The Best Books about the Mani
Buried behind the rugged Taygetus mountains, south of Sparta, the Mani peninsula was one of the last truly remote outposts of Europe. […]
January 22, 20242 min read
A Slow Cyclist in the Mani
Regular Slow Cyclist Jan Gillon recently returned from an adventure with us in the Mani. Here she writes about her highlights. Our […]
January 5, 20242 min read
Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Mani: South from Sparta
Joshua Barley, The Slow Cyclist guide in Zagori, Crete and the Mani, is an Athens-based writer, translator and one of the finest Hellenophiles of […]
October 13, 20232 min read
24 Hours in Athens
Joshua Barley, The Slow Cyclist guide in Zagori and Crete, has lived and worked – as a writer and translator – in […]
April 3, 20232 min read