Kalamata Tours

The old town of Kalamata from the castle with the dome of the Holy Apostles among terracotta roofs, the start of the city walk on Kalamata tours

Kalamata tours run out of the Messinian capital at the head of the gulf: the tower villages of Mani, the flooded galleries of the Diros caves, the olive-and-fig food walk through the old town, Nestor’s Palace above Pylos, and Byzantine Mystras across the Taygetos. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide … Read more

Acheron River Rafting and Kayaking

Walkers wading up the clear shallow Acheron between the gorge walls at Glyki, the water the kayak runs launch into

Acheron river rafting kayaking runs from the springs at Glyki in Epirus, where the river the ancients called the water of the underworld surfaces cold and clear under the Souli mountains, on paddles of five and a half or thirteen kilometres booked out of Parga. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Vikos Gorge Hike

The Vikos gorge from the Beloi viewpoint with the white riverbed running between the cliffs, the canyon a Vikos gorge hike crosses

The Vikos gorge hike runs from Monodendri down to the springs at Vikos village, twelve kilometres through the deepest gorge in the world by depth-to-width ratio, a descent of seven hundred metres and a climb back out that takes six to seven hours. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide covers … Read more

Ioannina Tours

Lake Pamvotida at Ioannina with the snow-capped Pindus behind and the island in the mist, the crossing on Ioannina tours

Ioannina tours run from the walled city on Lake Pamvotida: a day inside the castle and the Its Kale citadel, the ten-minute boat to the lake island and its monasteries, the oracle and theatre at Dodoni, and the mountain roads into Tzoumerka and Zagori. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide … Read more

Voidomatis River Rafting

The turquoise pool of the Voidomatis below the Vikos gorge in autumn, the water a Voidomatis river rafting run crosses

Voidomatis river rafting runs the clear cold water below the Vikos gorge, from the bridge at Aristi down to the old stone arch at Klidonia, a grade one to two float of about two hours that families with young children paddle alongside first-timers. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide sets … Read more

Pelion Villages Tour

A painted Pelion mansion above the slate roofs of Makrinitsa with Volos and the Pagasetic Gulf below, the balcony view on a Pelion villages tour

A Pelion villages tour climbs from Volos into the stone settlements of the mountain, taking in Makrinitsa on its balcony above the gulf, the mansion lanes of Vizitsa and Pinakates, and Milies with the station of the Moutzouris narrow-gauge train, over four to eight hours. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This … Read more

Halkidiki Boat Tours

The Byzantine tower on the Ouranoupoli waterfront with boats moored beside it, the departure point for Halkidiki boat tours

Halkidiki boat tours sail from Ouranoupoli on the Athos peninsula and from Ormos Panagias on Sithonia, running the Blue Lagoon and Ammouliani circuit, the Drenia sandbars and the coastal line of Mount Athos, with swim stops and lunch on board through a day of five to seven hours. Plan the rest of the trip with … Read more

Crete Hot Air Balloon

A hot air balloon drifting low through mist at sunrise, the dawn flight a Crete hot air balloon trip is built around

A Crete hot air balloon flight lifts off at first light over the Lasithi Plateau, the high stone-walled plain ringed by the Dikti mountains, and stays in the air for about an hour before the chase crew brings the basket down among the fields. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. This guide … Read more

Athens Helicopter Tour

Athens spread below with the Acropolis and the Parthenon on the rock and the Saronic Gulf beyond, the view an Athens helicopter tour delivers

An Athens helicopter tour is a twenty to fifty minute sightseeing flight over the Acropolis, Lycabettus Hill, the port of Piraeus and the coastline of the Athens Riviera, flown in a Bell 206, Bell 407 or Bell 505 with four to six passenger seats. Plan the rest of the trip with Greece Tours. This guide … Read more

Mykonos Helicopter Tour

Mykonos Town, the old port and the windmill headland seen from the air, the view a Mykonos helicopter tour delivers

A Mykonos helicopter tour is a thirty minute private sightseeing flight over the windmills, Little Venice, the old and new ports and the south-coast beaches, with hotel pickup to the helipad included, and the same aircraft flies one-way transfers to Athens, Santorini and the other islands. Plan the rest of the island with Greece Tours. … Read more