Greek Cruise and Island Walking

This small-group holiday follows a clear route around Evia, Greece’s second largest island, often overlooked by visitors. Starting in Karystos, the pace is steady and varied, with gentle walks through vineyards and coastal hamlets, such as Marmari and Panagia. One afternoon includes a visit to Eretria, an ancient city known as the birthplace of the Greek alphabet.

Walking days take you on paths across agricultural land, through olive groves, and up to rocky villages like Zarakes and Argyro. The highlight is a 5-hour trek through a limestone gorge beside herbs and wildflowers, ending on an isolated beach. Each day includes opportunities to relax on the caique, with chances for swimming straight off the deck.

The trip is run by Explore Worldwide, who charter their captain Thanos’s family caique, a wooden vessel with a handful of cabins and a singular local atmosphere. Evening meals bring you to waterfront tavernas where the wine is as local as the recipes. Weather and local conditions occasionally shuffle the schedule, but the focus remains a quiet pace among villages many Greeks know but few visitors see.

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