From Seich Sou to Chortiatis and back, It’s a full day on the mountains.
The beautiful town of Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, is ideal for E-Mountain Biking. This mediterranean city is surrounded by its suburban forest, Seich Sou, which includes numerous trails and forest roads, offering astonishing views of the Aegean sea. Above Seich Sou is the mountain of Chortiatis, reaching 1200m altitude. It is one of the most recognizable natural landmarks in the region. The mount is characterized by its natural terrain, the various types of dense forests and meandering trails, making it very popular to outdoor activities enthusiasts.
Due to its length and pedaling time, this ride requires inter-mediate physique. However, In terms of biking skills, as with all our rides, we adjust the tour according to your skills and type of ride you prefer (forest roads, singletrack trails or both).
With a wide variety of country roads and forest trails around our base, the team at Trail Tales plans the perfect ride for you.
From last-gen enduro eMTBs from Cube to high-quality safety gear from Bluegrass, we offer our clients the best gear available.
Each member of Trail Tales is a certified MTB guide and RTI trained, so they can take you everywhere safely.
What's a typical ride with us
In this ride we combine these two Mountain bike destinations and offer you an Epic ride of about 50 km !!
We meet at Trail Tales Base 30 minutes before our departure, where we make the final bike checks and adjustments according to every rider’s needs. The essential parts of your latest technology bikes (suspensions, brakes, motor etc) are pointed out to give you a better understanding of the gear and its endless capabilities.
Every rider receives the necessary protection gear (helmet, gloves and knee protectors). In less than 5 minutes from our base, we enter Seich Sou and take the route cut out just for you and your friends. Before we start pedaling up the hills, we have an important briefing on the basic principles of E-Mountain Biking (bike stance, breaking, pedal efficiency etc).
We start inclining through the suburban Pine forest to reach its highest points and enjoy the view from the observatory. We continue our way up for about 12 km to the historic village of Chortiatis at 600m of altitude. We pedal all the way up to the peak, passing through the different types of forests. Apart from the astonishing scenery we get to see some stunning panoramic views of the region’s surrounding landscape. The SEO Shelter of Chortiatis is a traditional shelter perfectly tuned in the natural terrain. Perfect place to stop for a snack. After the stop we start declining all the way back to the village. The mountain offers versatile declines. Anything from wide forest roads for the tranquility lovers, to gravity and flow trails that will boost your adrenaline.
Trail Tales is a company based in Thessaloniki, Greece. We organize tailored MTB rides for people who love adventure.
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