MTB at Psiloritis / Asterousia mountains
crossing psiloritis/asterousia
The first day of the tour is a journey to historical moments of the island on several diferent periods and times on ebike in one of the most scenic and breathtaking areas of crete.Combinations of un tuched gorges,road"s that only local sheperds use monasterys that have special place on cretan revolution times is only some of the highlights of this multy day tour! second day we ride on rouvas forest singetrack that take us to a unick eco system of psiloritis the highest mountain of crete.there we have the chance to expirience how the bee keepers colect the honey and ofcourse to taste it!We end up the second day to Zaros for a local gastronomy taste. Third day we cycle down to the largest valey of the island MESARA and visiting the Minoan palace of FESTOS. Several dirt roads and mountain villages will take us to Asterousia the southern mountain region of Europe. kofinas the holly mountain for Minoans welcome us and 17km of decend dirt road with airplane views of libian sea will take us to the monastery of KOUDOUMA right by the sea for the last break before the demand single track.Dive to the clear water is a mast.Pine forest and wild scenary combine the southern trail.Riching the last village of Agios Ioannis and steep climb starts for the THALORI village hotel , cold local beer and food will end the third day.Last day we ride east and crossing several small cannyons,water falls and villages we rich the palm forest of Agios Nikitas and Maridaki village.A Tecnical trail by the coast will take us to the end of our adventure at Tsoutsouras.
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september/december 2023 1st and last week of each month!
You are welcome to join with your own bike ( A deduction of 20 euros from each tour will be made ). Vehicle support/transfer can be arranged for you and your bike when needed as well as storage and service / maintenance at our base.
We highly recommend you have pre-arranged travel insurance covering for outdoor activities as you are required to undertake full responsibility concerning any unexpected accidents.
We categorize our tours based on the level of difficulty and expertise required in order to avoid such situations. However, anyone can have off-day and not be able to keep up. In this case, a vehicle pick up from the nearest available spot will be made. View difficulty information
Anything appropriate for outdoor sports such as gloves, sunglasses, sun-protection cream, a camera, go-pro, a swimming suit.
