The Town of Serres will welcome the 2nd round of the European Championship Cross Country Rally Raid for the 2011 season. Serres Rally, -the biggest Rally ever held in Greece- will be organized by the Auto Moto Club of Serres and the Off Road Team. It is a Rally Raid event which will be held in Northern Greece and is part of the UEM calendar, making it an official event of the European Championship Cross Country Rally Raid.
Furthermore, the organizational integrity of the event will be of the highest standards, since the Off Road Team (www.offroadteam.gr) and the Auto Moto Club of Serres (www.lams.gr) have already shown their quality with successful event organizations, like the World Championship Enduro WEC – EWC from 2004 to 2010, the ISDE 2008 and also the National Championship Rally Raid with 8 races every year all over the Greece, from 2005 to 2011.
Off Road Team’s experience for mapping out off road routes along with faultless design of Road Books and in conjunction with the organizational force of LAMS, guaranties a most exciting and unforgettable race experience.
1200 off road kilometers, 870 of them in the 10 Special Stages, crossing 10 mountains, during 5 days, round 3 prefectures, and 2 big cities…
Mountaintops, slops, rivers, hard scrap roads, fast flat tracks, verdurous grasslands and off road trails, mud, sand and stone, deep forest screening the route, old military ruins, compile the perfect Rally Raid scenery…
From Kilkis and Serres to Drama town, through the mountains Krousia and Black Mountain, Belles and Agistro, Lailias and
Vrontou Mountains, Menikio (or Bosdakas) and Granite, Falakro (bald…) and West Rodopi …
From the muddy “Road of Water”, to the tarmac “kotzam kalderim” fortress green road from “Metaxa” season…
From the stony passing on Bosdakas mountaintop -1800 meters altitude-, to the artificial Nestos Lake…
From Old Sidirokastro, to the Air Giant Generators and thermal springs on Agistro Mountain …
From the border line on Belles Mountain, to the “Turtle’s Path” with the Golden Ground at Krousia Mountain…
From endless grasslands with cows and wild horses, to the buffalos and thousands of storks’ birds that live at Kerkini Lake…
From Castanea Forest and Menikia Lake calmness,
to the Fir Forest, Black Pine Forest, and the unique Simida Forest in Europe on the top of Rodopi.
And from well known sandy potato fields at Vrontou,
to the crown of Lailias and the deers playing round the loam roads and paths around…
It will be a fantastic trip through Macedonia, from a different point of view!
At the end of every day the competitors will gather at the town of Serres, at Elpida Resort & Spa Hotel. Inside this ideal place, there are all the facilities for competitors and followers at a special colorful bivouac!
Α big International 5 days Race which will excite endurance and fillings…! Men, mountains and Machines, following an unforgettable adventure!
At webpage www.serresrally.gr you will find all essential information for the race, maps, video, photos from race routes and tourist information about Serres prefecture. The race centre will be based at the Elpida Hotel Resort, providing a variety of facilities.