Hiking and Trekking guide with maps for the Greece Mountains
The Mountains of Greece - Trekking in the Pindhos Mountains
Tim Salmon & Michael Cullen
Ciceron Guide
2. Edition, 2006, ISBN: 9781852844400
Size:
21,2 x 13,8 x 1,6 cm
360 pages.
English language.
Normal retail price: 15,95 GBP - you can buy this book in our shop for a DISCOUNT PRICE - 17.00 EUR !
The guidebook describes walking Greece's month-long traverse of the
Píndos range, and provides routes around Athens and the east coast, and
in the Peloponnese. Use the routes as day-walks or put them together as
multi-day treks through the beautiful, undeveloped and remote mountains
of Greece.
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Description:
Most of Greece is mountains, not the
islands and seaside that many visitors tend to think of. They are
beautiful mountains: rugged, undeveloped, remote and yet accessible.
Alpine pastures soften the harshness of the crags, forests fill the
ravines, and springs and rivers abound – a startling contrast to the
baking lowlands. There is a rich and rare variety of wild flowers and
butterflies. And what survives of the ancient pastoral way of life is
full of interest too.
The first comprehensive guide to the Greek mountains to appear in
any language when first published in 1986, this book has been completely
re-walked and rewritten for this edition. Its backbone remains the
traverse of the Píndhos range, but the guide also highlights several
regions of special interest that can provide one- to two-weeks’ walking.
Walking the mountains of Greece is demanding rather than technically
difficult, and is culturally fascinating. These mountains are well
within the capabilities of a reasonably fit and committed walker.
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