Day 180: Neoi Poroi to Larissa

Escape from Olympus 

A huge cloud stack above Mount Olympus — it looks like the Gods were up to something.

Finally we managed to get away from Mount Olympus, down the road south through the Pineios Gorge. It is a spectacular river ravine through a large limestone range of hills and the scene of a rearguard action by the ANZACS in 1941. The road has now been circumvented by a tunnel, which meant it was very quiet for us.

Pineios (or Tempe) Gorge

Once out of the gorge it was pretty plain sailing, tracking the motorway on a parallel road with little traffic and pleasant views.

We were soon in Larissa. It’s a pretty large city with good shopping and bars. It would be nice to hang out for a while, but, as usual, we needed to eat before most other people and were off to bed just when the city was starting to light up.