Cycling in the Peloponnese of Greece – Bike Touring Blog

Day 1 of my bike tour in the Peloponnese of Greece began from Athens. I chose to cycle all the way through to Corinth from Athens. If planning your own tour, you could choose to skip this section and take a train instead. Here's my vlog from the day.

Day 2 of my bicycle tour around the Peloponnese region of Greece. On this leg, I cycled from Corinth to Nafplion, stopping at the UNESCO site of Mycenae along the way.

Day 3 of my bike tour in the Peloponnese in Greece. Basing myself in Nafplion, I took the bike out without panniers to visit the sites of Tiryns and Lerna. These two sites were connected with the myth of Hercules and the 12 Labours. It's this myth that I in part based my cycling route of the Peloponnese on.

On day 4 of my Peloponnese bicycle tour, I moved on to another location connected with the myth of Hercules and the 12 Labours. This time it was Lake Stymphalia.

On Day 5 of the bicycle tour, I cycled on from Lake Stymphalia and headed toward the Greek coastline. Today's destination was Akrata Beach, a place I had previously visited when cycling from Greece to England.

My time cycling along the coastline in the Peloponnese was short lived, as it was to head up into the mountains. In the winter, the area around Kalavrita is known as a ski resort. At this time of year though, it's a great place to cycle!

You could say there was lots of up and down on this long day's cycling! My ultimate destinations was Ancient Olympia, where I aimed to stay for a couple of nights. As such, I could afford to put in the extra effort needed to do the combined distance and elevation required, knowing there was a nice bed ready for me at the end of the night!

Zero cycling today, as I spent the day walking around Ancient Olympia and its museum. This was one of the most important centers in the ancient Greek world, and of course, the place where the Olympic Games was born.

After the day spent at Olympia, it was time to resume my bike tour around the Peloponnese in Greece. This vlog covers the places I saw as I cycled to Gialova.

Not many people realise that Greece has some marvellous Venetian castles. During today's section of the Peloponnese bike tour, I stopped by one of them, and also visited a few other places along the way.

Another day, another cycling vlog! Although Finikounda is an area I could easily spend longer in, I was on something of a schedule when it came to this bike tour. Today, I cycled on to Petalidi.

Leaving the coastline, I cycled inland across the Peloponnese and to the town of Megalopoli. Perhaps this name is a joke or a Greek version of sarcasm, because it wasn't really that big!

Cycling across the inland Peloponnese once more, my destination for the day was Tripoli. This cycling vlog details what I got up to, and some thoughts from the road.

Time to head to the coast, as I wanted to eventually visit another archaeological site. In today's episode, I cycled between Tripoli and Tolo.

Epidaurus is one of the more remarkable sites in Greece. It's a UNESCO World Heritage designated site, and perhaps most famous for the acoustics in the theatre. People sitting far away in the high seats can literally hear a pin being dropped!

With the bike tour in the Peloponnese coming to an end, it was time to complete the loop, and start the route back to Athens. In this episode, I finished the day at a campsite by the sea. This is a campsite I had stayed in a couple of years earlier when cycling from Greece to England.

And finally, the bike tour ended back in Athens. There's always mixed feeling when finishing a tour - Satisfaction that it is complete, happiness for the things seen and achieved, and also that seed of thought that it's time to start planning the next bike tour!