Peloponnese

Foloi

Taste the wine of Dionysus and fight against the centaurs with
Herakles in the oak forests of Foloi.

Replicate the wandering of Rhea, the mother of Zeus, on your way up to the summit of Mount Alesion.

Retrace Odysseus’ footsteps to the centre of the Peloponnese, as far from the sea as you can get.

Get lost with Edward Dodwell on Mount Lykaion in 1806, looking out for bandits and worse along the way.

Hold one of the ox-horns of the Peloponnese in your hands on Mount Ithome.

Go up into goat territory to see some neglected temples, and get a view of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae from above.

Head up into the secluded forests of Menalo from Stemnitsa for a glimpse of the territory of Pan and Artemis.

Follow the footsteps of Pausanias into the territory of Artemis with a scramble up to on to the ridge of Mount Artemisio.

Stumble over abandoned babies and see the place where Helen met Paris on Mount Parthenion.

Make your way up Mount Lykaion to see the best excavated summit site in Greece, and to hear some bloodthirsty stories.

Dig into the archaeological heritage of the summit site on Mount Arachnaio, under the wind turbines.

Gaze down on Epidauros from above, and explore the story of the god Asclepius abandoned as a baby.