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If you love hiking, here is a hike well worth doing! It runs along the rocky northern coast of Corinthia, offering beautiful views of the Gulf of Corinth and the mountains of the Peloponnese, including the fortress of Ancient Corinth! This trail, called Sterna-Heraion, is......

Technically speaking this post should be in the «News» section of our website, but as it has taken me almost a year to write it, it would seem a bit outdated! So, the news which can not be called «news» anymore is that in September......

Eating is a big part of traveling, it goes without saying. But as we do not all search for the same type of accommodation when  we travel, so too we do not search for the same kind of dining-out experience. My particular love is for......

This free audio walking tour of Sykia will take us on an easy and pleasant walk around the seaside village of Sykia, where we will have the chance to listen to descriptions and stories of its most interesting buildings and landmarks. We know very little about......

Baby Waterfalls around Daphne’s Club   The summer of 2023 has been a pretty hot one, leaving me with an irresistible urge to flee to the coolness of mountain forests and the freshness of mountain rivers. To my great luck, friends and colleagues living and......

«Nerotrives», literally meaning «water scrubbers», are probably as old as humanity. They consist of a source of powerful falling water and a wooden cone-like receptacle, deep enough to create a spin. Very near our hotel, in the mountain village of Manna, we have two such......

I was intrigued by the concept of railbiking long before I tried it. It was probably the combination of cycling, which I love doing (as long as it is at an even altitude and not uphill!) and trains, which is my favourite mode of transport......

Mount Ziria skiing and snow walking February 2017 2017 was undoubtedly a winter for snow lovers! And even here in Sykia we had the opportunity to enjoy the snow in numerous way. First and foremost by driving up to Mount Ziria and skiing in the miniature......

Polilimnio: The place of many lakes 14th of August 2017 My Russian friend Victoria and I had visited Polilimnio some years ago, on one of our on-the-spur-of-the-moment inspirational escapades. Back then a German guest had at talked to me about the place of many lakes......

1st Trikala Food Trails 19 August 2017 On Saturday 19th of August something special happened in the mountain village of Trikala Korinthias. A new network of hoteliers (Trikala Corinthians Network) teamed up with our region’s alternative tourism network «Experience Corinthia» to create a new annual......

July 2017 To say goodbye to our wonderful French nanny Cecile, we thought to take her to the fortress of the Acrocorinth. A wonderful place, far above the ancient and the modern city of Corinth, from where one can admire the stunning views of the......

Day trip with River Trekking & Lake Swimming This is a unique excursion experience, offered by the travel community Greekly, which we love to talk about and to suggest to our guests. We tried it ourselves with family, friends and guests a couple of years......

6th Nemead in Ancient Nemea (11-12 June 2016) One of the most amazing things happening in this area is the revival, every four years, of the ancient games of Nemea, also known as «Nemeads». The «Nemeads» were athletic and religious festivals of the ancient Greeks......

Lake Dasios, the «brown lake» On a sunny winter day we set off to hike on the plateau of mount Ziria, around the small Dasios lake. As you will see from the pictures it was an extremely clear day and the views of the peak were......

June 4th, 2010 On a cloudy June evening I set out to visit Nafpaktos, a small and picturesque port on the opposite side of the Gulf of Corinth, some 100 km or so from Daphne’s Club. My curiosity had been awoken by the story of......

December 13th, 2009 Or how a mountain trip turned into a near disaster! It all started on a Sunday morning, following a Saturday night with too much Greek cognac… The conversation had revolved around culture, cultural excursions, cultural hotels, promoting culture… It was only natural......

June 22nd, 2014 It was a long time since I had gone walking in a mountain walking, let alone done something adventurous, so when friend Nikos Aivatzidis suggested a walk inside the Fonissa Gorge I was more than eager to follow. Nikos is an experienced mountain leader......

May 9th, 2009 In our contemporary luxury-hungry society much ado is made of the rejuvenating power of pampering oneself with westernised oriental therapies, shopping therapies and exotic trips. Much less is said however of the amazingly rejuvenating power of a simple one-hour stroll in nature......

March 26th, 2009 One of the things one comes to appreciate when traveling in Greece is the extent of variety in the landscape. What one may not however realise unless he or she is an outdoors’ person is the extent of different activities that one......

July 4th, 2008 As you must know from this website, Daphne’s Club is near everything that is important in Greece! It is therefore also close to the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, where world-class plays are staged every summer. I chose Samuel Beckett’s play “Happy Days”,......

June 26th, 2008 I was feeling rather down this whole week and felt an urgent need to escape Sykia, if only for a couple of hours, and give free reign to my slightly adventurous side… So I decided to go in search of the «Pitsa......

Dear fellow travellers, I absolutely love traveling! And one of the most important aspects of visiting a new area is the accommodation it provides. And not simply because I also love sleeping and therefore enjoy a comfortable room 🙂 More importantly, the place where one......

August 13th, 2014 Scuba diving was a revelation I was not expecting… Gazing at the silver bubbles of the other divers floating towards the surface I was sorry not to be a poet or a writer of talent to find the right words to express......

July 4th, 2014 I was feeling really bored that day and felt like going somewhere. The idea of a trip up the mountain and a dip in a mountain lake presented itself to me among the many options and it seemed the most appropriate escape......

May 30th, 2011 Almost a year has passed and much has happened since. Most notably I was pregnant and gave birth in February to a baby daughter. This in order to explain that taking to the mountains and the gorges of the Peloponnese will be......

August 28th, 2010 The Greek version of Gibraltar (but medieval) There is the combination of ancient stones and thyme. And there is the combination of Byzantine rocks and fig trees. With the eternal blue of the Aegean as a background. And Monemvasia in the foreground.......

September 1st, 2014 After scuba diving, canyoning was a revelation of an altogether different order. I realised two things: Firstly, that I get myself into small or big adventures far too thoughtlessly (and usually alone on top of that). Only when the security belt was......