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Welcome to our Radltour!
April 12th 2012 until April 26th 2012
Participants:
Heide, gardener, age 49
Raimund 73, retired (in double function: the boss & as Oxi Quassel)
Iris, age 67, retired
Road bike Tour to the cradle of the Western culture
The author of this review: Iris from Austria - now retired
Bike Tour Peloponnese Tour 2012 (about 552 kilometers)
Preface:
My former managing director, who is an awesome bicyclist today has planned this tour carefully.
Our all aim: to ride to the cradle of the world culture.
Furthermore, we had a good ghost with us: Oxi Quassel, who explained all the details of the archeological sites and museums…
We have visited the archaeological sites & Museums of Athens, Delphi, Olympus, Mycenae, Epidaurus, Corinth & Aigina...; in the very last moment we hit the Greek National Museum at Athens...
We spent a day of at the beautiful Island Hydra (no cars...!)
Creek today is somehow renewed. All hotels, even the smallest ones, are equipped with air-condition, Flat screen TV, etc. In the bathroom always soup and shower gel.
If there is lift, stainless steel and glass…
You need to ride far to see ‘Old Creek’.
Our tour ended at the Island Hydra, which impressed us. No cars, no bicycles….
But we found the house of Leonard Cohen in the back of the main town…
To ride a bicycle at Athens is nearly impossible (car traffic!). We took the train, starting at Athens Larissa station, heading for Livadia.
To take a bicycle to train or bus you need to find agreement with the transportation personal. They are helpful.
Creek people in general friendly and helpful!
They have not developed the bicycle tourism; nevertheless, I believe the will do soon…
Only once I heard: ‘ride to the utmost right, bloody bastards’… . This was an exception from a local scooter rider…
All Creek people speak English as a second language. Same with traffic signs. Easy for foreigners.
If you speak to some, who does not understand English, you speak to a sheep...
By the way:
If you like dogs & cats...
Greek is the country with free running dogs and cats...
You may see plenty of them.
Nevertheless, there are people taking care for feed...
Promise: we will come again!
Enjoy the details and photos of our report.
Good luck to all our followers!
Details:
12. 04. 2012
Thursday
After Arrival at the airport take bus X95
This bus arrives at the center of Athens, near the Syntagma Square
1.day, travel day, check-in
night at:
Hermes Hotel www.hermeshotel.gr
Athens Center Square
Hotel www.athenscentersquarehotel.gr
Tel. ++30 210 32 22 706
Our arrival...
Impressive, a toilet for all three sexes:
guys checking the way with their GPS... (hopefully the find them...)
13. 04. 2012
Friday
2. day:
sightseeing at Athens (Acropolis, what else?!)
night:
same as the day before
14. 04. 2012
Saturday
3. day:
we start the tour.
With the train from Athens Larissa station to Livadia
Riding close to the Parnassos mountains, passing Arachova.
In rain…
Brrrr…
night at Delphi
Feriades Hotel
46, V.Pavlou & Friderikis str, GR - 33054 Delphi | Greece
Tel: +30 22650 82370
info@fedriades.com
distance round: 60 cold & wet kilometers
15. 04. 2012
Sunday
4. day:
a day at the ruins of Delphi
night at Delphi
Feriades Hotel
same as the day before
distance: 0 kilometers
16. 04. 2012
Monday
5. day
Follow Hwy 48 to the coast and head for Patra via Nafpaktos
Note: the ferry Egio / Aegion is closed!
But the new Patra bridge is impressive!
night at:
HOTEL ACROPOLE
St Andreou 32
262 21 - Patras
Tel.: (+3) 2610 - 279 809
E-mail: info@acropole.gr
distance: 122 kilometers
17. 04. 2012
Tuesday
6. day
by local bus to Pyros
by bicycle to Archaia Olympia
night at Olympia
Hotel Ilea (right in the middle of the town).
distance: 50 kilometers
18. 04.. 2012
Wednesday
7. day
Due to the wet ride we had days before, Iris went sick and we have taken the bus to Tripoli…
Good decision, because we spared 5.500 height meters in total. Very winding roads.
night at:
Alex hotel Tripoli
Alex Hotel
Βασ. Γεωργίου Α΄26, Τρίπολη 22100, Greek
Tel.: +30 271 022 3465
distance: 0 kilometers
19. 04. 2012
Thursday
8. day
again with the bus from Tripoli to the city of Argos
night at Argos
Palladion Boutique Hotel
Vas. Sofias 5, 21200, Argos,
TEL.: (+30) 27510 23266/22968
Some rides to the harbor Nea Kea
And
Late afternoon, we visited the archeological site of Mycenae
distance: 50 kilometers
20. 04. 2012
Friday
9. day
ride to Epidaurus.
Visiting the archeological site with the very impressive theater.
And further to Oraias Elinis (nearby Corinth)
Night at
SEA VIEW HOTEL
LOUTRA ORAIAS ELENIS, 20100 PREFECTURE OF KORINTHIA
Tel: 27410-33551 27410-33401 27410-33249
Web Site: http://www.sea-view.gr
distance: 110 kilometers
21. 04. 2012
Saturday
10. day
heading to Loutraki (nearby Corinth)
Passing the channel of Corinth at the ‘bridge which is lowered under the sea level, when ships passing by…
Very nice to see!
One creek explained: ‘das haben die Deitschen gebaut’!
night:
Ilion Hotel
El.Venizelou 50, Loutraki, 20 300
Peloponesse Greece
Tel: ( + 30 ) 27440 67928
Wonderful beach walk
distance: 90 kilometers
22. 04. 2012
Sunday
11. day
ride from Loutraki to Piraeus via the Island of Salamina
Islands via ferry boat, passing Perama
With a ferry from Piraeus to Aigina
Wonderful ride on side roads
An unknown hotel next to the harbor and the church…
distance: 70 kilometers
the morning bells from Aigina:
23. 04. 2012
Monday
12. day
Morning ride to the archeological site of Aigina (quite hilly)
With a ferry boat to the Island of Poros and further to Hydra
night:
An unknown hotel near to the harbor
distance: 50 kilometers
Hydra is an Island with no cars (consequently no real roads in order to go bicycling).
Mules transport all goods.
who's motorcycle is this?
24. 04. 2012
Tuesday
13. day
night:
same as the day before
distance: 0 kilometers
25. 04. 2012
Wednesday
14 day
by ferry boat back to Piraeus (Athens)
walk the Plaka flee market area…
& have visited the Creek National Museum in the last minute...:
26. 04. 2012
Thursday
15 day
Our day of leave
take bus X95
This bus departs near Syntagma Square and arrives at Athens Int’l airport
depart at Athens
distance: 0 kilometers
Finally...
a Creek saying:
(be patient...)
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