Day 1 Cycling Athens to Milos Camping in Evia (Greece)
On the 4th June 2025, I cycled from Athens to Milos Camping in Evia as part of my Cycling Everywhere bike tour.
The Route from Athens to Milos Camping in Evia
(Wednesday 4th June 2025, Greece)
First day of the Cycling Everywhere bike tour, so a reasonably easy day in order to get used to cycling with weight once more.
It's always a bit of an issue cycling out of a major city, especially one as cycle-unfriendly as Athens! Still, I had a route planned that took me away from the worst of the traffic, and an early-ish start saw me avoid heavier traffic later.
Ideally, I would have left early on a Sunday morning (and I recommend that to anyone thinking to ride a bike out of Athens), but after living in Greece for so long, I was more used to the traffic, and didn't want to wait the extra days.
The aim of the day's ride was to keep it simple, do a short day, and end up in a camp ground I had previously stayed at. This would act as a kind of shakedown day to make sure the bike was fine, baggage balanced, and all kit doing what it was supposed to!
Download the GPX file for this route from Komoot
Photos
First selfie of the tour — standing with my loaded bike among the olive groves of Evia, still getting used to the weight on day one.
The ferry at Nea Palatia that took me across to Evia — the first water crossing of many on this bike tour.
My bike secured on the ferry deck for the crossing to Evia. All the gear I'd need for the months ahead.
All in all a pretty successful day's ride for day 1 with no issues to report – uneventful can be fine sometimes! Evening meal was couscous with cucumber, tomato and tuna. Lovely!
A note on weather: It was 30 degrees during the day, and things are warming up in Greece. At night, I didn't even need to use my sleeping bag!
Also read:
- Next Day Of The Tour: Day 2 Cycling Milos Camping in Evia to Aliartos (Greece)
- Things to do in Eretria
Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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