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Greece, Crete Island
Here in the area around Avdou there is unlimited space
for horse riding, in the quietness of the nature.
Every day we set out on a new
track, with our four legged friend and with an experienced guide.
We offer the Panorama Rides
and during the warm summer months we offer the Sunny Rides. Both
horse riding programs are for the experienced and novice riders.
Panorama Rides
This horse riding holiday includes 6
horse riding treks with a total of 23 hours horse riding.
Day 1. Arrival, a welcome at Country Hotel Velani****, a
dive in the pool and evening diner.
Day 2. Ancient Lyttos Ride
we ride up to visit the archaeological site of the ancient city of
Lyttos giving an excellent view over the valley of Kastelli. The city of
Lyttos (meaning high, tall), was a strong town and a rival of Knossos.
The army of the city joined the Trojan War and the city was already
mentioned by Homer as Lyktos. During the roman period Lyttos was an
autonomous city with great fame. It had an aqua duct, theatre and
acropolis, nowadays little can be seen of this as excavations of the
site has not been done yet. The site has 2 churches. After the visit we
ride along the remains of this roman aqua duct. (4 hours, horse riding
and a visit to Lyttos)
Day 3,
Olive ride. We
make an active trip in north direction, we ride up the hills of Sfendili.
We cross the Byzantine church of Avdou, we ride quick over the plateau
of Mochos and have an excellent view to the Psiloritis Mountains,
highest peaks of the island (2,5 km). (4 hours horse riding)
Day 4,
River Ride. We
follow the Aposelemis River, which we of course also need to cross. (4
hours horse riding)
Day 5, Red rock ride. A spectaculair climb up the mountain giving an
excellent view over the stables and the Langada valley. We ride through
Kerm Oak forest to visit the mysterious Church of the Saint Fotini which
is hidden deep into a Cave. (2,5 hours, horse riding and visit to the
cave)
Day 6, Vulture gorge ride. We ride through the gorge of Gonies to
start our spectacular climb to the Greek village of Kera at 800 meters.
Here we make a lunch break in Restaurant Niki, before we start our
decent along the springs of Kera. (5 hours horse riding)
Day 7,
Cypress Ride. The last day we ride out through a very quiet
beautiful valley full of olive groves, we ride along a small cypress
forest and make some steep descends with the horses which we now fully
trust. (3 hours horse riding)
Day 8, Breakfast and departure.
The horse riding days
of this program can be offered in random order.
The Panorama rides can be booked
the whole year, with the exception of the months July and August,
due to the warm weather. In this period we offer the Sunny Rides
starting from 27 of June 2010.
The horse riding holidays are complete with:
• Stay in Equestrian Country Hotel
Veláni****, with swimming pool
• Breakfast and diner a la carte in the
Panorama Restaurant.
• Horse riding with a professional
guide,
and good horses. Price:
Panorama Rides:
654
€, (high season +
45
€).
Non Rider: 325
€, (high season + 45
€).
Price for an extra night:
Panorama Rides: 94 €, (high season 99 €).
Non Rider: 47 €, (high season 52 €).
Bookings for only 1 night have an extra charge of 10%.
The program can also be booked
as a short break.
For details of our program look at terms and conditions.
Also have a look at our
Sunny
rides or the Lassithi Trek.
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