The climbing park of ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo’’ held its first open presentation where they played host to more than 70 climbers who were invited to attend. The event took place on Sunday 3rd of June, at the Ag. Nikolaos Vion school of the Monemvasia Municipality.
Amongst the climbers and key note speakers was the well known Swiss climber, Claude Remy who participated in all the events and visited the surrounding area with his wife Christine, who is also a climber.
Claude Remy spoke with Margarita Manousou, the communications manager for tourism of the Monemvasia Municipality, and touched on interesting issues while answering her questions. He spoke about the ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo ’’ park, about the climbers’ community and about the places he visited in the Monemvasia Municipality area.
Remy mentioned that he visits Greece every year to climb. He goes to Kalymnos island which is well known for the climbing possibilities it offers to visitors. Kalymnos is classified as the best place in Europe for climbing and amongst the top climbing places in the world.
Remy considers the ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo ’’ park to be of high quality and can offer supreme satisfaction for climbers. The fact that the park has very interesting historical sites to visit in the surrounding area adds to the parks attraction . He particularly mentioned the Monemvasia Byzantine city, as well as the nearby city of Neapoli, and he made special reference to the Vion Aghios Nikolaos village, recognizing it as an important added attraction to the the ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo ’’ park.
Remy was deeply impressed with the uniquely strong peaceful atmosphere of the village and the surrounding area.
When he was asked about the distance from the airport in Athens, he was certain that the 400 kilometers would not deter the enthusiasm of dedicated climbers, as the ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo ’’ park can offer a great number of advantages for them.
As far as the climbers’ community is concerned, Remy mentioned that it is constantly growing, and in Switzerland today there are more than 100.000 climbers. Most of them belong to the upper socio-economic class and they travel many times to different places around the world every year in pursuit of their hobby. Remy mentioned that climbers usually travel in groups of 2 to 6 persons and are accompanied by their family only when the area offers the facilities and activities needed for them.
During their stay, Claude and Christine Remy visited, and were deeply impressed, with the Byzantine city of Monemvasia and of the Lasaretto hotel, where they stayed. They also visited the picturesque, village Kyparissi, which is situated by the sea and thought it was beautiful. During their visit Remy was very impressed by the near by Kyparissi climbing park, which he classified as a superb climbing venue with endless possibilities. He promised to come back and open at least 50 climbing courses himself.
The ‘‘Kavomalias – Zobolo’’ park presentation at Aghios Nikolaos Vion, was organized by the Tourism Committee of the Monemvasia Municipality, the Regional Union of Laconia and the Aghios Nikolaos Vion, Cultural Club.
More Information:
www.monemvasia.gr/el/watersports-a-outdoor-activities/rock-climbing-/zobolo.html
