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 gate of Vatopedi Monastery and turn L along paved road, with monastery on L. |
| 100 | After covered well on L, take R fork down road, initially K
then track.
Another road joins from back R. KSO, now with orchard on L, close to river bank. |
| 560 | Turn L onto FP. |
| 120 | FP emerges at track. Turn R along track.. |
| 80 | At junction, KSO (signed) parallel to river bank. |
| 260 | Turn L onto FP (partly K). FP soon crosses an empty area and then continues through forest, following course of stream. |
| 920 | Arrive at Kellion Genneseos Theotokou
("the Birth of the Mother of God"). KSO
on FP which bends R, descending. Cross stream and continue, now ascending. |
| 360 | Arrive at the main entrance of the abandoned Skete of Agios Dimitrios. |