The Mountains of Greece - Trekking in the Pindhos Mountains

• Location
• Description
• Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Updates
• Reviews
• Further Reading

'The Mountains of Greece opens up the remote hinterland and the best mountains, with plenty of peak-bagging days alongside treks to historical sites such as Delphi. It also includes my all-time favourite, the Zagori Circuit. Taking into account that many of the 41 routes could be connected to become one long expedition, the potential for trekking is immense.
Whatever your attitude, if you are a keen hillwalker who likes the idea of exploring a remote, often challenging landscape, as far from the 9-5  daily grind  as you can get on this planet, this book is required reading.'

(Walking World Ireland Magazine / Sept 2006)

'Cicerone guides have evolved into handy plastic covered, heavy duty-paged, pocket-sized handbooks. This one is bang up-to-date, introducing the way that communities in the mountains have disappeared or evolved, with consequent changes to the tracks. It gives good advise about how to deal with these largely deserted ranges.
Can't wait to do some of these wild mountain treks.'

(Irish Mountain Log magazine / Autumn 2006)

Within the 350 plus pages of the book, there are literally years upon years of walking, making this one of the best value books on walking in existence. Just dream, some high level walking finished off with a few days next to the Aegean!

(The Aitchison-Jones Walker's Pocket Book 2007)

The Mountains of Greece is a new and expanded edition of Salmon's earlier guide, which has been brought up to date. One innovation is instructions for adding the Greek Geodetic reference system to the hiker's GPS. Salmon points out that the Anavasi series of maps, which now makes walking in the Greek mountains less hit or miss than previously, incorporates the new metric grid Greek Geodetic Reference System.
Salmon and his co-author Michael Cullen both have long experience of Greek Mountains, and their introduction contains sensible advice, on sleeping ad eating, clothing, communications, weather, maps and Greek Mountain Club refuges ('not really of any use to the visiting walker' because almost always locked). They have included colour photographs which though small succeed in conveying well the rough beauty of the mountains.

(The Anglo-Hellenic Review, Autumn 2008)