Don't trust Google Maps when driving
I turned in my rental car yesterday after 12 days of driving around the Pelapenese Peninsula. Drove out of Athens with stays in Nafplio and Kalamata. Hit quite a few of the major sites. During that time, I drove over 1700 km / 1000 mi!
One big lesson came out of this experience, DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE MAPS!
Google thinks that many rural roads are 90 kph, when they are not safe to drive over 50. Because of that, it often sent me through back country roads and small villages where two cars could not pass each other. There were times when one of us would have to reverse to a wide enough spot.
Often, when I would get to a site, I would see busses that could never have followed my route. It also often took 50% more time to get there than predicted.
I saw some beautiful back country, but my family would have been far happier to have been on better roads. Double check any proposed routes. If they don't make sense, break up the trip into segments between major villages.
