Hiking the Mythical Mt. Olympus
Activity Description
Hiking the Mythical Mt. Olympus will take you to the spirit of ancient times coming through legends and stories, and beautiful hikes at Zeus’ home – Mountain Olympus, through outstanding areas of wild nature and picturesque villages on the way. Take your backpack, a free spirit for adventures, and join our program.
Highlights
- Hike in the most historical and mythical mountain
- The first national park of Greece
- Highest peaks of Greece, home of the Greek Gods
Is this trip good for me?
- There will be luggage transfer every time we change hotel
- A 30lt backpack should be ok
- Max walking 8 hours
- Average temp. in high summer 20 degrees
- Average walking hours per day 5
- 2 nights sleeping in the mountain refuge
Daily Itinerary (3 days)
- Day 1: MEETING WITH GUIDE WALK GORTZIA – MUSES PLATEAU
An impressive walk at the North side of Mt. Olympus awaits us. We start uphill the dense forest and soon the first views to the sea and the high alpine peaks will give us a chance to make a beautiful break. The refuge of Petrostrouga is a perfect balcony towards the sea. After our lunch, we continue to the high alpine terrain and reaching the Muses plateau we have a great view of the throne of Zeus, the peak Stefani. Overnight at the refuge.
- Day 2: REFUGE - PEAKS OF Mt.OLYMPUS – REFUGE A:
Today our course will be the impressive conquest of the most famous peaks of the mountain of God's “Olympus” to a limit of 2.911 meters. Then we hike under the impressive high cliffs of Mitikas (2918m) and Stefani (2909m) towards the plateau of the Muses, and overnight in refuge A the first refuge to be built on Mt. Olympus.
- Day 3: REFUGE A - MONASTERY
A chance to finish the hike by the majestic Enipeas river, and enjoy a forest walk. Mostly downhill we leave the refuge and hike to Prionia where we have a nice lunch. Continuing now by the river we have the chance to swim and finish the hike at the historic monastery of Ag. Dionisios.
Pricing table
- 2-3 pax 444€/person
- 4-5 pax 290€/person
- 6-7 pax 250€/person
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Cancellation policy
- Cancellation 14 days or more prior to the agreed activity starting date. You are automatically reimbursed for the full activity price.
- Cancellation between 7 and 14 hours prior to the agreed activity starting date. You are entitled to a 50% reimbursement.
- Cancellation 7 days or later are what we call last-minute cancellations. No reimbursements will be effected.
* If the activity is canceled by the cooperating company (due to weather, non-completion of minimum entries, force majeure, etc.), the price of your activity, is refunded in full.
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