From Thessaloniki, we drove south to the Mt Olympus area. First stop was the town of Litochoro at the foot of Mt Olympus that we wanted to visit. We had booked the night before to stay at the Bayiri Petit Pension; which was a cute and quirky pension in Litochoro. We found the place just…
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Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2021 From Meteora, we drove eastwards towards the ancient city of Thessaloniki, where we planned to spend a few days. We decided to stop on the way for a coffee and stretch break, and we stopped at a town called Kozani. Upon researching this, we discovered that this was the saffron capital…
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Ioannina & Meteora, Greece, June 2021 After Patra (Peloponnese peninsula), we crossed back onto the mainland of Greece and drove northwards in Greece until about 30 miles south of Albania, we stopped to check out the town of Ioannina, where we had planned to stay a couple of days. Some scenes along the drive northwards…
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After Monemvasia, we drove westwards to the Mani region of the Peloponnese. Mani is a peninsula within Peloponnese peninsula, on the west side of Peloponnese. The locals are called Maniots and are descendants of the Spartans, whose military might was unmatched in Greece during 650BC times. Our stop for lunch was at Neo Itlio a…
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We left Mykonos taking a flight back to Athens, where we rented a car at the airport and drove west, bypassing Athens, towards the Peloponnese peninsula. The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, 21,500 sq kms in area, and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. It is connected…
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