Another Pilgrim's Guide to Mount Athos

We have been to Mount Athos during this year's Easter celebrations [2013], so we have some useful tips from the journey. Car route we have chosen: entering Greece from Bulgaria via Kulata, following Serres, and then the highway to Thessaloniki, near the town changing the highway to Kavala and following the Stavros exit, then straight "down and up" to Ouranoupoli, for it is a difficult path, with many bends, ups and downs. Zoom in Here is Ouranoupoli at night, a touristic small town, with a rich nightlife, with lots of terraces, hotels and restaurants, as opposite with Mount Athos nightlife of vigil, solitude, fasting and some austere...

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