Rock Climbing in Patras in Patras, Achaea, Greece | Climbing

Patra, the 3rd largest city of Greece, is located at the north-west coast of Peloponnesos, having a direct ferry connection to Italy. Numerous limestone crags inhabitate the area, from 20 to 700 meters high (Varasova). Some of them are located by the sea while others lay around or even atop the impressive nearby mountains (Chelmos). The diversity in rock color, texture, angle and difficulty is apparent in the area and every climber can find a lovable piece of rock. However I must admit that the most of the great climbing concentrates on the sport routes of the 7th and the 8th grade of the French difficulty scale. Therefore, it is not surprising that Patra, despite the rapid development of Kalymnos, is still the queen of extreme sport climbing in Greece...