Note: All distances given (in metres) should be taken as approximate. The route described is liable to unpredictable change: for example, forestry work, road or track construction and plant growth may alter the route, or its appearance. Signposts may disappear or new ones appear. The Friends of Mount Athos strives to keep this description correct and up to date but cannot take responsibility for its accuracy.
| Abbreviations: |
L = Left; R = Right; KSO = Keep straight on;
FP = Footpath; K = Kalderimi (stone-paved FP or mule track) |
| Walk (m) | And then . . . |
|---|---|
| 0 | Turn R out of Hilandar Monastery main entrance and walk around the outside of the Monastery, ignoring path from L |
| 100 | Bear L on track above the low wall, ignoring more major track descending to R |
| 100 | Cross a little stone bridge. Pass shrine on L |
| 20 | KSO into woods on narrow FP (signed Zographou) which winds
up through forest, steeply and in a gully at times. Ignore tracks to R and L. |
| 1500 | FP emerges from woods to join forest road. Turn L along forest road (signed Zographou after 30m). |
| 210 | At junction with forest road, turn R. Note: Turning L at this point, downhill along forest road, leads in 450m to Holy Trinity chapel. |
| 800 | Forest road joins from R at large flat open grassed area with large black plastic water tank. Bear L. |
| Road soon rises and becomes exposed with views to L and R over forest and hills to sea. | |
| 750 | Forest road joins the main road between Hilandar and its arsanas on the west coast. Cross the main road and climb bank on far side onto FP (signed Zographou) on edge of the woods and turn L. FP on top of the bank follows the edge of the road for a short distance before entering light woodland. |
| Ignore small path joining from L beside stone obelisk (frontier marker between Hilandar and Zographou) on top of small bank. KSO. | |
| 900 | Ignore FP joining from R (this goes back to the main road between
Hilandar and its arsanas). Note: A deviation of 250m along this path leads to a fountain with running water. |
| KSO. FP descends through woodland. | |
| 170 | Ignore track from R uphill. KSO on FP to the L, descending and crossing three river-beds. |
| 1850 | FP joins from L beside a cross on a pedestal (this path goes to the Hermitage of Kosmas). KSO. |
| Ignore path to R. KSO. | |
| Cross river on fine stone bridge. | |
| 1000 | FP emerges at main road with Zographou Monastery visible on hill ahead. Take the direction indicated by the prominent signpost: cross road and KSO on FP, with a shrine to the R of path. FP crosses river on stone bridge, then climbs steeply on very good K with walls on each side. |
| 170 | FP(K) joins from R coming from arsanas. KSO |
| 280 | Arrive at gate of Zographou Monastery. |