Gondola · Kalavryta, Greece
Αχιλλέας
Αχιλλέας is a gondola near Kalavryta, Greece. It climbs 160 m over 738 m, from 1,699 m to 1,859 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
4/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Αχιλλέας is scarier than 4% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 197 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 137 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 7°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Αχιλλέας is near Kalavryta, Greece, at 1,699 m above sea level (38.00576° N, 22.19764° E). From there it runs 738 m up to the top station at 1,859 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 940 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.