Outdoor Activities: Wonderful Ways To Enjoy Nature in Greece — blog.visitgreece.gr

From hiking under waterfalls to rock climbing and evening picnics watching fireflies, Greece offers myriad activities in gorgeous natural settings. You will feel like a Bedouin in Limnos as you cross the ‘mini desert’ on the northwestern side of the island, an expanse of about 7 hectares of huge golden sand-dunes and little vegetation. The dunes are best visited early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the sand is not too hot to walk on barefoot. Snowboarders frequently come with their boards to slide down the sandy slopes. The best way to reach the site is by car – follow the signs to the dunes from the village of Katalakko (about 4.8 km away). After playing in the sand, take a dip at nearby (2.4 km) Gomati beach to wash off.

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