The Best Hiking in Greece

Santorini is a fun little Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea. While the island does have a small airport, the most common way to get there is via a ferry from Athens.There are several ferry operators that differ in speed and price. I took a Blue Star Ferry and got to the island of Santorini in about 8 hours.Once on the island you can take a bus from the port to Fira. Here you can either rent...

Getting to the trailhead of Mount Olympus includes a 17km drive up the winding mountains north of the Greek town of Litochoro. Once at the trailhead, begin the steady ascent up the Prionia trail. There are three official routes up Mount Olympus, but Prionia is the most traveled and easiest route to the top. Most of those climbing Mount Olympus complete the hike over two days, with an overnight ...

This hike starts Southwest of Sougia at the far end of the Sougia harbor. There will be a rocky beach and a small wooden gate that you must open and close behind you. There will be a little wood sign that says "Lissos" to let you know that you're headed in the right direction. The first 30 minutes or so of the trail will be through pines, with the exception of a couple fallen branches the trail...

The birth place for the God Zeus, you enter through the easier part of the mountain called Aria Spring/Cave of Zeus. Getting there from the center of Naxos is about a 12 kilometer 4wheeler ride to the base of the mountain. Travelling is very easy, there are signs up in English to point you in the right direction. You will pass through a few villages with plenty of local restaurants you can stop...

People travel to the island of Zakynthos solely to see the beautiful views of Shipwreck Beach. The water is a blue color you never knew existed and is worth the hype and more. The view from the top is my personal favorite but you can also take a boat trip to the beach from May - September. The only way to access the beach is by boat. The whole island of Zakynthos is fueled off of this attractio...

Imbros Gorge is one of the many gorges that can be found in the White Mountains sierra at the south-western part of the island of Crete, Greece. The gorge is part of the E4 European hiking path and it is easily accessible and properly marked. The name of the gorge comes from the village that marks its beginning, Imbros. The village is located on the road that connects Chania with Chora Sfakion...

Meskla and Zourva are two villages located at the roots of the White Mountains sierra, island of Crete, Greece. Both villages are easily accessible by road, however there is a path that connects them that is a hiker's paradise. Starting from Meskla, one enters the woods and soon enough arrives at the small gorge of Sarakina. The gorge, despite being short, is very impressive. It follows the ban...

I did this 2 years ago and I still rank it as one of the most beautiful days of my entire life. For pretty much the entire walk, you are looking at incredible views over the caldera of the island of Santorini. You will stop constantly to take pictures and say, "wow" so give yourself plenty of time. I rank this as beginner/intermediate because while partfs of it are on cobblestoned streets or pa...

Kalami beach is one of the most secluded beaches in the island of Kythera. The reason that this amazing beach remains secluded is because it takes considerable effort to get there - at least for people who are not into hiking. From the village of Mylopotamos you take the small road towards the monastery of Panagia Orfani (approximately 10min - 4km). At the monastery there is a small parking are...

The lagoon of Balos is located on the northwestern end of Crete and it is probably one of the most famous beaches in Crete. Famous for its turquoise waters and an impressive surrounding landscape that includes mountains and small islands, it is visited by thousands of tourists each year. The lagoon may be approached in two different ways. The easiest is by ferry from Kissamos port, however sinc...

Livaditis waterfall is a 60 meter high waterfall (considered to be the biggest in the Balkans area in terms of quantity and volume of water) located in a pristine forest between the cities of Drama and Ksanthi in northern Greece.To reach the trail that leads to the waterfall, you drive past the village of Livaditis and then towards the village of Erymanthos. It is a 2km gravel road that leads t...

Pahnes is the highest summit of White Mountains sierra (Lefka Ori in greek) at western Crete. It is located at the heart of what the locals call "mountain desert", a unique geological area at an altitude of 2000m and above, where one may encounter more than 30 peaks lying above in cone-like shapes. The easiest way to get to the trail is to follow the dirt road that starts from Anopolis and ente...

Omalos plateau is one of the highest plateaus in Crete at an altitude of 1080m above sea level. It is located in the heart of the White Mountains sierra and it is surrounded by seven of their peaks. One of them is the iconic Gigilos. From far away, Gigilos seems the wildest of all, however it has the easiest trail to reach the peak and therefore it is the summit that is most accessible. Gigilo...

Seitan Limania is one tiny secluded beach with turquoise waters surrounded by an amazing landscape. Until recently, almost nobody knew it and even fewer people visited it - most of them with boats. But with the rising of social media, this small paradise became one of the most photographed and sought after prizes to post in the popular media accounts and therefore now, literally thousands of pe...

About 16km from the city of Chania, Crete, is the monastery of Gouverneto. You can park you car at the parking area near the monastery and start your descent towards the sea through a small, yet very interesting gorge, Katholiko gorge. The first part of the descent is through rock steps, curved by the monks to connect the monastery of Gouverneto with the (now) abandoned Katholiko monastery from...

The Panta Vrehi canyon is located in the south parts of the Evritania region in Greece. The canyon follows Krikeliotis river and hence a significant part of the trek puts you inside the river (river trek). The name of the canyon, Panta Vrehi, in greek means the place where it is always raining. This is because in one part of the canyon, ice cold waters that originate from the surrounding mount...