Photo Essay: Cycling in Zagori
Zagori is Greece’s best kept secret. Once a staging point for wealthy Ottoman traders, today the 46 stone villages perched among the […]
The Slow Cyclist in Armenia
Here at The Slow Cyclist we like to uncover places you may never have thought of exploring, far away from the tourist […]
The Best Books about Armenia
A country with a complex history and celebrated literary culture, we were spoiled for choice when picking our favourite books about Armenia. […]
Maiella National Park with a Slow Cyclist Guide
Maiella National Park is a place to connect to nature and glimpse at ancient history. The Slow Cyclist guide Pierluigi tells us […]
The Slow Cyclist meets William Blacker
Along the Enchanted Way by William Blacker is a must-read for anyone visiting the Saxon villages of Transylvania. Here, Oli Broom remembers […]
Photo Essay: Cycling Rwanda
Rwanda will always have a special place in my heart. It’s where I got to know my wife when I lived in […]
The Best Books about the Mani
Buried behind the rugged Taygetus mountains, south of Sparta, the Mani peninsula was one of the last truly remote outposts of Europe. […]
A Slow Cyclist in the Mani
Regular Slow Cyclist Jan Gillon recently returned from an adventure with us in the Mani. Here she writes about her highlights. Our […]
Wines of the Basque
Spanish Basque Country is known for its fine wines, but when visiting the area it can be hard to know where to […]
Exploring South Africa’s Karoo and Coast
Think South Africa, and you probably picture safari jeeps scouting the Big Five, or a cable car whizzing to the top of […]
Travels in Rwanda by Klaas Jan Jonkman
There’s a lot to love about Rwanda. From lush tea plantations to its famed resident mountain gorillas, there is so much to […]
Patrick Leigh Fermor’s Mani: South from Sparta
Joshua Barley, The Slow Cyclist guide in Zagori, Crete and the Mani, is an Athens-based writer, translator and one of the finest Hellenophiles of […]