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 | Leave Pantokrator Monastery by the main gate (facing the kiosk). Turn immediately R and R again following K road. |
| 40 | Turn L to follow zig-zag paved road down to harbour. KSO with boat house on L and past well house on R. |
| 160 | Cross bridge to reach junction of paths. (Straight on leads to Karyes). Turn L, signed Stavronikita and Iviron, going initially along shore, then up FP into trees. |
| 1400 | Ignore stepped path down to L, which leads to cell. (Sign to Pantokrator back along FP.) Shortly after this FP starts to follow a wall on L and Stavronikita is visible to L. |
| 50 | Abandoned cell on L. Ignore FP uphill to R (which leads to the main road) and KSO, passing rock shrine to St John the Baptist on R. |
| 450 | Pass door of well/cistern on R. KSO. |
| 350 | Path levels out and emerges with Monastery in front and fountain on R (sign back along FP to Pantokrator and other monasteries). Bear L under arches of aqueduct. |
| 100 | Arrive at entrance to Stavronikita Monastery. |