Zagoria and Metsovo MTB tour

We enjoy breakfast in our hotel. Safety briefing will follow, quick check at the bikes and then beginning of our MTB tour of the day. We will combine riding in dirt roads and single trails within mountains, in good proportion. The altitude we will be cycling ranges from 900 to 1400 meters, moving through deep forest areas, under the shade of tall pine and fir trees. We will also get the chance to cross some of the arched stone bridges of the area with their unique architecture and we will enjoy a delicious picnic with local products in the nature. Total duration of riding time estimated at approximately 4-6 hours depending on the rider’s level. Return to our hotel. Dinner – Overnight

Breakfast in our hotel and then beginning of the second day’s Mountain biking tour in Zagoria. Today we cover a distance of about 40 kilometers starting from our hotel to reach the next beautiful village of Dilofo. Then through the villages of Vitsa and Monodendri we reach an altitude of 1400m and the breathtaking viewpoint of Oxia where we will admire the famous Vikos Gorge, the deepest canyon in the world. We return to Monodendri to enjoy a light meal with traditional pie at a local tavern. Then we begin to descend from high altitude through the magical “Steps of Vigla”. Total duration of the tour is approximately 6 hours. Return to our hotel. Dinner – Overnight.

Enjoy your last breakfast in Kipi as today we leave Zagoria to head for Metsovo, our next Mountain biking destination. We load our equipment and we will visit first Ioannina, the capital city of the region Epirus. It is a lakeside beautiful city with lots of history. Free time will be given to explore the city on your own. You can visit the old castle of the city or one of the museums, or enjoy a coffee at the beautiful lake front. Later at the afternoon we will leave Ioannina to head for Metsovo at a distance of about 40 kilometers where we will spend the next days. Check-in into our hotel, free time to explore this traditional city and later dinner in our favorite restaurant with local specialties. Overnight.

Breakfast and beginning of our MTB tour of the day. Today’s highlight is Valia Kalda; one of the main areas of the National Preserve of Pindos. We load our gear on the support vehicle and we have a beautiful drive for about 25 kilometers until we reach the dam of the Aoos springs artificial lake. Our target today is to reach Tsouka Rossa, a mountaintop located at an altitude of 1985m high. The whole route remains in high altitudes, making it very challenging but nevertheless, the end offers a spectacular view of the area that rewards us. After the necessary break on the top we start descending towards out starting point. The end of the tour will find us enjoying a picnic with local products by the lakeside. Total distance of the tour is about 50 kilometers and the duration is approximately 5 hours. Return to Metsovo and later dinner – Overnight.

We enjoy our breakfast in our hotel and then transfer to our starting point location near the village Milia, about 28 kilometers from Metsovo. We hop on our bikes and we begin pedaling towards the deep forest of pine and fir trees. We use mostly local dirt roads for safety reasons but we will try to challenge you in some very technical trails depending on the condition they are after the winter. We will cover a distance of about 20 kilometers within the forest until we reach an abandon asphalt road which was the main road of the area for many decades until a new highway was introduced. Soon after, we will enjoy a picnic in the nature overlooking the mountaintops around us. We continue pedaling in high altitude until we reach the Ski resort on Anilio. From there we start to descend until the foot of Metsovo and last, a challenging uphill until our hotel. Later we enjoy a special dinner with local dishes and local wine with our compliments for the last night of the tour.

We enjoy our last breakfast of the tour in our hotel. Soon after we load our gear and we depart to visit Meteora, the world famous monasteries built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly. The Meteora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List and considered to be one of the most important monuments in Greece. Depending on your mood and the time we are able to offer you a unique short single trail route for a fantastic mountain bike experience in Meteora. Lunch in a local tavern and then beginning for our 5 hour return trip to Athens.