Near Thessaloniki
From Thessaloniki you do not have to go far for a good road. Cholomontas is an hour from the city and makes a Sunday morning, with coffee in Taxiarchis.
With a weekend, the Egnatia motorway gets you to Epirus, Zagori and the Katara pass in about three hours. For each road we say how to get there from Thessaloniki.
Our stories from northern Greece
TWO CARS, ONE MOUNTAIN: MORNING CORNERS ON CHOLOMONTAS
An M4 Competition, a 718 with the roof stowed, and the Halkidiki forest road that feels like a tunnel of oak trees. groundspeed's first road trip, exactly as it happened.Read the story
FIVE ROADS IN NORTHERN GREECE WORTH A FULL TANK
You don't need the Alps. Some of Europe's best driving roads are two hours from Thessaloniki - no camper vans, no queues, coffee at the end. Our five favourites, with maps and all the practical bits.Read the story
“HANG UP, I'M COMING”: I GOT STUCK IN THE MUD ON CHORTIATIS - AND THE DEFENDER WENT ON SALE THE VERY NEXT DAY.
Two and a half tonnes of confidence, a ditch full of mud and a Ford F-250 that appeared through the trees. How my first off-road outing became my last - and why I remember it as one of my best days.Read the story
SOME PEOPLE PLAY PADEL ON WEDNESDAYS. WE WENT TO THE SERRES CIRCUIT.
Wednesday morning. A coffee in hand, the key turned, and the road to the Serres circuit. In the end, this Wednesday wasn't so different from tennis, padel or the gym.Read the story