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'Walking the Islands...' Amorgos pack

Contains all the walks, fact sheets and summit panorama diagrams listed below

(50 pages) £13

Or choose from the items below...

1u Katopola - Chora

250m ascent over 4.5 Km approx 1 ¼ hours

  • Alternative waymarked old stone roads from the port to Chora

  Download Amorgos walk 1U for free

 

 

1d Chora - Katopola

250m descent over 4.5 Km approx 45 min

  • Alternative waymarked old stone roads from Chora to the port
(2 pages) £2.00

2u Moundoulia and Ancient Minoa

250m climb over 2.5 Km 75 minutes

  • Follow old route from the port to former Chora and wander around classical hilltop ruins
(1 page) £0.70

3u Aeghiali - Langadha - Tholaria Anticlockwise Circular walk

350m climb and descent over 9 Km, minimum 4 hours

  • Climb up from port to hill-town then horseshoe route above fertile valley with sea views
(5 pages) £2.00

3d Aeghiali - Tholaria - Langadha Clockwise Circular walk

350m climb and descent over 9 Km, minimum 4 hours

  • Climb up from port to hill-town then horseshoe rounte above fertile valley with sea views
(4 pages) £2.00

4u Langadha - Ayos Stavros and the Mills on Machos

320m climb over 2.5 Km, minimum 1.5 hours

  • Climb up to crags above Langadha to rock chapel, shepherds' huts, ruined mills and views along spine
(2 pages) £2.00

5u Aeghiali -Tholaria via Cape Pounda

250m ascent over 4Km, taking 1½ hours

  • From port to hill town via northern shore of bay and chapel
(2 pages) £2.00

6u Kambos Stroumbos and Farangi Araklos

Up to 250m climb over up to 5 Km allow half day

  • Explore gorge, ravine and sloping valley below Langadha
(2 pages) £2.00

7u Tholaria - Mikri Vlichadha - Ayos Dimitrios

250m descent and ascent over 3.5 Km

  • Down a rocky path to a pebbly cove then optional return via headland and new chapel
(2 pages) £2.00

8u Tholaria to Ayios Stefanos and Koutoulos

220m ascent over 2.5 Km fairly rough underfoot in later stages

  • A steep climb via shepherds' huts and chapel to viewpoint northern summit and ridge
(1 page) £0.70

9u Langadha - Ayos Yianni Theologos

250m climb over 4 Km, about 1 hour

  • A choice of hikes along old stone road to Byzantine monastery at valley head
(3 pages) £2.00

10u Ayos Yianni Theologos - Stavros

175m climb over 2.5 Km, about 45 minutes

  • Add to 9U for dramatic walk to very remote chapel in the cliffs and part 2 of 3 for Kroukelos ascent
(3 pages) £2.00

11u Stavros - Kroukelos

150m climb over 2 Km, about 30 minutes

  • Straightforward finish (follows 9U and 10U) of climb to the top of the island and panoramic views
(2 pages) £2.00

12u Ayos Yiannis Theologos - Kroukelos (Gully Route )

320m climb over 1.5 Km, about 1¼ hours

  • Direct steep scramble to island summit, scenically inferior to the route via Stavros but safer in poor conditions
(2 pages) £2.00

13u The Spine Route North from Chora to Aeghiali

300m or more climb and descent over 15 Km minimum 4 hours

  • Famous and dramatic hike along spine following old route from Chora to northern port, with variants
(5 pages) £2.00

1info Amorgos Overview

Information sheet

  • Expanded version of the Amorgos page on this website, with more detail about the island as a whole
(3 pages) £2.00

2info Amorgos bibliography

Information sheet

  • Book list, obviously
(1 page) £0.70

4info Amorgos The Big Blue

Information sheet

  • A walker's guide for film buffs or a film buff's guide for walkers
(2 pages) £2.00

1pan Kroukelos

Summit panorama diagram

(6 pages) £3.00

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