Pelion Paths
The walking trails
of Pelion
Pelion is laced with kalderimia, the centuries-old cobbled paths that link the mountain villages to the sea. Here is a growing guide to the best of them across the whole peninsula, with a Google Earth link for every trail. The ones nearest us begin within a short walk of the hotel.
Distances, times and heights on these pages are gathered from public trail sources and are approximate. Check the route and conditions locally before you set out.
Start from our village
On foot from the door
Pinakates → Vizitsa
A short, easy kalderimi between two of the prettiest western Pelion villages, the old daily school route, walked until 1985.
Around Vizitsa (circular)
A half-day loop straight from the village, past a monastery, the historic Milies railway bridge and a spring waterfall.
Milies Station ↔ Vizitsa (circular)
A loop linking Vizitsa with the historic 1903 Milies railway station, two 18th-century chapels and the Miliotiko ravine.
Kala Nera → Pinakates → Vizitsa → Milies
The grand tour of the western villages, from the sea at Kala Nera up through three mountain villages on old kalderimia, with a train or bus back.
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Western villages & the gulf
Drakia → Agios Lavrentios
An easy, shaded forest walk through chestnut groves between two western Pelion villages.
Agios Georgios Nileias → Kato Gatzea
A scenic kalderimi descent from a hillside village down to the Pagasetic shore, passing an old railway station and olive museum.
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South Pelion, Argalasti to Trikeri
Lafkos → Milina
An easy, family-friendly kalderimi down through olive groves from the handsome village of Lafkos to the gulf at Milina.
Promyri → Platanias
A shaded mule-track descent through plane-tree forest from Promyri down to the southern beach of Platanias.
Tisaios ridge crossing (Floka & Evzonos peaks)
A demanding circular ridge walk at the far south of Pelion, balanced between the Pagasetic Gulf and the open Aegean.
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Portaria, Makrinitsa & the high mountain
The Centaurs' Path (Portaria)
Pelion's most famous short walk, an easy, shaded kalderimi along a stream and over little wooden bridges, where myth placed the centaurs.
Hania → Agriolefkes & Schidzouravli peaks (circular)
A high-mountain loop from the ski centre over two of Pelion's summits, with a 360° panorama from Olympus to Athos.
Makrinitsa → Pliasidi → Zagora
A demanding full-day ridge traverse over the high shoulder of Pliasidi, with views from Mount Olympus to the Aegean.
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East Coast, Tsagarada & the beaches
Tsagarada → Damouchari → Papa Nero
The classic descent from the plane-tree village of Tsagarada down old kalderimia to the harbour of Damouchari and the golden sand of Papa Nero.
Tsagarada → Fakistra → Damouchari
A wilder coastal descent past a cave-chapel and a medieval ruin to the cliff-ringed beach of Fakistra, then on to Damouchari.
Damouchari → Mouresi → Kissos → Agios Ioannis (circular)
A big, varied loop from the sea up through three classic east-Pelion villages and their plane-shaded squares, then back along the coast.
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North, Zagora, Pouri & Horefto
Zagora → Horefto
A historic kalderimi descent from the large village of Zagora down to its beach at Horefto, walkable as a loop on two old paths.
Pouri → Horefto
A coastal descent from the northern village of Pouri past quiet beaches to Horefto, with a clifftop sea-chapel along the way.