I take the opportunity, returning from Thessaloniki to stop and visit Dion, but apparently the gods do not want us. For the second time we find the site closed and we have to get over it. We then try to go up to Mount Olympus following signs that indicate ‘waterfalls’, but even here…
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Moni Filosofou
As we were in Dimitsana, we took the chance to visit another monastery, Moni Filosofou, which is actually two: a recent one, built in the mid-seventeenth century and an older one in complete ruin, dated 936. Also in this case, it is not easy to get there. The road is narrow and you have to walk a bit, but for the more adventurous is definitely a destination to consider.
Agios Ioannis Prodromos and Gortynia
The monastery of Agios Prodromos is a place you’ll never visit by chance!
To get there you have to walk for about an hour starting from Stemnitsa, descending into the gorge of the river Lousios, or, as we did, drive 8km on an atrocious road to get to a parking lot just half a kilometer from the monastery and from there continue on foot .