Arcadia

Lousios Gorge Hike: Cliff Monasteries, Menalon Trail and Ancient Gortys

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The Prodromou monastery built into a vertical cliff above the Lousios gorge

A Lousios gorge hike drops into a wooded canyon in the mountains of Arcadia, where monasteries cling to the cliffs and a cold river runs past old mills. Find more walks and day trips around the country with Greece Tours. Ahead are the guided hikes, the Menalon Trail section, the monasteries, the short monastery trail, … Read more

Arcadia Tours

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Prodromos monastery built under the cliff of the Lousios gorge in Arcadia

Arcadia tours cover the mountain interior of the Peloponnese: the stone villages of Dimitsana, Stemnitsa, Karytaina and Vytina, the cliff monasteries of the Lousios gorge, the Menalon Trail across Mainalo, the ancient cities of Tegea, Mantineia and Megalopoli, the altar on Mount Lykaion, the temple of Apollo at Bassae, and the Tsakonian coast at Leonidio … Read more