I descended on a nice trail along a stream to Kalavryta, through the Chelmis-Vouraikos National Park & Geopark, where there were even information panels for example about the karst landscape and the endemic Greece spruce.
In Kalavryta I checked the train schedule, which goes 3 times a day in each direction, before starting my long walk down on train tracks. The E4 followed the tracks all the way to Diakopto. It goes through the gorge of Vouraikos with some bridges and tunnels where there are signs that you shouldn't walk, but it is an official trail! The train driver seems to be used to many people hiking there and I met way over 10 people today, including 2 women who where having their sheep flock on the train tracks. Btw, it is also a cog railway!
Mostly, there was a path next to the tracks, but if not it was a little work since the railway sleeper were too close for a nice step and the gravel was hard to walk on. But a really beautiful gorge!!!
In Diakopto it was early afternoon, so I walked to the sea and took a bus to Patras. I had decided to have a luxury evening: I booked a room got my cloths washed, took a shower and cooked a lot of noodles. I can get used to do this more often ;) But it is a nice end of my hike on the Peloponnes! Tomorrow I will (hopefully) take a bus to Itea kn the main land, to continue my hike - more or less on the E4.
Sunset ghe night before
Good morning beautiful day!
Old chestnut tree
(do you see my hiking poles?)
Here starts the train track-hike....
.... with bridges
...and beautiful landscapes
I had just passed the bridge when the train came...
Here it's the only time that there is a separate tunnel for hikers!
The end of the Peloponnes - looking to the mainland from Diakopto
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