A rest day seemed prudent before climbing up Mount Olympus and the tourist town of Litochoro and the comfortable Hotel Xenios Dias seemed an excellent place to take it.
One of the town's attractions was the Olympus National Park Information Centre, a little way out of town. It had a display of the flora, fauna, history and mythology of Mount Olympus with lots of colourful photos and with English translations throughout. As you went higher in the building information on higher up the mountain was displayed.
An extremely, helpful lady in the Tourist Information wooden hut in town put a lot of effort into finding accommodation for me on the stretch of E4 after Mount Olympus, reserving me rooms in hotels I was unable to find on the Internet. In addition to local knowledge the trick is to search Google in Greek. While Google does translate search words from English to Greek it is not perfect, possibly because Greek letters are often transliterated in different ways so the same place name can be expressed in a number of ways in Latin letters.
Having filled up my belly, stocked up on batteries and snacks, and rested my ankle I feel ready for tomorrow's challenge.
One of the town's attractions was the Olympus National Park Information Centre, a little way out of town. It had a display of the flora, fauna, history and mythology of Mount Olympus with lots of colourful photos and with English translations throughout. As you went higher in the building information on higher up the mountain was displayed.
An extremely, helpful lady in the Tourist Information wooden hut in town put a lot of effort into finding accommodation for me on the stretch of E4 after Mount Olympus, reserving me rooms in hotels I was unable to find on the Internet. In addition to local knowledge the trick is to search Google in Greek. While Google does translate search words from English to Greek it is not perfect, possibly because Greek letters are often transliterated in different ways so the same place name can be expressed in a number of ways in Latin letters.
Having filled up my belly, stocked up on batteries and snacks, and rested my ankle I feel ready for tomorrow's challenge.
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| Evening in Litochoro, lots of people were sitting in bars watching the football match on big TV screens. |
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