Skopelos Greece Greek Island Holiday Walks.
Skopelos Tracks and paths walking to Perivoli, Sendoukia Graves, Old Klima, Mount Delfi, churches, beaches, a lighthouse and Monasterys.
The map we used for our Skopelos walks was a Roadmap Edition map and
we found this to be quite accurate as far as tracks and country lanes were concerned but this map does not
have all the footpaths marked. We did find whilst in Sciathos a TOPO hiking
map of Skopelos - although we never did see this for sale in Skopelos itself though
- (Topo is a relief map with paths and tracks and quite good gps capability if you want to use one).
If you are off wandering the island do take account of the heat - sometimes the weather does not feel as hot as it really is due
to the wind but you do need to take a good supply of water with you plus of course a nice wide brimmed hat. n.b. We had a GPS receiver with us and some readings
(WGS84) have been included with the walks in [..]'s
B. Perivoli to Lighthouse
We did this as a short walk to give us a break and leg stretch during a day's sightseeing by car - it was a
pleasant 7km leg stretch in all and easy going. If you look at a map there are several obvious
opportunities to make a longer circular - for instance you could start at Glossa, head
towards the lighthouse (there is a path from the track down to it but it's difficult to locate), then round to Perivoli and then back on the road and
track to rejoin the track and then on back to Glossa.
Park by the (closed) small drinks-kiosk at Perivoli, then walk back up to the track junction and turned right.
This is then just a case of following the track as it goes through a wooded area (lots of butterflies and bees around here) and then
goes into the open and follows the coastline round to the lighthouse.
Have a drink and/or picnic and then return the same way.
Sendoukia graves and Mount Delfi
This walk is around 10kms total and takes you for a look at the graves and then a wander up to the highest point on
Skopelos Island. On the Skopelos Town to Ananias road around 1.5kms past Ananias there is a junction with a track to Pirgos,
but ignore this and keep on until the tarmac ends just past this junction and park here for
the walk. Walk on up the track until you come to a very wide t-junction, take the track on the right which is the HIGHER
of the two and is also marked for the Senoukia graves.
After abound 1km you come to another junction and on your right you can easily see (it's marked) the
track going up the side to Sendoukia. This track winds around a little and eventually arrives at the
rocky top - take a leftish direction and follow the markers to the graves.
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Retrace your steps to the junction and take a track almost opposite the
Sendoukia path and follow it up into the Vathia Forest. Around 1.5 kms
along this upward but quite easy to walk track turn left onto another
track which then zigzags up for half a km and then comes out on a dip by
some ruins which are on your right.
The path to the mountain top goes behind these ruins and is well trodden to start with, however things
become a little vague and after about half a km spot a small cairn [N39°08'41" E023°40'16"]
- the mountain top is left up the slope here and not very far but you may need to pick
your own route if you lose the upward path because fallen trees etc are all over the place.
The mountain top [N39°08'42" E023°40'12"] and
674m high] has good views and also a disused /delapidated firemans' watchtower which some of us -
who should know better - then proceeded to climb up. Retrace your steps to your start point.
Old Klima to Panormos
We really liked this straightforward 12.5km walk and would loved to have done it's reversal if we had had the time - it also has great possibilities
for extended it if you want to walk further. The walk starts at Old Klima - on the main road heading towards Glosaa find a
dirt road which is signposted Delfi. [N39°09'41" E023°37'38"]
Follow the main track for about 2kms - ignoring two tracks going off to the left and a footpath
going to the right - until you come to a main T-junction where you go right. After around 1km another track comes in from the right but you
should continue on the main track which bears slightly left here. This track then winds it's way round the base of the mountain - with views to
the sea on your right and after a while also a view of Elios way down below. After about 4kms the track becomes quite rough and also turns
quite sharply right and joins a very wide "white" track.
Note on this junction we were really plagued by hundreds of wasps which were a real nuisance and made it
impossible to stop for a breather or even a quick drink. If you turn right on this track you can walk back down into Elios, however on our walk
we turned left and went up the "white" track until after about 1km we reached a smaller narrow rubbly track going off to the right. Take this
track and stay on it as it winds it's way down to the main road and emerges by a bus stop (Milia Beach).
We turned left and followed the main road into Panormos with it's tavernas and beach.
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