Spetses Transport

Horse Carriages on Spetses: Riding the Car-Free Island’s Fiacres

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The horse carriages of Spetses, known locally as fiacres, are the signature image of this car-free island in the Argo-Saronic Gulf. On Spetses private cars stay banned inside the town, so the decorated horses and their painted carriages remain a genuine means of transport rather than a mere photo prop. My Greece Tours explains here … Read more

Getting Around Spetses: The Car-Free Island by Bike, Water Taxi and Horse Carriage

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Getting around Spetses defines the whole experience of the island, because private cars are restricted here and the streets belong to bicycles, horse carriages and pedestrians. This Saronic island near the Peloponnese moves at a gentler pace, and My Greece Tours treats that trait as its charm rather than a limitation. On Spetses you plan … Read more