Walking on Paxos

Paxos, Seventh edition (2023) Updated 29/09/2023

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.

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Picnic 6 Above Loggos. New villas and their access mean that this picnic site no longer exists. (User, 7/23)

Walk 1: The taverna (waypoint 1) at 10min is gone. (User, 9/23)

Walk 4. At Kipos Beach the villa referred to as Villa Panorama in the footnote on page 43 is now called Kipos House. (User, 7/23)

Walk 5. At the last stretch along the main road to Lakka (page 47), the map shows a footpath running parallel to the road but this path does not appear to exist any more. (User, 7/23)

Walk 6. Above Loggos. Approaching the derelict windmill above Loggos (page 48) a new villa’s access has cut through the hillside just before the windmill which is now reached by a loose path up the side of the cutting. Because of additional new villas and their accesses the route on page 49/50 is somewhat different: (i) the path to the right is no longer visible; (ii) the view along the coast is now just glimpsed between garden walls (and may disappear once these are completed); (iii) after the second windmill and before the “narrow alley forking off to the left” there is a new villa and garden wall which needs to be skirted clockwise on three sides. (User, 7/23)

Walk 6. After church of Ag Dimitrios. When going uphill from the tarmac road, the right turn onto the terrace path is found just as the rocky path turns left through a ruined stone wall. The terrace path leads to the corner of a garden wall (rather than a block of apartments) where the left turn is described. Very overgrown here and may not look like a path at all – but is !

Leaving Monodendri Beach. Ben’s Bar has built more terraces so cross the watercourse and head up the terrace steps. The start of the woodland path is on the right on the penultimate terrace, marked by a white rope tying back rosemary bushes. There are no longer any white-painted rocks to mark the path, but it’s still clear enough. Page 51 says to ignore “a crossing track” but there are now two vehicle tracks and the footpath has been lost; turn right on first track and left on second and re-find the path about 10-20m along. (User, 7/23)

Walk 7. Leaving Lakka. The path described as “eroded” has now fallen into the sea ! The new path is easy and safe – but do not lean on the guide rope or posts. The “no shooting” sign on page 55 has gone, but there is a tiled bench there, at the viewpoint/picnic stop. The small beach on the harbour side of the isthmus is litter-strewn and the sea needs care to enter due to numerous sea urchins.

Lighthouse and Plani Beach.(i) The lighthouse is in private ownership so can only approach as far as the gate. (ii) The ascent from Plani Beach described as “Return towards the lighthouse… keep straight ahead” would be simpler as “Return all the way up the zig-zag road and turn right at the top”.

High cliffs. (i) At the venetian manor turn left and the footpath is to the right of a house’s gateway, and comes out at another house’s gateway. Head slightly downhill here to a junction where you turn right at the track described on page 57. (ii) After following the footpath around the high cliffs and past the windmill and reaching the concrete track, you can turn right here and within a minute reach a built viewpoint with a stone picnic table and benches. Can then head back downhill as described (on page 58). (User, 7/23)