ITINERARY

Day 1: Welcome

At the port of Piraeus, you will meet our team, about one (1) hour prior the departure of your ferry. Trip to Paros. Check in at your hotel in Parikia; the island capital. 3 overnights.

Day 2: Cycling to the north of the island of Paros

Day 3: Cycling on the southwest of Paros and the island of Antiparos

Day 4: An early Christian church. Cycladic idols and archaic statues. Chora of Naxos

In the morning you have time for your last explorations in Parikia, where you can visit the Paleochristian church of Panagia Katapoliani and the archeological museum. Around noon your ferry departs towards Naxos (45min). You can go for you first cycling tour in Naxos directly from the ferry or just check in at your hotel, go for swimming and sunbathing at the nearby beach and then for an orientation walk in the traditional settlement. The best sunset view is from the Portara; the “Great Door” of Apollo’s sanctuary that stands over the ruins of the ancient temple. 4 overnights in Chora or Agios Georgios.
Cycling: 23 km, + 400m / - 400m, simple - moderate

Day 5: Cycling to the SW of Naxos and along its exotic west coast

After breakfast, you go cycling through the inland and also along the west coastline of Naxos. You cross the fertile plane towards the archeological site of Iria, with the excavation of Dionysus’s sanctuary. Through the picturesque villages of Agios Arsenios and Tripodes you soon reach the highest point of the day; at 170m. After a long, panoramic downhill ride you reach the Bay of Aliko with its beautiful sandy beach, where you can swim at its crystalline turquoise waters. Dunes, cades trees and tamarisks characterize the landscape and form a unique and also protected ecosystem. Now you bike along the west coast; vast exotic sandy beaches and sparkling blue sea and eventually, through Agia Anna you return to Agios Georgios and Chora.
Cycling: 40km, + 220m / -220m, moderate

Day 6: Recuperation day or hiking opportunity or optional excursion

Today you can just relax by the beach next to your hotel or one of the beaches you visited on day 5, or you can go hiking in the inland or climb Mt. Zas; the highest peak of the Cyclades at 1001m. It is also possible to go on a day excursion to the island of Delos; probably the most important historical site of the Aegean Sea.
Hiking: 8 - 10km, 2h30-3h, easy - moderate

Day 7: Biking through the impressive inland of Naxos

You bike on an asphalt road towards Melanes. You visit the "Kouros of Flerio"; the ancient marble statue of a young man in a beautiful garden. You pass by the village of Kinidaros with its marble quarries, to reach the highest point for the day (480m). Near the village of Moni you can visit the Byzantine church of Panagia Drossiani. On the plateau of Tragaea you can admire centennial olive trees and Venetian family towers. You travers the village of Chalki and after a while, on a hill, you can see the ruins of the fortress of Epano Kastro. After traversing the villages of Potamia valley, you return to Chora.
- 40km, 600m ↑↓, asphalt with small dirt sections, moderate, B

Day 8: Farewell!

Today this unforgettable experience to the Greek Islands ends. You catch the ferry to Piraeus (morning or evening) where you will meet again our team. Farewell!