Stavros to Karyes

	FOOTPATHS OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
	FROM STAVROS TO KARYES and KOUTLOUMOUSIOU

	Distance: 1.8 – 2 km Journey Time: ½ hour
© The Friends of Mount Athos, 2008

Stavros is at the top of the pass where the road from Daphni begins to descend towards Karyes. For walkers, this steeply descending path provides a much shorter and more attractive route than the road, 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 (e.g. 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 should be taken as an indication, rather than an exact measurement, of distance.

Abbreviations: L = Left; R = Right; KSO = Keep straight on;

FP = Footpath; K = Kalderimi (stone-paved FP or track)

Description of Route:

Walk (m)	And then. . .
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 Karyes and Koutloumousiou.
350	FP joins track descending from L. KSO/L down track, signed Karyes.
200	Track surface 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.
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.

FOOTPATHS OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN

FROM STAVROS TO KARYES

and KOUTLOUMOUSIOU

© The Friends of Mount Athos, 2008

Walk (m)

0

Soon after kellion on R, where track turns sharp R, bear L onto FP (K).

Arrive at T-junction opposite Karyes bakery.

For Koutloumousiou Monastery, turn R along K.

Pass through gate into the grounds of Koutloumousiou.

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.

Arrive at Karyes main square.