Photo Essay: Cycling in Zagori
Zagori is Greece’s best kept secret. Once a staging point for wealthy Ottoman traders, today the 46 stone villages perched among the […]
Life in Vradeto, Zagori
Konstantina is a cafe owner, friend of The Slow Cyclist and one of only three permanent residents of the hilltop village of […]
A Day in Zagori
Joshua Barley, The Slow Cyclist guide in Zagori and Crete, has lived and worked – as a writer and translator – in […]
24 Hours in Athens
Joshua Barley, The Slow Cyclist guide in Zagori and Crete, has lived and worked – as a writer and translator – in […]
Wildflowers in Zagori
Zagori is unusual in many ways, but none more so than its flora. In fact, the Vikos Gorge – which splits Zagori […]
A New Greek Festival
We’re really excited to be involved in the inaugural Benaki Festival, being held from 8-12 October 2021 in the village of Kardamyli, on […]
Paddy & Joan Leigh Fermor’s House, Kardamyli
The Mani peninsula, the wild middle finger at the southern tip of Greece’s Peloponnese, is Paddy Leigh Fermor territory. He and Joan lived […]
5 of the best books about Northern Greece
In many ways, Greece is the perfect slow travel destination. An ancient way of life has been preserved in the hamlets perched […]
Joshua Barley: Writer & Zagori Guide
In setting up new cycling trips in Zagori, north-west Greece, at the forefront of our minds has been our guests’ desire to […]
