Sparta

Modern Sparta is located between the mountains of Taygetos and Parnonas at the valley of Evrotas River. It is constructed at the same location with the homonym ancient city and is surrounded by a fertile valley of olive trees, orange and lemon trees.

Spartathlon is an annual international Ultra Marathon race of 245.3km, which takes place in Greece since 1983 on the route of Athens-Sparta. The Spartathlon revives the steps of Pheidippides, an ancient Athenian long distance runner, who in 490 BC, before the battle of Marathon, was sent to Sparta to ask for help in the war between the Greeks and the Persians.

In this self-guided bike trip you will explore the region of Laconia, the South-East part of Peloponnese. This blessed area concentrates great cultural wealth, ancient and Byzantine.

You will meet in an alternative aspect one of the world’s greatest and most influential civilizations and revive in an active way the Greek cultural moments that are described in ancient legends and histories through the breathtaking archaeological wonders such as the Acropolis of Athens and Delphi but mainly in Peloponnese.

Get ready to take a step back in one of the world’s greatest and most influential civilizations and revive the Greek cultural moments that are described in ancient legends and histories through the breathtaking archaeological wonders such as the Acropolis of Athens and Delphi but mainly in Peloponnese.