In Details

  You set out for the 159 km cycling tour with road bikes. Your target is to complete the circle ride around the mythical mount Olympus. You have the great opportunity to meet the coastline of its eastern areas, the mountainous villages, the Western Olympus in Thessaly and the Northern Olympus in Pieria.

Starting from  Platamon you follow the route for the picturesque mountainous village of Palaios Panteleimonas where you have a shortstop, so as to admire the beautiful view towards the base of Eastern Olympus and the sea that lays in front of you! You keep on cycling on the uphill road to Kallipefki. The next stop for a catch-up and taking some pictures is in Patomeni, a place that is located 2 kilometres from Kallipefki, in mount Olympus, Thessaly.

You keep going as you move towards the provincial road of Larissa – Kallipefki and from there you move on, passing by all the villages of Western Olympus in Thessaly (Karia, Sikaminea, Kriovrisi, Olympiada, Kallithea, Lophos, Dolichi, Pythio). We keep moving by passing by the villages of mount Olympos in Pieria (Aghios Dimitrios, Photeina, Kato Milia, Moschochori, Neokaisareia, Andromachi, Nea Ephesos, Kontariotissa, Karitsa, Dion, Port of Litochoro, Plaka, Leptokarya, Platamon). 

The 159 km cycling tour around the mount Olympus is completed at the starting point, where there will be a stop for relaxation and refilling or swimming in the beach.

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