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Athos – Agios Oros
Category Archives: walking
2105 – the hike from Panaghia to Agiou Pavlou
On October 1st we started climbing down the Holy Mountain at 8 o’clock in the morning. We were not in a hurry, after climbing to the top earlier that day. To reach Agiou Pavlou monastery took us 6,5 hours, including … Continue reading
2095 – the hike from Kavsokalivia to Panaghia refuge
Our main goal during our 2019 pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain was to reach the top of Mount Athos. We decided to do the climb in two stages: day one from Kavsokalivia to the Panaghia refuge and day two the … Continue reading
Posted in Kavsokalivia, mountain, Trip 2019, walking
Tagged dogs, hiking, Kerasia, stavros, Wim2019
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2082 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: the hike from Prodromou to Kavsokalivia
Planning a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain is a necessity. Not only you’ll have make reservations for a place to sleep in a monastery or skete, you will also have book your trip by boat for Ouranopoli to Dafni and … Continue reading
2079 – On our way to Vatopediou
We picked up our rucksacks, said goodbye to the archondariki, and were on our way to Vatopediou. Looking back to Pantocratoros we had a good view on the aqueduct that leads to the monastery. The aqueduct spans an olive orchard. … Continue reading
Posted in 02 Vatopedi, 07 Pantocratoros, Trip 2019, walking
Tagged aqueduct, Bas2019, monopati, wisteria
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2070 – On our way to Stavronikita
We found ourselves on the dirt road between skiti Agiou Andreou and Stavronikita. We hoped to spend the night in Stavronikita. The idea to sleep in a monastery without electric light enthralled us. But for the moment, the fog had … Continue reading
Posted in 07 Pantocratoros, 15 Stavronikita, Trip 2019, walking
Tagged Bas2019, mist, rain, weather
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2066 – Crossing the Profitou Eliou stream
In between the monastery of Pantocratoros and the Skiti of Profitou Eliou is a nice path (red and dotted line on the map) slightly uphill. It will take 30 minutes to get to the former Russian skiti. In the low … Continue reading
Posted in 07 Pantocratoros, Skiti Profitou Eliou, Trip 2019, walking
Tagged amphoras, clouds, Herman2019, monopati, rain, stream
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2040 – the hike from Konstamonitou to Docheiariou
I am probably one of the worst pathfinders you can find. Our plan was to hike to Docheiariou and try to walk over as many monopati’s as possible. With the new map of Peter Holworth in our rucksack we left … Continue reading
Posted in 10 Docheiariou, 20 Konstamonitou, walking
Tagged FoMA, footpath, kalderimi, monopati, power plant, solar energy
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2029 – two old bridges and the lost coast path between Iviron and Lavra
In post 1617 my brother Herman payed attention to the old path that connected the monasteries Iviron and Lavra before the dirt road was build, probably just before 1968, when Athos celebrated its 1000th anniversary. The old kalderimi path is almost … Continue reading
2026 – How to preserve and keep the ancient paths of Mount Athos?
Greece has a long tradition in preserving ancient heritage. Even old roads, such as this one, leading to Thessaloniki are kept in good condition for the future. This road is in the Museum of Modern Art in Thessaloniki. This nicely restored … Continue reading
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