Διαδρομή Φύσης και Πολιτισμού Στερεάς Ελλάδας

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NATURE AND CULTURE ROUTE OF CENTRAL GREECE

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The trail that snakes through the map of Central Greece knows well how to reward and seduce visitors who grace it with their footsteps. Each mountain, each river, each monument, has its own myth, its own battle, its on folk tradition, its own miracle to recount. The land offers its fruits generously and the locals share the memory hiding in the history of their land, as well as in the lore and tastes.

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Seven hubs invite you to become acquainted with an unwilting beauty, carved from veins of ancient marbles, churches embroidered in gold, and imposing castles, cooled by the wind of a mother-earth filled with gifts. Follow the Nature and Culture Route of Central Greece and enjoy a journey through a world rich in myths, stories, tastes, images, and unparalleled natural beauty, where hospitality can be found on the doorstep of every home, large or small, waiting to welcome the eagerness of exploration.

On untrodden peaks that reflect the sunset and the shadows of the bountiful valleys, myths speak of the story of two brothers, Helicon and Cithaeron, who each became home to the Muses and the Furies, respectively, as well as of the stranding of Deucalion’s ark on Mt Parnassus, and the tragic fate of the hero Heracles on Mt Oeta.

The story continues with glorious ancestors, such as the Minyans or brave general Leonidas, who highlighted Orchomenus, Thebes, Thermopylae, and Delphi as major centres of the ancient world. Their successors on this long journey of history around Central Greece were the peoples (Romans, Byzantines, Franks, and Ottomans) who left their indelible mark on time with their cities, castles, monasteries, and mosques.

However, these narrators can be matched by the brooks of the woods and forests that weave into their babble stories of nymphs, fairies, and scents, to draw the imagination and senses of hikers and cyclists. The sea around Skyros and Chalkis seems to solve the puzzles of life as it radiates simplicity and tranquillity in the deep and clear blue of its waters.