Most Inspirational Moment
gorge walk from mt ohi to coast
Thoughts on Group Leader
excellent guide and very sociable
Advice for Potential Travellers
ensure you wear good boots and take adequate clothing .(water proofs)
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mountains and villages of evia
good walks with patient guide and pleasant social evenings with fellow walkers
Unspoilt area
Varied walks, which tended towards the moderate rather than leisurely. Everyone at the hotel was friendly and helpful.
Most Inspirational Moment
Arriving at Potami Bay at the end of the walk from Platanistos. The taverna with its long table laid out just for us and sole use of the beautiful beach too.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Cecile was an excellent guide. Engaging and knowledgeable. She rearranged our walks around the weather conditions.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Poles were very useful when descending some of the rocky slopes.
Our first Exodus trip, but it won't be the last..........
A great first trip, Cecile the group leader was excellent. Competent, calm, interested. A different type of walking each day. From hot up & down treks to ancient roman quarries to beautiful ridge walks with quiet, unspoilt gorge walks in between. Not sure I would describe it as “leisurely” – think moderate is more accurate.
Most Inspirational Moment
The second day's Ridge walk, great views, lovely breeze to counteract the heat.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Interesting, warm, not overbearing.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Wear lighter walking boots- ankle support useful, but leather boots too hot!
Mountains of Evia
Two days walking mountains.
Two days walking gorges.
One coastal walk.
One day in Athens.
Most Inspirational Moment
I can’t pick out a best day there were a variety of days, all different, all good. I particularly enjoyed Athens as I had never been there before and it was so different to the other days.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Very good. He was there for Breakfast, led us through our walks and took meal orders and served drinks in the Restaurants we visited in the evening. He was always still there when I went to bed. When did he sleep??
Advice for Potential Travellers
If the programme remains the same the first two days are the toughest with two mountain walks. Everybody agreed that these walks would have been better on the last two days when we had acclimatised. Walking boots definitely required and plenty of water, all the islands springs provide drinkable water.
Evia Mar2018
Great guide, very engaging, helpful and knowledgeable.
3 of the 5 walks were not level 2 as suggested. That could have gone wrong for some people. A walk that is merely a 5 or 6 hour descent is tedious.
Hotel poor
Group good fun
Eating out was good enough
Most Inspirational Moment
Guides stories about various parts of island combined with his references to history.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Very engaging and knowledgeable. Attentive; if a little too much at times. Very friendly and made a big difference to overall experience.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Ensure you check the walks are for you. ensure you check you are ok with tired hotel.
Walking on Evia
A really good short walking holiday with rewarding hikes, beautiful scenery and lots and lots of good food. Greek hospitality has to be experienced to be believed.
Most Inspirational Moment
The long hike up to the top of one mountain to see the remains of an doorway arch and views across the island.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Probably the best group leader we have had (and we have done a lot of Exodus and Explore holidays).
Advice for Potential Travellers
In December you need to be prepared for cold, wet and windy weather (it even sleeted on us at one point), and pack layers accordingly. A pole or poles will help on the descents.
Lovely walking holiday on a rural Greek island
I really enjoyed the week on Evia in October, made all the more special by excellent leadership from Cecile Deltreil.
The walking is good, scenically varied and very rural (we only saw one other walker the whole week!). Paths were sometimes good, sometimes non-existent on hilltops and sometimes through scratchy scrub – take your long trousers or gaiters. The trip is rated leisurely-moderate and whilst I felt the 4 day walks were ‘moderate’ in difficulty, partly because of the rough paths, the whole trip is fairly leisurely because you are based in one hotel and have some relaxation time at the end of each day (gin and tonics on the beach!).
The Galaxy hotel in Karystos was fine with friendly family staff, good breakfast, but awful showers.
Most Inspirational Moment
Seeing the Roman quarries where they chiseled out whole columns of rock and transported them down the mountain to ship to Athens, and then seeing some of those very same columns in a temple in Athens!
Thoughts on Group Leader
Fab, great fun and quietly assertive.
Advice for Potential Travellers
Two bits of advice: take a good jacket/fleece for October because you will be sitting outside to eat in the evenings in restaurants and it's a bit chilly; the ferry across from the mainland is a large car ferry so there's almost no risk of sea sickness.
Back to back holidays
I wanted to do two holidays back to back, one in Bulgaria spending an extra day in Sofia and then go on to Greece for my second week. I was concerned about the transfers/ pickups etc. However all turned out very well, using the metro in both countries was very easy, with the hotels provided very convenient to the stations and main attractions.
Most Inspirational Moment
Getting to walk in the countryside of both countries plus being able to see the sites of both capitols. I would suggest that Exodus do this holiday as a standard trip. It makes for a good combination for a two week break.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Both the leaders I had were very good. As I have now done 13 trips with Exodus and 12 with another company who's name begins Ex, I can tell you this is not always the case!
Advice for Potential Travellers
Do it !! As I always say travel has made me poorer in the pocket but richer in the mind. I feel privileged to have been to so many places [all be it I worked hard to get the money to enable me to do so] My outlook on life and my opinions on things has been enhanced by my travels. As a person from a humble background, I would not have dreamed as a boy/young man that I would get to go to the places I have been to in my life time. Every trip is a bonus !
lovely trip
Very pleasant trip, walking was fine albeit rather more leisurely than I anticipated, food was excellent and the tour leader exceptional.
Most Inspirational Moment
Our tour leader, he was an expert in Greek History, the island of Evia, Athens - in fact pretty much everything.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Brilliant - see above comment, also, he visited the locally bakery twice a day and carried 12 pastries up the mountain every day for our first stop, also provided pastries for everyone after our evening meal.
Advice for Potential Travellers
The walking is not difficult.
Mountains and Villages of Evia
A great trip to an unknown part of Greece. Most of the walking is easy so the grading is about right, but be aware that some of the paths are through very prickly vegetation so have an alternative to shorts. All but the last night is based in the Hotel Galaxy in Karystos, which is run be a very nice local family and has a wonderful location on the waterfront on short distance from numerous bars and restaurants.
Most Inspirational Moment
Seeing the Roman columns still in situ on Mount Ochi.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Thanos is very enthusiastic, seems to know everybody and runs the trip very efficiently.