
Trekking · Hiking Festival
Mainalo – World Mountain Day: Mourtzia – Limbovisi Hike 2026
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Event Details
Date
Saturday, December 12, 2026
Start time: 06:00 • End time: 21:30
Start Location
Arcadia
Event Type
Hiking Festival
Organizer
Taxideftes – Travellers
Official Announcement
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€35
The hike
Difficulty: 1 · Easy
Walking time: 2-2.5 h
Departure: Athens (coach) 06:00, first pick-up INTERSPORT Vari 10 min earlier
Important Information
One-day coach trip by Taxideftes – Travellers to celebrate International Mountain Day on winter Mainalo, taking part in the Mainalo Mountain Day 4 festival at historic Limbovisi, home of the Kolokotronis family.
Programme: 06:00–10:00 departure from Athens with an intermediate stop, arriving around 10:00 at Chrysovitsi, where participants are welcomed and collect the MMD4 Pass (€15 per person, includes food and drink within the festival; paid on site, not included in the trip price).
10:30–13:00 hike from the settlement of Mourtzia to Limbovisi, about 2–2.5 hours through the winter landscape of Mainalo on an accessible route suitable for families and children; an extension for a slightly harder route is available for those who wish.
13:00–17:00 at Limbovisi: the festival with food, drink, music, dancing and side activities, a tour of the village and a visit to the Museum of the «Old Man of the Morea».
17:00 coach departure from Limbovisi, back in Athens around 21:30.
Times are indicative and the leader may change the programme for objective reasons (weather, road conditions etc.).
Coach pick-ups: INTERSPORT Vari (10 min before departure), Voula Asklipieio, Glyfada, Poseidonos Ave (Alimos, Amfithea, Achilleos, Floisvos, Foros), Syngrou Ave (Kotsovolos, SKRA, Kykloi, Agios Sostis, FIX), Syntagma (metro exit, National Garden) +25 min, Omonia (Hondos Center) +35 min, then towards Corinth: Media Markt +45 min, Palataki +50 min, Elefsina (Praktiker) +60 min.
Included: coach transport, experienced guides, insurance and organisation, all taxes; not included: meals, personal expenses, entrance fees, equipment, anything not in the programme.
The fee is €30 for members of the Taxideftes Club; families can ask for an offer.
Payment must accompany the registration form, by bank deposit, IRIS or card through Eurobank live pay (card payments +2%).
Cancellation by the participant (one-day trips) more than 5 days before: the money can be used by the same person for another outing within 6 months; less than 4 days before: the money is lost; no loss if you find a replacement.
If the organizer cancels the trip, the payment is refunded.
Group coordinator: Drosoula Konstantinopoulou, +30 6937911675; other coordinator: Kostas Makrovasilis.
Contact: 6980322801, grtravellers@gmail.com.
