Rough seas & mount Athos

The trip from Porto Koufo to Limnos is challenging. The sea is rough with big and long waves. Even the toughest stomach can not make it. But as you sail the south tip of the third peninsula of Chalkidiki, mount Athos is rising in front of you. It is stunning. 2033m just next to the sea and no one is allowed to go there. It is an important center of Eastern Orthodox monasticism. The mountain and most of the Athos peninsula are governed as an autonomous region in Greece by the monastic community of Mount Athos, which is ecclesiastically under the direct jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. The remainder of the peninsula forms part of the Aristotelis municipality. Women are prohibited from entering the area.

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