Walking in Paxos
£6.00
26 walks and 1 car tour
by Noel Rochford
A guidebook to walking on the Greek islands of Paxos and Antipaxos, featuring 25 of the best long and short day walks.
We cover both Paxos and Antipaxos, showing trekking routes of varying difficulty, all of which are mapped in detail at 1:28,000.
Many of the hikes are circular, taking in the well-known beauty spots along the turquoise coloured coves of the eastern coast, but also to hidden corners that most visitors miss.
This guide also includes a car tour and free downloadable GPS tracks.
When to go: The best months for walking in Paxos are April, May, June, September and October.
Printed book: £9.99 / PDF book £6.00
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This new 6th edition of our guidebook to walking in Paxos and Antipaxos has been thoroughly revised just prior to publication. The map has been redrawn using OpenStreetMap source material with GPS tracking.
It shows waypoints, and free downloadable GPS tracks are available for all the hikes. Satnav coordinates are given to the start of each walk for motorists.
Colour coding on the Contents page enables you to see at a glance the grading of various treks.
This is the ideal ‘get away from it all’ destination — where everyone strolls through olive groves and along the coast.
Paxos, just 19 sq km of cosy countryside, is little more than a broken fragment of hills sitting anchored off the southern end of Corfu. The hills are cloaked in a cool mantle of olive trees.
Dark groves of cypresses pierce this silvery-green mantle. In the shade of these wooded hills lie sprinklings of rustic hamlets. But the real beauty of Paxos is the dazzling necklace of turquoise green coves that collar the eastern coastline.
I bought this book not expecting too much, either in the way of helpful hints or a usable map. What a surprise I had in store… the book has a list of useful advice, some very detailed and descriptive walk itineraries and a wonderful map! Having holidayed on other Greek Islands many times before we were aware of their reluctance to provide anyone with a usable map.
Imagine the shock I had when I unfolded the map of Paxos and found that it compared almost exactly with the satellite image on google maps!! You also have the opportunity to update your book online… What a great idea. Definitely worth the money I paid for it and I will buy other titles in the series. (SA, Amazon)
The island is so small that all walks are accessible wherever you stay. The main tourist centres are Gaios (the capital), Loggos and Lakka.
1 car tour, 25 long and short walks, 9 picnic suggestions
64 pages + large-scale touring/walking maps of Paxos and Antipaxos (1:28,000)
6th ed, 2018; ISBN 978-1-85691-507-6; UK retail price £9.99 / USA retail price $14.00
Table of contents:
Preface 4
Acknowledgements 5
Recommended books 6
Plan of Gaios 6
Getting about 7
Picnic suggestions 8
A country code for walkers and motorists 12
Touring 13
Around the island 14
Gaios · Moggonissi Island · Gaios · Ozias · Gaios · Ag Apostoli Church · Fontana · Loggos · Lakka · Ipapanti Church · Magazia · Fontana · Gaios
WALKING
Where to stay 23
Weather 23
Nuisances 24
What to take 24
Greek for walkers 25
The walks
1 Gaios · Vellianitatika · Mouzmouli Cliffs · Tripitos Arch · Ozias · Moggonissi Island · Gaios 26
2 Gaios · Vellianitatika · Sterna Bay overlook · Makratika · Agrilas Beach · Bogdanatika · Gaios 32
3 Gaios · Geromonaches · Fontana · Kangatika · Loggos 35
4 Gaios · Kaki Lagada Beach · Fontana · Kipiadi Beach · Loggos 40
5 Bogdanatika · Vlachopoulatika · Agioi Apostoli Church · Magazia · Milos · Ipapanti Church · Lakka 44
6 Loggos to Lakka (via the coast) 48
7 Lakka · Cape Lakka · Vassilatika · Ipapanti Church · Lakka 54
8 Around Antipaxos 59
Index 64
Fold out island map between pages 6 and 7
Drawings of some island flora 11, 21, 39, 51, 53 (indexed on page 6)
Achai (bay) 18, 45, 46
Ag Emilianos (church, Antipaxos) 62
Ag Marina (church) 15, cover
Agioi Apostoli (church) 10, 14, 18, 44-5, 47
Ag Spyridon (chapel, Kalchionissi Island) 31
Agorakatika 30
Agrapidia (port, Antipaxos) 59, 61
Agrilas (beach) 9, 17, 34
Antipaxos 11, 23, 31, 58-9, 60, 61, 62
Aronatika 54
Bogdanatika 9-10, 17, 32, 34, 37, 44
Chiros, Akr (cape) 28
Corfu
ferry connections 7
Landscapes of Corfu 63
Dalietatika 57
Dasskalia (islets off Antipaxos) 62
