Trails around Kareas monastery
Trails around Kareas monastery
The slopes above the Karea monastery have been burned several times over the last decades and undoubtedly their current appearance does not encourage the hiker to wander along the paths. Still, the savvy hiker can cross the burned zone and reach the stony slopes of the ridge. The family or the lonely walker can wander the forest road to Ilioupolis. On the other side of the monasery, one can enter the well-trodden cycling and hiking trails towards the Kessarianis monastery.
Note that the wildfires may have obliterated the markings, which are periodically updated with fair means by the friends of the mountain.
Leave the car in the small parking lot of the Kareas monastery (the bus stop is not far either) and select on of the following trails:
| Name |
Difficulty |
Lenght m |
Ascent m |
Descent m |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The cyan loop around Kareas monastery | 1/5 | 1731 | 195 | 192 | A pleasant loop trail |
| The short loop at Kareas monastery | 1/5 | 2069 | 233 | 233 | Kareas monastery-Mt Hymettus mountain refuge and back |
| Kareas monastery walking loop | 1/5 | 2214.4 | 136 | 136 | A gentle walk around the Kareas monastery |
| Kareas monastery-Michailidis memorial | 2/5 | 2219.9 | 389 | 37 | |
| Koutalas monastery-Kareas monastery | 1/5 | 3052.3 | 230 | 106 | |
| Kessarianis monastery-Kareas monastery | 1/5 | 4872 | 207 | 297 | A long yet easy hike |
| Red loop at Kareas monastery | 2/5 | 5765 | 601 | 601 | Kareas monastery-Kathistiko-Gidospilia cave |
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