Tour de (Western) Balkans 2023

All distances from Jon’s bike computer

All height gains from Jon painstakingly counting contour lines.

97km before hitting Greece (Newcastle, Amsterdam, Ancona)

D1 4km in Igoumenitsa

D2 55km to Parga

D3 72km to Preveza

D4 73km to Alepohori

D5 49km (1600m ascent) to Manteio – v steep

D6 50km to Ioannina

D7 43km to Koukouli (Col of Women of Zagori monument 960m)

D8 10km around Koukouli

D9 74km to Konitsa (3000m DEBATED of ascent; Col de Kapesovo 1130m; Col de Aoos River climb 1075m; Col d’Eleuthero 1325m)

Starting to get our mountain legs by Day 9 which felt a whole lot easier than Day 5. These are overall shorter distances than we would usually cycle but I’ve eaten too many pies and am not very fit and Greece is really very very hilly!