Erimitis (cliffs) 10, 18, 22-3, 44-5, 47
Fontana 2, 12-3, 14, 18, 21, 35, 36-7, 38, 40-1
Gaios 7-8, 10, 14, 15, 16, 20-1, 23, 26, 31-2, 34-5, 40, 59
bus timetable 7
town plan 6
Geromonaches 9, 17, 35, 37, 38
Glyfada (beach) 48, 50-1
Grammatikeika 11, 20, 58
Il Conde (church, also called ‘Pantokratoras’, in Makratika) 9, 33
Ipapanti (church) 11, 14, 16, 20, 44, 47, 54, 58
Kaki Lagada (beach) 21, 40-1
Kalchionissi (island) 31
Kangatika 35, 39, 42
Kipiadi (beach) 40-1, 42
Kipos (beach) 10, 18, 40, 42
Koutsi 19, 35
Lakka 7, 11, 14, 19, 20, 23, 44, 47-8, 53-4, 58
Akr (cape) Lakka 11, 54-5
bus timetable 7
Lakkos (bay and beach) 52
Levrechio (beach) 18, 40, 42
Loggos 4-5, 7, 10, 14, 18, 23, 35, 40, 43, 48, 49
bus timetable 7
Magazia 10, 14, 17-8, 21, 44, 46-7
Makratika 9, 17, 32-3, 34
Marmari (beach) 35, 40, 42
Manessatika 46
Messovrika (beach, Antipaxos) 11, 60, 62
Milos 44, 46
Missorachi (beach) 56
Moggonissi (island) 8, 9, 14, 16, 23, 26, 28-9, 31
Monadentri (beach) 48, 49, 50, 51
Mouzmouli (bay and cliffs) 9, 17, 26, 28
Orkos (bay and beach) 48, 53
Ozias 9, 14, 16, 26, 30
Panagia (island) 10, 36
Plani (beach) 54, 55
St Nicholas (island) 10, 36
Sterna (bay) 9, 17, 32, 33
Stavrou (Antipaxos) 62
Tripitos (arch) 26, 27, 30
Vassilatika 54, 57
Vellianitatika 9, 17, 26-7, 32-3
Vigla (Antipaxos) 59-60
Vlachopoulatika 17, 37, 44
Voutoumi (beach, Antipaxos) 11, 58-9, 60, 61
Vrika (Antipaxos)11, 59-60, 62
Zernatika 42
Paxos, Sixth edition (2018) Updated 24/06/22
Updates for walks and car tours (drives) on Paxos given below supplement those provided in the guidebook. It is vital that this Update is read in conjunction with the text of the book, but note that the Update applies only to the edition stated and not to any earlier editions. (If you have an older edition of this book you can “upgrade” to the latest edition at half price.
Information has been forwarded to us by users of the book, and Sunflower Books offers the data in good faith but cannot be held responsible for any misleading or inaccurate content in the Update. Unless indicated otherwise, what appears here has not been verified by the author or publisher, so please allow due caution when new or amended routes are suggested. Each piece of information is dated; bear in mind that some of the older observations may have since been overtaken by events or further changes. If, during your holiday, you are using the current edition of the guide and are able to provide any additional updating to add to this page, we will be pleased to hear from you. Please send information, preferably by e-mail, to info@sunflowerbooks.co.uk.
Walk 1: The marked cliffside pathway from Moggonissi (waypoint 9) to Cape Pondikonisi (south tip of the island) does not exist. The terrain is boulder-strewn, and interspersed by bracken and bushes, which we clambered over for hall an hour or so but gave up as this did not get any easier. We came across a few old rock face markings to note a once recommended route, but these were weathered and not possible to follow. More of a rock clamber than a trail to the map recommended (camera logo) viewing points (<1>), and potentially dangerous for the less fit with small crevasses to negotiate including some filled with thickets. (User, 6/22)
Walk 5: There is no longer a sign telling you where to turn left to the “Sunset” view. (User, 11/13) + Picnic 5, Car tour and Walk 5: Note that there is a bar/restaurant (Erimitis Bar & Restaurant) at Boikatika, just next to the church of the Agios Apostoli. (Sunflower)
Walk 7 and Picnic 7: You can no longer reach the cliff top by the old “Venetian Manor”, the house is occupied and the former picnic point is now fenced off. (User, 11/13) + The map marked pathway from the Venetian Manor (7) to the map recommended (camera logo) viewing point (<7>) has been blocked off (north west of the island to the west of Vassiliatika). This was probably done illegally / legally by whoever is gradually restoring the Manor, so any pathway through woodland beyond is now more than overgrown and impassable. (User, 6/22)
Walks 5 & 7: These can be easily combined, walk no 7 being done in reverse to that described in the book, by making a side trip to Ipapanti and continuing to Vassiliatika and then to Dalietatika, Plani, Missorachi and finally Lakka. (User, 11/08)
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