HIKING
OLYMPUS
Ascent to the plateau of the Muses
O
lympus is for mountains what the Parthenon is for monuments. The ancient Greeks had placed the home of the almighty and temperamental gods, connecting their spirits and their moods to the extreme meteorological phenomena on the mountain. Beyond the myth, the variety of the habitats and the richness of the ecosystems make Olympus a monument of nature, a valuable biosphere reserve, as it was proclaimed by the U.N. 1,700 higher plant species have been recorded, while 22 of these (mainly alpine zone wild flowers) are met nowhere else in the world, which makes the mountain
COOL HOTELS & VILLAS