The 5-day Mount Athos hiking tour is a private hike from Ouranoupoli across the monastic peninsula of Athos, with nights in monastery guest houses and the entry permit included. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover what the 5-day Mount Athos hiking tour includes, how it … Read more
A Mount Athos cruise sails from Ouranoupoli or Ormos Panagias along the west coast of the Holy Mountain, past monasteries that only men with a permit can enter, and returns the same day. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours. The sections below cover the cruises you can book, the … Read more
Ouranoupoli tours start in the last village outside the monastic state of Mount Athos, on the Singitic Gulf of Halkidiki, where the Byzantine tower of Prosphorion stands beside the harbour. The routes cover the tower, the cruises along the Athos coast, the pilgrim route for men, the island of Ammouliani and the Drenia islets. Greece … Read more
Ammouliani tours start on the only inhabited island of Halkidiki, a small island in the Singitic Gulf a short ferry ride from Tripiti, facing the peninsula of Mount Athos. The routes cover the sandy beaches of Alykes and Megali Ammos, the fishing village and its harbour, the Drenia islets and the coast of the Athos … Read more
The Monastery of the Archangel Michael stands as the largest and most important monastery on Thassos, perched on a cliff above the sea along the island’s south-east coast. Whitewashed walls cling to the bare rock, and wide balconies open onto the blue expanse of the Aegean. A community of nuns keeps the church, the courtyards … Read more
Mount Athos is the monastic republic that fills the third and easternmost finger of Halkidiki, a self-governed peninsula of twenty ruling monasteries closed to the wider world by an ancient rule. The cruise from Thessaloniki carries travellers along its west coast, close enough to read the walls, towers, and domes of the monasteries from the … Read more