Twelve Professionals from Dimitsana fully restored, with voluntary work, the path from the Open Air Water Power Museum to Monastery Philosophou. With a “commando” operation on Monday, April 16, 2018, they settled waters, pulled stones from the millraces, cleaned grass, resulting in little or no water being present in this part of the path. The […]
The Menalon Social Cooperative Enterprise, behind the creation and promotion of the Menalon Trail hiking path in the Peloponnese, clinched the gold award for “Specialty Travel – Outdoor Tourism” at this year’s Tourism Awards held at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center in Athens. The Menalon Cooperative was awarded for organizing two outstanding tourism initiatives: the 1st Greek Trails Conference in the Peloponnese village of Vytina last […]
The “Menalon Social Enterprise” was recently awarded with the Gold Medal at the 2018 Tourism Awards in the category «Specialty Travel – Outdoor Tourism» for its two main initiatives: the 3rd European Conference of LQT (Leading Quality Trails) of the European Ramblers Association and the 1st Greek Hiking Trail Meeting, in order to setup and place […]
A two-year study program aimed at educating hiking guides was presented during the 1st Greek Trails Conference held in the Peloponnese village of Vytina over the weekend. A total of 33 students are currently studying to become professional mountain hiking guides as part of a newly introduced IEK (Institute for Vocational Training) program with classes being held at the […]
“International flights to Kalamata have made the Peloponnese much more accessible,” says Rachel Howard. “But there are still pockets where few foreign tourists venture, especially if you head to the hills. Completed in 2015, the 75km Menalon Trail runs through the heart of Arcadia, a region as bucolic as its name suggests. Mountain paths take you […]
At a time when all talk is focused on overtourism and its unwanted “side effects”, some people in Greece are actively doing something about it. Way before the term was coined and “sustainability” was just a buzz word, passionate individuals across the country decided to revive the long forgotten footpaths of yesteryear and breathe new […]
By Maria Paravantes From Andros and Amorgos to Epirus and newcomer Arcadia, representatives of hikers’ associations got together in the Peloponnese village of Vytina over the weekend for the 1st Greek Trails Conference, where they exchanged know-how, ideas and best practices with their European counterparts during the parallel 3rd European Leading Quality Trails meeting. The two-day event kicked off with the official […]
Marios Blanas and his companion dog start their truffle hunting in Peloponnese, southwest Greece on Nov. 5, 2017. At an altitude of 1,500 meters, 51-year-old Marios Blanas and his companion dog Lacta, an Italian Griffon, start their routine day hunting “black diamonds”, the valuable delicacy of truffles in Menalon Mountain, in Peloponnese, southwest Greece. (Xinhua/Lefteris […]
A Greek from Athens hikes near Vytina of mountainous Arcadiathe in Peloponnese, on Nov. 5, 2017. The first Greek hiking trail meeting was held here. (Xinhua/Lefteris Partsalis) A Greek from Athens hikes near Vytina of mountainous Arcadiathe in Peloponnese, on Nov. 5, 2017. The first Greek hiking trail meeting was held here. (Xinhua/Lefteris Partsalis) […]
Photo taken on Nov. 4, 2017, shows Jose Perez Mavrogenis, 24, melting metal with a gas torch at the Silver and Gold Smithery School of Stemnitsa, Greece. In Stemnitsa, a small traditional stone village of about 200 residents on the slope of the fiery Mount Menalon, about 150 km southwest of Athens, a technical […]
From Stemnitsa to Lagkadia
Lenght 75.2 km
Altitude 420 - 1550 m
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