FOOTPATHS OF THE HOLY
MOUNTAIN
FROM STAVROS TO KARYES
AND KOUTLOUMOUSIOU
Distance:
1.8 – 2 km Journey
Time: ½ hour
Stavros is at the top of the pass where the
road from Daphni
begins to descend towards Karyes. This
steeply descending path provides a much shorter and more attractive route, with
good views down to Karyes and across the peninsula.
Notes:
Be aware that, while the paths themselves do not move, over time it is
possible for other details to change (eg, signposts disappear, new roads or tracks
appear). Distances (in metres)
have been measured by GPS and thus are horizontal measurements, without
allowance for ascents or descents; they are normally accurate to within around
10 metres.
Abbreviations:
L =
Left; R = Right; KSO = Keep straight on;
FP = Footpath; K = Kaldirimi stone path
Description of Route:
Distance (m) Directions
0 At
the clearing by the cross, with the main road behind, take the Left-hand track,
signed Koutloumousiou.
70 Turn
hard L onto FP heading down, signed Koutloumousiou.
350 FP
joins track descending from R.
KSO/L down track, signed Koutloumousiou.
200 Track
surfaces begins to have stretches of K.
660 Soon
after kellion on R, where track turns sharp R, bear L onto FP (K).
270 Arrive
at T-junction opposite Karyes bakery.
For Koutloumousiou Monastery, turn R along K.
170 Pass
through gate into the grounds of Koutloumousiou.
310 Arrive
at entrance to Koutloumousiou Monastery, on R.
For
Karyes, turn L
along K, with Protaton
ahead and, keeping it on L, continue along Karyes main street, past bar and fountain to ...
210 Arrive
at Karyes main
square.
This description has been produced by The Friends of Mount Athos, a charitable organisation which, among other activities, works with monasteries to keep this, and certain other footpaths on the Holy Mountain, open. Copies of this and similar descriptions are available, free, from the Friends website, www.athosfriends.org and in a number of places on or associated with the Holy Mountain.
May 2007