Rock Climbing Around Patras

Within a 45Km radius of Patras there are at least 4 significant crags to go rock climbing. Of the 4 crags, Varasova (photo shown opposite) is the most developed offering rock climbing straight off the beach. The crag has a mixture of sports and traditional (placing your own protection such as nuts and cams) routes up to 800m long. The first pitch of these routes are bolted to provide sports routes, though the spaces between the bolts varies from route to route. The multi-pitch routes then continue as traditional routes, requiring the placing of nuts and cams. The guidebook covering the rock climbing at Varasova unfortunately is now out of print, and there are no plans to re-publish it. There is also a small amount of bouldering to be found here as well.