Rappelling in Kalymnos
Rappelling in Kalymnos
Most mountaineers and climbers do not consider rappelling a separate sport. However, rappelling is included in many adventure holidays. In recent years, training in rappelling techniques has become an “introduction” to...
Trekking in Valia Calda
Trekking in Valia Calda
Mountains are charming and beautiful places whose attractions have drawn people since time immemorial. Great wooded mountain slopes—all white in winter and all green the rest of the year—capture our senses with...
Mountain biking in Epirus
Mountain biking in Epirus
Mountain biking evolved in the USA three decades ago when some venturesome bicyclists who rode backcountry trails started to customize their bicycles so that they could withstand rough terrain. Mountain biking Today’s...
Canoeing in the Nestos River
Canoeing in the Nestos River
Canoes became popular in Greece in the 1990s, along with kayaks, as a result of increasing environmental awareness, since both types of boat allow nature lovers to wander into the most intimate...
Rafting the Aliacmonas river
Rafting the Aliacmonas river
Rafting ranks among the most popular adventure sports worldwide. Besides challenging your skills and endurance, rafting offers uniquely beautiful natural vistas that remain invisible to landlubbers. Greece has many rivers suitable for...
Bungee Jumping in the Corinth Canal
Bungee Jumping in the Corinth Canal
The experience of plummeting towards the earth with only a rope tied to one’s ankles is not a phenomenon of our era. Its origin can be traced back in history and an...
Climbing in Meteora
Climbing in Meteora
In the past, climbing was part of mountaineering; to all intents, it included all the techniques used by mountaineers for climbing to a summit. However, climbing is now a separate sport with...
Skiing at Kaimakcalan
Skiing at Kaimakcalan
Skiing has always been the quintessential extreme sport, a paradigm of exhilarating freedom on one hand, and deep harmony with the elemental forces of nature on the other. Ever since the first...
Kayak in the Lousios and Alpheios rivers
Kayak in the Lousios and Alpheios rivers
Kayaking is a river sport and in that sense it has much common ground with rafting, but in actual practice it is definitely more demanding. While rafts are large inflatable affairs, long,...
Horse riding out of Argalasti
Horse riding out of Argalasti
Ever since young Alexander the Great went horseback hunting with bow and arrows in the Macedonian highlands of Greece—and long before that—the Greek countryside has been ideally suited for horseback adventure. Its...
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