece

By ivo

Thessaloniki

The route for today is not that long, about 80 km, because I am going to Thessaloniki. The second largest city in Greece with more than a million inhabitants and the main port in Greece. The road to it is quite boring, the only thing that strikes me are the many cotton fields. The white…

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The Greek highlight

When I leave the campsite in Kalambaka it is already nice and warm. It will be 35 degrees today and that makes me decide to head towards the coast, hoping it will be a bit cooler there. The number of campsites on the coast of this part of Greece can be counted on one hand. I choose…

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Magical Meteora

I am in the town of Kalambaka, Greece, but actually the region, Meteora, is more famous than the town. An incredibly beautiful landscape of rocks with steep vertical walls. What is special, however, is that on top of those rocks, as early as the 9th century, hermits made their own living environment. In the 11th century some monks also came there…

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