A journey to the throne of Zeus (God of Gods)

in photography •  8 years ago 



The Throne of Zeus is on the Mount Olympus which is located in Greece and i have the privilege to live 30km from there,  so many times every year we are visiting the mountain, every time we go it's somethind different! The season, the nature, the weather everything and it's magical, many of you might know the mountain, to those who are not let me tell you about it and it's history!


Zeus was the father of the Gods and the people in Greek Mythology, father of the Sky and the thunder. he was the son of Cronus and Rea he was married to Ira but he  had many childrens with other wives, among them was the famous semi-god Hercules, Perseus, Great Helen some Greek Gods like Ηermes, Apollo and Athens, many movies were made about them and Greek Mythology so you might know them

Let's talk about the mountain! it is 11 hours of hicking and climping, the way to the top is amazing! you see many and woderfull things, on the bottom you see Shepperds small villages and some Greek culture

 

As you go up you leave your car at a place cold Prionia and you start walkin! 11 more hours to the top! from there it's magical! you might see bears, or some wildlife, the old Monastery of Saint Dionysos which was attacked by the Germans at the WW2,  

 the small rivers and waterfall, you can go for swim at summer time but the water is realy cold!


 

As you go higher it get more and more difficult! some rocks, snow wind and cold! but it worths everything and there are some refuge capxs to spend the night!with greek traditional food, you can a spend a night there and start early morning to the house of the Gods and mountain peaks!


The mountain stops at 2918 meters and next time i ll get there i will write on the book that a Steemer was here! 

if someone wants top reach the mountain i will attend and show him/her the way up!


*the photos are not all from the same trip.. i wanted to show you the majesty on different seasons!



 

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Greece has so many beautiful places you can visit. Olympus climbing is on my to-do list!

Beautiful. I envy you in a good way.

Do you live by the sea?

You know, Olympus is on my wish list. I want to take part of the Olympus Marathon some day. Maybe next year... It's on June 26th. Right on time to start a summer vacation on a high note.

I live in the city of Katerini.. 10min from the sea
i hope that you will win the race!

I envy you again :) I won't win the race because I am a slow runner. But I will certainly win by overcoming the task in front of me.

Maybe we will meet next year :)

I always wanted to visit Greece and it's nature and villages, hope one day though, nice pictures

Loved the picture of the arch and the river !

Hi! @manthostskirid
Because I live in Japan, Greece thing is I do not know too much.
Thank you for the nice photo very beautiful.

you are welcome! i want to go to Japan too!

Beautiful photos! Want travel to Zeus throne now :)
Thank you!

Thank you!! come whenerever you want!!

if you post videos from youtube.com, then great, I want to see the natural scenery. @manthostsakirid

Our Planet is just too​ beautiful to waste it!

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