Litochoro, Greece

... , where midges danced to and fro as the sun warmed them. We reached the national park area by foot from the nearby town of Litochoro.  A Ukranian student gave us a ride to town as we were walking uphill at sunset from where the bus left us on the ...

A travel blog entry by lraleigh
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... .  Anyway, after our night's rest and portion of bread in the morning we headed down the mountain.  We were going to go right down to Litochoro, a town at the base of the mountain at the end of a gorge.  It was a gorgeous walk that took about 6 hours.  It was ...

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... , mysterious places, especially at night. This definitely fit the bill. From there we went to the true gateway of Olympus: Litochoro, which was a a nice, traditional market town on the slopes of Olympus, 5km. from the sea. There was plenty of lodging and ...

... . Since I enjoy the outdoors and most of what it has to offer, I thought it would be neat to climb Mt Olympus since I'm in Greece.  The Ancient Greeks used to worship it and think the Gods lived up on it so I thought it would be cool to say that you ...