Estimated time: You first have to hike for half an hour to Agii Anárgyri, and a little further you take the path that will bring you to the slope of the Sklávos in about 20 minutes (AWT). You return, you make a small detour to Agios Vasílios and you then proceed to the monastery of Profítis Ilías, all together this will take 30 minutes. From the summit it will cost you another 45 minutes to walk back to the platía in Chorió.
This means that the total actual walking time is 2 hours. The best picnic spot is, obviously, the terrace of the Profítis Ilías, from where you have a magnificent view. Including this break, it will thus become a hike of about 4 hours (TWT).

Route description: (0h00) You depart from the heart of Chorió, from the beautiful little square with the long name: Platía Ikonómou Spyrídonos Ramfoú, the "Kámbos", the Field, in popular speech. You stand next to the kafenío "O Kambos" and you take, with your back to the little church with the blue vaults, the Agios Spyrídoon, the main street, on the left of the white chapel – this street runs towards the north.

The platía or Kámbos, the central square of Chorió.

In this way you pass the iatrío (the clinic) and some shops. On the square with a well you keep to the right, and you continue on high street. You pass the bakery, a greengrocery, and another butcher, next to the church with a blue dome of Papadí and Theoskepastí . You then arrive at the post office and the OTE-aerial, with straight across the small pantopolío of Kikí Marináki.

The grocery shop or pantopolío of Kikí Marináki.

You continue straight ahead, you keep to the left and after some 7 minutes you arrive at a heavy electricity post with a hiking sign on the left, pointing to Paleókastro and the Skiádi.

The hiking sign to Paleókastro and the Skiádi.

(0h07) You take a left and already after one minute you see the beginning of a paved monopáti, which soon turns into concrete. You go down on the left, into a bed of a river; you then take a right, into the small valley, on a concrete road between walls. After one minute, near a tree, the road leaves the valley on the left (there is also a blue arrow). However, you go RIGHT for a short while, to a concrete bridge; you walk on the left-hand side of this bridge and then you take the trail on the left of the concrete retaining wall of a house. This trail continues between walls, into the valley. The concrete becomes a regular trail, running nicely in a kind of shallow bed. Another 5 minutes later, at the corner of a vineyard, you keep to the left. The path becomes rocky and after a short while also stony; the bed becomes narrower and it runs between walls. Some three minutes later you take a right and you go up slightly.

(0h18) You go up gradually between red-brown walls; for a moment you can already notice Agii Anárgyri in front of you.

The monopáti to Agii Anárgyri.

After 2 minutes you keep to the left and you go up steeply now. Before you reach the highest point, after about 6 minutes, you should have a look behind you: you can see the town of Chorió with on the left the hill ridge of Xaplovoúni with the mills and the island of Poliégos behind it; in front of you there is Agii Anárgyri, with on its right-hand side the monastery of Profítis Ilías.

Looking behind you, in the direction of Chorió.

0h26) For a short while you descend into a little valley; you keep going in the same direction all the time. Then you go up until you reach the gravel road coming from Chorió. Straight across there is a water tank for animals and drinking troughs with the date of 1934.

(0h30) You take a right and a little further you pass the over-restored little church of Agii Anárgyri – for those of you who are looking for ancient candlesticks or tables, there is a pile of old furniture to be found outside.... 

The "restored" chapel of Agii Anárgyri.

You continue straight ahead, but after 1-2 minutes already you take the first path off the left. It descends into a nice valley with the Profítis Ilías and its monastery on your right-hand side.
Before going down, though, you should have a look around: after this descent your trail will follow a yellowish track and it will cross a couple of large and flat rock formations; it will then continue up between walls. Thereafter it will curve to the left and in a depression it will get to a small building on the hill ridge and on the slopes of the Sklávos, which you can already distinguish in front of you and towards the left.
After orientating yourself accordingly you start going down. The trail is yellow already and it meanders in sometimes very short curves to the bottom of the green valley. It will only take you 3-4 minutes to get down. 

(0h36) The trail going up again is yellowish indeed, with the Profítis Ilías right in front of you. Further on it is easy to follow the path on the slanting rocks and in this way you get between walls – there are a lot of recent traces of donkey manure. Some 5-6 minutes later you describe a sharp turn to the left -  you should have a look behind you to admire the distinct line of the trail!
You go up now, straight to the little building; you first walk horizontally around the tub-shaped valley and you then climb up to the windy pass.

The path that leads to the pass on the slopes of the Sklávos.

(0h51) Unfortunately, the trail runs to a dead end when you arrive above – the view on the straight with Mílos and the small harbour of Pollónia is beautiful, though. Behind you, you notice the Profítis Ilías, which is not a lot higher than the point where you are standing now.  

The Profítis Ilías.

(0h51) You return the way you came, which is in fact a rather easy trip: along the road you pass a side-trail off the left to the Profítis Ilías, but it is too much overgrown. You keep going down and already after 9 minutes you reach the sharp turn; 5 minutes later you are down in the valley and after 4 more minutes you get back to the gravel road.

(1h09) You take a left, you pass a small side-trail off the right and after 5-6 minutes you reach another nice trail between walls – also on the right; following this trail it will take you only a few minutes to go up and down to Agios Vasílios. 

Agios Vasílios.

You return to the main road and after 2 more minutes, just past a curve, you take a little road on the left. Some 5 minutes later you already reach the top and you get to the fairly large building of the monastery of Profítis Ilías. Everything is closed, but the panoramic view on Chorió with the uninhabited Polýaigos beyond is simply magnificent! More to the right you can distinguish the sharp top of the Sklávos, with the depression on its right-hand side, where we were just an hour ago. On the other side, towards the north, you can clearly see the island of Sífnos behind a lower hill. Rather vaguely you can also see the islands of Páros and Antíparos, on the right of Sífnos, and Folégandros, on the left of Polýaigos.

The monastery of Profítis Ilías.

Panoramic view from the hill of Profítis Ilías, to Chorió and Poliégos.

A picnic on the wall of the terrace of Profítis Ilías...

(1h22) You descend again and after about 5-6 minutes you arrive at the gravel road again – while going down you could see the chapel of Agios Vasílios in front of you and the island of Sífnos far away. You take a right and some 7 minutes later you pass Agii Anárgyri.

(1h35) You continue on the gravel road for one more minute, but close to the water tank you go all the way to the left, where you find the path going down.

[You can of course also stay on the main road, but this will take exactly the same amount of time.]

When taking the path on the left, you have to keep to the right after about 2 minutes, and further on you turn even more to the right – in this way you get a nice view on Chorió. 

The path descends straight to Chorió.

The stony trail descends gradually and another 5 minutes later you keep to the right. Shortly thereafter you reach a narrow valley, but the trail remains really good and a little later it also becomes wider.

(1h52) After 9 more minutes you arrive at a little concrete bridge, but you walk on its right-hand side and you stay on the small concrete road running in the bed. At the second bridge, shortly later, you go up on the left, leaving the valley. You thus get back to the main street. You walk past the aerial and the post office, where you keep a little to the left. Via the small square you reach the Kámbos again, the large platía. (2h01)