REGISTRATION OF THE 8TH CORFU MOUNTAIN TRAIL IS OPEN

The registration is open for the 8th international Corfu Mountain Trail that will take place on the weekend of 4-5th May, 2019. Last years successful organisation has made a strong base for an even more successful international trail race event on Corfu Island with a lot of great surprises and improvements from the race organisers!

The race distances are the following:

CORFU MOUNTAIN TRAIL ULTRA 110KM 5000+D (5 points)
RAIN TRAIL 40KM 2200+D (2points)
OLIVE TREE TRAIL 1200+D (1point)
QUICK TRAIL 10KM 500+D

We announce the following offer for athletes and their supporting families/friends for the 8th Corfu Mountain Trail to be held on 4-5 May 2019.

There will be transfer buses from Athens and Thessaloniki to Corfu on Friday 3 May with retrun on Sunday 5 May 2019 from a central location that will be announced in the next few days. The buses will transfer the athletes and their families to the Akti Messoghi Hotel, in Messoghi which is our great sponsor and also where is the starting point and finish of the race.

The offer is as follows:
For athletes of 110 km and 40 km transfer and return at a cost of 20 €
For athletes 20km and 10km transfer and return at a cost of 30 €
For friends and families of athletes transfer and return costs 40 €

The above prices are for transfer and return of the athletes from Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as athletes located in cities on roads such as Ioannina, Patra, Arta etc. The price does not include ferry tickets ranging from 5 to 10 € with return.

Athletes who want to take advantage of the offer will have to choose the option at the online registration form, signing the ” REGISTRATION WITH TRANSFER ” field.

We would also like to remind you that the offer of the Akti Messonghi Hotel for the accommodation of athletes and their families of 27 €/person in a double room with breakfast is valid this year as well. Reservations will be made on the hotel page where you will need to provide the registration ticket code (aquired after the online race registration) to be able to use the special offer.
For hotel reservations: reservations@messonghibeach.gr +30 26610 89000, tel. Reservations: +30 26610 89003 +30 2661075334.

The rich pasta party with local fresh pasta and local flavors of the 8th Corfu Mountain Trail will take place on 3 May, Friday afternoon after the technical breifing (exact place and time will be announced with the race schedule). There will also be a rich buffet for all athletes on Sunday, 5 May 2019 in the Akti Messoghi Hotel after the award ceremony.

ACCESS THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OF CORFU, ATHENS THESSALONIKI AND FROM EUROPEAN COUNTRIES:

At this time of the year there are many daily flights from Athens and from Thessaloniki to Corfu, where you can find your tickets at a very low price up to 20 euros with the companies AEGEAN AIRLINES, OLYMPIC AIR, ASTRA, SKYEXPRESS.

From the most European countries there are also direct, very economical flights, which also start from 15 euros, i.e. RAYANAIR, EASYJET, VOLOTEA VUELLING, WIZZAIR, and many others.

ITALY – VENICE, BERGAMO, MILANO, PIZA, NAPOLI, ROME
GERMANY – MUNICH, BERLIN, DUSSELDORF, FRANKFURT, STUTTGARD
UK – LONDON, MANCHESTER, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH,
HUNGARY – BUDAPEST
FRANCE – PARIS, BORDEAUX, NANTES, LYON
BELGIUM – BRUSSELS
NETHERLANDS – AMSTERDAM, EINTHOVEN
POLAND – KRAKOV, WARSAW, POZNAN
LITHUANIA – VILNIUS
DENMARK – BILLUND
IRELAND – DUBLIN

For the residents of AKTI MESSOGGI HOTEL, there is a transfer from the airport.

FERRY BOATS
We recommend the port of Lefkimmi from Igoumenitsa where it has a travel time of 1 hour and a cost of 5 euros per journey and is very close to the starting point of the race, alternatively to the port of Corfu with very frequent times of transition approximately 1.45 hours.