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 | With the shops on the R, leave Karyes square where the buses arrive along FP beside the main road (towards Daphni, etc). |
| 120 | Cross main Daphni - Iviron road and KSO along FP (K) directly ahead with wall on L. FP soon begins to climb gently. |
| 250 | Ignore FP to L up to kiosk. KSO on main FP, now descending. Ignore small FP to R. |
| 80 | Ignore FP off to L. Bear R, signed Pantokrator. |
| 70 | Cross track and KSO on FP. |
| 160 | FP crosses track at staggered junction (turn L and then immediately R). KSO on FP which becomes stony path, then K again. Ignore path to R with red signs. |
| 700 | With main gate of Skete of Bourazeri on R, bear L on K. At junction with concrete road, ignore road to R and continue to L on K. |
| 250 | FP emerges at main road. Turn L along road and over bridge, ignoring paths and tracks to L. |
| 200 | At major road junction, turn L, then immediately R onto FP (K). Ignore road-sign, to Pantokrator, that points along the road. |
| 600 | FP becomes track and then emerges at main road on outside of bend. Ignore track uphill on far side of road. KSO/R along road (signed Pantokrator and Profitis Ilias). |
| 200 | Ignore road uphill to L (signed Skete of Profitis Ilias). |
| 300 | Arrive at junction where track forks R, downhill.
Here the routes to Pantokrator and Stavronikita divide.
For Stavronikita, turn R onto track which slopes downhill
towards kellion (still under construction in 2012). (The route to Pantokrator continues along main road.) |
| 200 | About 50m before reaching kellion, turn sharp L to pick up parallel FP about 15m on L through gap in wall (obscured – marked with orange ribbon) and follow FP to R. |
| 400 | FP ends at road. Turn R along road which soon becomes concrete and descends past vineyard on R. Ignore several tracks joining from back R. |
| 400 | At T junction, turn L onto paved road. |
| 200 | Follow aqueduct to reach entrance of Stavronikita Monastery. |