Co-ordinator Dom Oughton
Leonidio is a newly developed climbing area on the east coast of the Peloponnese, about 4 hours south of Athens. Helen and I spent about 3 weeks there last autumn and had a fabulous time and really liked the vibe, the village and the climbing. Here are our blog posts from our last trip https://rockaroundtheworld.co.uk/category/greece/leonidio. There are dozens of sectors spread over the huge red walls behind the village and up the winding valley that heads steeply inland. There are good options for sun and shade (we could really only tolerate the shady ones in late October and still managed a new crag most days), and a good mix of grades; some but by no means all benefitting from the “holiday grading” of Kalymnos.
The originally planned week of 16 to 24 February for Sun Rock 2019 seems to be stretching into a fortnight, with various teams booking longer trips or later flights (somewhat more cheaply) – there will be around 30 sunrocking Rucksackers in situ in Leonidio, Greece, from 16th Feb until 1st March. The “basecamp” accommodation at Camping Semeli is pretty much full, although a couple of the apartments could maybe squeeze in an extra one or two. However, there are plenty of other options – get in touch for details.