Bike touring Greece (Peloponnese: Athens to Poros)
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
- I bicycle toured around Greece with my friends Bobby and Natalie in the summer of 2023. We rode from Athens along the north of the Peloponnese peninsula with stops in Ancient Corinth, Mykines, Nafplio, Epidavros, Methana and Poros amongst a few others. This was a "credit card" tour so we only stayed in hotels and B&Bs. Hope you enjoy my trip summary.
0:00 Intro
1:28 Athens
2:19 First Day of Riding (Piraeus, Salamina & Pachi)
4:41 Ancient Corinth
6:41 Ancient Nemea & Mykines
7:42 Argos
9:06 Nafplio
9:57 Ancient Epidavros
10:29 Methana
12:16 Galatas & Poros
13:02 Food
13:34 Hospitality
15:06 Outro - Спорт
Great video, thanks for posting 😊
thanks for watching
Nice trip and very intresting video! Thank you Yuriy!
thanks for watching!
One of your best videos yet! Looks like it was a beautiful trip :)
thanks manny and thanks for the advice! it was beautiful, hard not to have an amazing time.
Nice film! Looks like fun.
thanks, it was a blast but just left me with a longer list of places i want to go.
Well done Yuriy!
thanks man, hope to get you on a trip soon!
Those goatheads were so terrible in Turkey. At the end of the day, we had 4-5 on each wheel as we arrived at the hotel and our nightly ritual was to remove them and spin the wheels so the sealant could do its work. About 4 days in, we had to add more sealant to survive. Definitely needs some preparation to survive those things
yeah, they were an instant puncture every time for certain tires. the kevlar belts and what have you can hold them off for a while but every bike had at least one flat, luckily mine was after we finished riding.
We're moving to Athens for 2-3 years. I'm trying to assess how much biking I'll be able to do. From being in Athens previously, I remember that there aren't many cyclists around the city center, but would be curious of your insight? We'll probably live in the northern suburbs (Kifissia area) so maybe I'll be able to get out to the mountain roads north of there.
i wasn't there super long and mostly in the central areas but it certainly didn't feel like a cycling city. hectic and crowded with very narrow streets and barely any sidewalks. that said the minute you leave the city the riding is amazing so you should definitely bring a bike and ride all around. you can take it to some islands too where there is almost no traffic and some beautiful roads and trails. aegina is about 45 mintues on a boat out of piraeus and has some awesome ruins on a hill. some people don't like athens but i had a great time, hope you enjoy your stay.
Thank you for sharing this bike tour 🚴🚴♂️🚴🏻♀️🙏🙂 weather was great dry no rain 👌 a bit remote rural route though. I have one question: in general, would it be better to take a foldable bike on the plane instead of full size bike if it’s for city or town leisure ride ?
i'd say you'd be fine with a folding bike on almost all of the roads we rode. they do often have funny handling and may not be equipped for hilly terrain but i think there's a way to make it work through this section of greece. give it a try and report back. thanks for watching.
How many kilometres did you cover ?
by my math about 290, not a lot but very high quality kilometers and a ton of great sights