New for 2025, this escorted group cycling holiday to Halkidiki offers an adventurous exploration of natural beauty, blending incredible coastal and mountainous landscapes.
Our group of solo travellers will enjoy scenic coastal routes with views of the Aegean Sea and pine-covered beaches, while passing through picturesque villages and along world-renowned beaches. With routes featuring a mix of ascents and descents, participants will experience the contrast between mountain views, like Mount Athos and Mount Olympus, and the stunning shoreline. Each day offers a unique cycling experience with rest stops at key points of interest.
Extras
Today we arrive into Thessaloniki airport, and transfer to Porto Carras for our 7-night stay. This evening we’ll enjoy a welcome drink together as a group.
After breakfast we head out towards Porto Koufo, with views across to the Kassandra Peninsula of Halkidiki. We’ll cycle the western coastal route to reach the unique natural harbour of Porto Koufo before returning via the village of Toroni and the pine covered sandy beaches of Tristinika and Azapiko.
Distance: 36.86 km | Total Ascent 904 m | Total Descent 948 m
Spend the day at leisure, exploring the local area or enjoying some of the hotel’s facilities.
This morning, we start out from Parthenonas – a beautiful stone-built village. We encounter beautiful beaches as we descend on the road towards Nikiti. Continuing through the small bays, we end our day in the beautiful fishing village of Vourvourou.
Distance: 37.51 km | Total Ascent 569 m | Total Descent 853 m
We begin our ride this morning from the beautiful beach of Ampelos, heading towards the exotic port of Kalamitsi, a wonderful route with an amazing view of the sea and the Athos mountains. We cycle with the pine forest of Mount Dragoudeli on our left and the Aegean Sea on our right. Passing through the picturesque village of Sarti with its vast beach, we end the day with incredible views from Kantina Androklis.
Distance: 25.08 km | Total Ascent 528 m | Total Descent 659 m
Our journey this morning begins at the port of Ormos Panagias – the departure point for boats to Mount Athos. From there, we head to the vast beach of Trani Ammouda, and taking a detour along a dirt road, we make our way to Akti Salonikiou. Continuing along the coast, we eventually arrive in the charming fishing village of Pyrgadikia, with its picturesque houses.
Distance: 18.07 km | Total Ascent 392 m | Total Descent 385 m
We begin this morning’s ride in the regional capital, Polygyros, situated at an altitude of 560 meters, and traverse the mountainous terrain of Halkidiki. On a clear day, Mount Olympus is visible in the distance. The route descends through small villages—Vrastama, Keli, and Plana—eventually leading us to Pyrgadikia.
Distance: 35.62 km | Total Ascent 527 m | Total Descent 1089 m
This morning, we enjoy our final breakfast together at the hotel before heading to the airport for our return flight home.
Within the iconic Porto Carras Grand Resort complex lies its crown jewel – the Porto Carras Meliton five-star hotel. Superbly located by the cosmopolitan marina, the Meliton is within easy reach to the 9km of blue flag beaches with secluded coves, the bustling marina, a wide range of restaurants and bars located all around the complex, and plenty of activities to keep you busy.
Our hotel offers a wide range of facilities including a variety of bars, restaurants, two large swimming pools, Wellness & Spa centre, renowned as one of the biggest and most famous in South-Eastern Europe which includes indoor pools, treatment rooms, health and beauty treatments (charges apply), Jacuzzis, sauna, hydro massage baths, water springs, hair salon and fitness centre.
The spacious, elegant rooms include ensuite bathroom with bath amenities, Wi-Fi, hairdryer, safe, air-conditioning, Flat screen cable/satellite TV, fridge and balcony/terrace.
Introductory Special Offer – Free upgrade to Sea View Room
Frequently Asked Questions
The transfer time from Thessaloniki airport to our hotel is approximately 1 hour 40 minutes.
It is of paramount importance that you have the correct attire when cycling for enjoyment, comfort and safety. It is essential to wear padded cycling shorts/trousers that are comfortable. We strongly recommend wearing a suitable cycling helmet on your tour. We recommend bringing your own helmet for comfort and safety however, helmets will be available with the bike hire. We also highly recommend taking and wearing cycling/biking short or long gloves. You will also need to bring a small adapted rucksack suitable for bike riding to keep all your essentials such a food, drink, first-aid kit, clothing etc
Whilst we would hope for good weather during your holiday, it is of course impossible to guarantee this. We would therefore recommend you travel with clothing suitable for all conditions, and suggest you use the following checklist as a guideline of what to take:
There is often confusion on the question of gratuities, since it frequently depends on the type of holiday, location and, of course, your attitude towards tipping, as to what is normally expected. To give you a rough idea, we have given appropriate guidance below.
The Tour Leader will be on hand to offer advice or suggestions if required but gratuities are offered entirely at the sole discretion of the individual. We suggest a group collection at the beginning of your holiday to cover drivers, guides, porters and hotel staff of €25. Your Tour Leader will collect this on your behalf and distribute it accordingly, thus relieving you of the burden of who, when and how much to tip.
Passports and visas
To enter Greece mainland or the Greek Islands your passport must meet 2 requirements. It must be:
Check both the issue date and the expiry date in your passport. If you renewed your passport early, extra months may have been added to its expiry date. This could affect the requirement for your passport to be less than 10 years old.
A visa is not required by holders of passports endorsed “British Citizen” for stays of upto 90 days in any 180-day period. Please note that stays in other EU countries counts towards this 90 day period.
It is your responsibility to ensure that you have the correct visa, a valid passport and any other travel documents for your holiday. All information provided relates to British citizens who hold or are entitled to apply for a British passport. For the most up-to-date visa information please visit; Greece Foreign Advice
If you are not a British citizen and do not hold a British passport, you must make your own enquiries as to the applicable requirements.
Compulsory vaccinations: None.
All clients are responsible for acquainting themselves with up to date health information of the countries being visited and where necessary take the required precautions. We recommend that you check with your doctor prior to departure as this information can change. You can also visit the travel health website for more information; Travel Health Greece
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