Ride in Peloponnese
Motorcycle road trip
Zeus formula:
from June 14 to 21, 2024 (SOLD OUT)
from October 17 to 23, 2025
Other formulas: from April to October as desired
Duration: 7-night/8-day tour, including 7 days on motorcycle
Recommended level of experience: intermediate and above
Mileage: 1,500 km (average 210 km per day)
Itinerary profile: 80% sea and 20% mountains
Motorcycle: rental included in our packages
Why this trip?
This journey is dedicated to the Peloponnese peninsula, the cradle of the ancient Greeks, and an almost insular land stretching its fingers towards Crete and the coast of Africa.
The Peloponnese is a surprising mixture of mountainous reliefs and indented coasts. Although the sea is present almost everywhere, the Peloponnese looks like a fragmented land as the particularities are still affirmed.
The Peloponnese is home to some of the most beautiful ancient and medieval sites in the Mediterranean. This trip offers the possibility to discover 6 of the 18 Greek sites classified as world heritage by UNESCO.
From a motorcycle point of view, the route alternates between fast and winding sections, with breathtaking views and panoramas.
Your days will alternate between driving, visiting and resting.
The level of difficulty of this route makes it accessible from intermediate level.
Rates - Itinerary - Gallery : see below
Rates
Price for 7 nights / 8 days in a single room, excluding flights, including 7-day rental of a BMW R 1250 GS.
Other models: ask for a quote - Prices subject to availability.
From €3,490.00
Guided and accompanied group travel.
From 2.690,00€ onwards
Fully-organized individual travel.
From 1.390,00€ onwards
Self-organized individual travel.
Course of the trip
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Arrival at Athens International Airport in the afternoon or evening. Transfer to your hotel.
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Athens - Tolo
Breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the motorcycle garage.
Departure to leave the agglomeration of Athens, then beginning of the itinerary. Lunch on the shore of the Gulf of Corinth. In the early afternoon, departure to see the Corinth Canal and then to Epidaurus along the waters of the Saronic Gulf. Around 5:00 pm, visit of the best preserved amphitheater of the ancient world.
Sanctuary ofSanctuary of Asclepias in EpidaurusAsclepias in Epidaurus
Arrival in Tolo around 6:00 pm. Dinner and night at the hotel.
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Departure around 9:30 am for Mycenae, a pre-Hellenic city of the Bronze Age, whose Cyclopean fortifications are admirably preserved.
Archaeological site of Mycenae
Then the itinerary goes along the Argolic Gulf, before taking at a steady pace the beautiful road leading to Tripoli and which undulates for 50 km in the middle of the hills. Lunch on the way in a beautiful mountain village. Then we take the road back to Olympia. Arrival at the day's stage around 5:00 pm. For those who wish, before dinner, visit the site and the museum of Olympia, where you will see some of the most beautiful treasures of ancient Greece.
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Departure to Andritsaina to visit the mysterious temple of Apollo Epicurus at Bassae.
Then we resume the route, the road winds through the Arcadian mountains to lead us to Karytaina. Lunch on the spot. In the afternoon, we go deeper and deeper into the heart of the Peloponnese mountains. A road lost in the mountains leads us to Mystras, where we arrive around 5 pm. Dinner nearby and night at the hotel.
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This morning, for those who wish, visit the ancient medieval city founded by the Franks in the 13th century, which was conquered by the Byzantines and then by the Turks.
Return to the hotel after the visit. Departure around 11:00 a.m. in the direction of Magne following the mountainous reliefs towards the Gulf of Messinia. Lunch at an altitude of 400m with a view of the Gulf. In the afternoon, coastal road to Limeni, on the edge of the Gulf, one of the most picturesque of the Peloponnese. Arrival and check-in at the hotel around 4:00 pm. Dinner nearby and overnight at the hotel.
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Departure around 10:00 am in direction of Porto Kagio, at the southern end of the peninsula and the European continent. The route follows roads situated on top of amazing cliffs overlooking the Gulf of Lakonia. Lunch in the old port of Gythio. In the afternoon, we drive to Monemvasia, where we arrive around 4:30 pm. Settling in at the hotel, then, for those who wish, a walk in the city, which was in turn Roman, Byzantine, Frankish, Venetian, Turkish and Greek. Possibility of a sea bath at the foot of the ramparts (in season). Dinner in the old city.
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Breakfast at the hotel. Departure around 10:00 am after the instructions of the day. The itinerary resumes in the direction of the Parnonas massif. Lunch in a beautiful mountain village. Then the route follows a beautiful coastal road along the Argolic Gulf to Nafplio. Dinner and overnight stay in the old town.
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Breakfast at the hotel, then return to Athens and the motorcycle garage by the highway. Return of the motorcycles.
Lunch on site. For those returning, transfer to Athens International Airport. For those who have chosen the extension to Athens, transfer to the center of Athens. Check-in at the hotel and free afternoon for shopping and walking.
In the evening, dinner in Plaka, at the foot of the Acropolis. Overnight at the hotel.
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Breakfast at the hotel. For those returning, check-out and transfer to the airport for the return flight. For those who have taken the extension until the next day, free day in Athens. Recommended visit to the Acropolis or the Byzantine Museum. Overnight at the hotel.
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