The crags

Gerovrachos is an excellent addition to Leonidio above the La maison des chevres sector, at the top of the hill and therefore often windy and refreshing when it’s too warm to climb elsewhere. Despite poor conditions, the crag was developed...

Kyparissi is a secluded paradise backed by the craggy slopes of Mount Parnon and fronted by the cobalt blue of the Myrtoan Sea. Home to about 400 people, it is tucked away on the east coast of the Peloponnese—between Leonidio...

For years, whenever we drove to Leonidio from the north, our eyes landed on a compact grey cliff opposite a campsite built on a beach just 30 minutes before Leonidio. Because the cliff is so solid and the location near-perfect...

A town with approximately 6000 residents, Leonidio is built in a valley at the foot of Mount Parnon, on the east coast of Peloponnese. Towering above the homes like a giant fiery waterfall is a jaw-dropping, 250-meter, red limestone cliff....

Leonidio is a beautiful Greek town about 3.5 hours from Athens, with about 6,000 inhabitants situated on the east coast of the Peloponnese in a valley at the foot of Mount Parnon. A breataking, 250m red limestone cliff towers above...

Climbing in Greece is obviously much than just Kalymnos or Meteora. One of the most recent areas to be developed are the cliffs surrounding Nafplion, Greece's ex-capital city and roughly 150km southwest of Athens. As in much of this sun-blessed...

Crag developed by Austrian climbers Angela Eiter and Bernie Ruech in 2015. Angela Eiter reports the following: "Unlike the usual climbing trips, in February 2015 Bernie and I aimed to establish a new crag at Kosmas close to Leonidio....