Peloponnese

Kardamyli, West ManiOpen in Maps Saturday, 27 March 2027

From the harbour of Kardamyli up the Mani flank of Taygetos and back, on stone nearly all the way. The 40 km climbs twice to about 1,000 m: first through Exochori and Saidona to the top of the course, then, after a drop into the upper Viros gorge, straight back up to the terraced Doubitsia plateau. The way home runs down through Tseria into the gorge's narrows at Stenema and past the towers of Old Kardamyli to the sea. The 22, 10 and 5 km take shorter bites of the same paths, and on the Saturday a 650 m Vertical sprints up from Kalamitsi.