Walking in Paxos

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25 long and short 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: £10.99 / PDF book £9.00

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SKU: LANDSCAPES-PAXOS Categories: April, Greece and Islands, Landscapes Series, May, October

Paxos

This new 7th edition of our guidebook to walking in Paxos and Antipaxos has been thoroughly revised just prior to publication.

The maps show 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)
7th ed, 2023; ISBN 978-1-85691-549-6; UK retail price £10.99 / USA retail price $17.00 / euro €13,50

Table of contents:

Preface 4
Acknowledgements 5
Recommended map and books 6
Plan of Gaios 6
Transport 7
Picnicking 8
Picnic suggestions 8

Touring 11
Around the island 12
Gaios • Moggonissi Island • Gaios • Ozias • Gaios • Ag Apostoli Church • Fontana/Platanos • Loggos • Lakka • Ipapanti Church • Magazia • Fontana/Platanos • Gaios

Walking 20
Grading, waymarking, maps, GPS 20
Weather 22
Where to stay 22
Nuisances 22
What to take 23
Greek for walkers 23
A country code for walkers and motorists 25

The walks (symbols are explained on page 21)
1 Circuit from Gaios via Tripitos Arch and Moggonissi Island 26
2 Circuit from Gaios to the Galazio Bay overlook and Avlaki Beach 32
3 From Gaios to Loggos 35
4 Beaches between Gaios and Loggos 40
5 From Bogdanatika to Lakka via Ipapanti Church 44
6 From Loggos to Lakka (via the coast) 48
7 Lakka circuit via Cape Lakka, Vassiliatika and Ipapanti Church 54
8 Around Antipaxos 59

Index 64

Fold out island map inside back cover

Ahai (bay and caves) 16, 45
Ag Apostoli (church) 8, 10, 16, 44, 45
Ag Emilianos (church, Antipaxos) 62
Ag Marina (church) 8, 9, 14
Agorakatika 30
Agrapidia (port, Antipaxos) 59, 60, 62
Avlaki (beach) 9, 15, 32, 34
Antipaxos 10, 22, 31, 59, 60, 61, 62-3

‘Blue Caves’ see Ahai Bogdanatika 10, 15, 34, 37, 44

Chiros, Cape 28
Corfu 36
ferry connections 7
Landscapes of Corfu 6, 41

Dalietatika 56
Dasskalia (islets off Antipaxos) 61

Erimitis (cliffs) 10, 16, 20-1, 44, 45

Fontana/Platanos 2, 12, 16, 19, 22-3, 35, 36, 40, 41

Gaios 7, 8, 11, 12-3, 14, 15, 19, 22, 23, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40
bus timetable 7
town plan 6
Galazio (bay) 8, 15, 32, 33
Geromonaches 10, 16, 35, 37, 38
Glyfada (beach) 50, 51
Grammatikeika 19, 58

Il Conde (church, also called ‘Pantokratoras’, in Makratika) 15, 32, 34
Ipapanti (church) 10, 14, 19, 20, 44, 46, 47, 54, 58

Kaki Langada (beach) 19, 40, 41
Kamini Beach 41
Kangatika 39, 42
Kloni Gouli Beach 41
Kipiadi (beach) 40-1, 43
Kipos (beach) 10, 17, 40, 42, 43
Koutsi 14, 17, 35

Lakka 7, 10, 18, 22, 23, 44, 47, 48, 51, 53, 54, 55, cover
bus timetable 7
Cape Lakka 10, 18, 54, 55
Lakkos (bay and beach) 52
Levrechio (beach) 17, 40, 42-3
Loggos 4-5, 7, 10, 12, 17, 35, 39, 40, 43, 48, 52 bus timetable 7

Magazia 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, 44, 46
Makratika 9, 15, 32, 34
Marmari (beach) 35, 40, 43
Messovrika (beach, Antipaxos) 10, 59, 63
Missorachi (beach) 10, 56-7
Moggonissi (island) 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 22, 26, 28, 30-1
Monodendri (beach) 49, 50, 51
Mouzmouli (bay and cliffs) 8, 14, 26, 28

Orkos (bay and beach) 48, 53
Ozias 8, 12, 15, 30

Plani (beach) 54, 55, 56

Tripitos (arch) 26, 27, 29

Vassiliatika 54, 57
Vellianitatika 8, 15, 26, 28, 32, 33
Vigla (Antipaxos) 59, 60
Vlachopoulatika 16, 44
Voutoumi (beach, Antipaxos) 10, 59, 61, 62-3
Vrika (Antipaxos) 10, 59, 60

Zernatika 39, 42

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.

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.

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)

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Walking in Paxos

25 long and short walks and 1 car tour

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