Walking, hiking and trekking on Folegandros

Visited in 1997 and 2003		Walking, hiking and trekking on FOLEGANDROS
HOME GENERAL INFORMATION LINKS FOLEGANDROS BOATS FOLEGANDROS - Agios Georgios - Romilda - Speedrunner II - Arsinoï WALKS (last update on February the 11th 2010) 1. Ano Meriá (Agios Andréas) - Agios Sóstis - Agios Geórgios and back * 2. Ano Meriá (Elpída) - Serfiótiko - Ano Meriá (Agios Andréas) 3. Ano Meriá (Kyparisáki) - Sýllaka - Ano Meriá (Stavrós) 4. Ano Meriá (Merovígli) - Agios Pandeleímonas - Ambéli - Vársamo - Ano Meriá (Merovígli) 5. Ano Meriá (Merovígli) - Livadáki - Agios Geórgios - Angáli - Chóra * 6. Ano Meriá (Stavrós) - Agios Geórgios - Agia Paraskevi - Stavrós - Chóra * 7. Chóra - Deftéra Parousía - Agios Nikólaos and back 8. Chóra - Christós - Fyrá Angáli - Chóra 9. Chóra - Christós - Fyrá - Angáli - Agios Nikólaos -Ano Meriá (Stavrós) 10. Chóra - Petoúsis - Livádi - Loustria - Karavostásis 11. Chóra - Stavrós - Agia Paraskeví - Agios Geórgios - Agios Nikólaos and back 12. Chóra - Stavrós - Agia Paraskeví - Agios Geórgios - Ano Meriá (Stavrós) * 13. Chóra - Stavrós - Agia Paraskeví - Agios Geórgios - Ano Meriá (Theológos) * 14. In and around Chóra * WALKS BY TEUN DE LAAT 1. Chóra - Fyrá via Kafkares - Angáli - Chóra 2. Ano Meriá - Serfiótiko - Ano Meriá - Agios Geórgios - Ano Meriá ***		Folégandros is a quite mountainous and at first sight desolate island, in the central-southern Cyclades. The surface area is 32 km² and it is inhabited by only 600 people – since the flight from agriculture. Every day there is a boat line from the Piraeus, to Kýthnos, Sérifos, Sífnos and Mílos (with the familiar Agios Geórgios), and twice a week this line continues to Folégandros, Síkinos, Ios, Santoríni and Anáfi (on Tuesday/Wednesday and on Thursday/Friday, with the old Romílda). In Summer (June to September) there is amongst others a rapid connection Piraeus - Folégandros - Katápola (Amorgós) and back (every day at 7h00 a.m. with the Flying Cat III). In this way, the harbour of Karavostásis at Folégandros can be reached after 8-9 hours by means of a regular ferry; when you take the High Speed it only takes about 3 - 4 hours. Other interesting boat connections are: Piraeus - Paros - Naxos - Ios - Sikinos - Folégandros -Santoríni (on Monday, with the Romilda) and Sýros - Páros - Náxos - Ios - Síkinos - Folégandros and then Santoríni or Mílos (three times a week with the small Panagía Tinoú). These boat lines make it possible to easily get from the eastern Cyclades (with Amorgós) to the southern and western Cyclades, by passing via Náxos or Páros. From the not very interesting harbour of Karavostásis there are quite a lot of busses to the main town of Chóra, which is situated only three kilometres away. Chóra is marvellously located on the edge of a staggeringly high cliff: the best way to get an impression of this location is to have a look at the sea from the bus square at the entrance of Chóra. Also by walking to the fairly modern, but marvellously situated Panagía-church (dating from the 19^th century) you can get an idea of the remarkable location of Chóra. The town itself is very attractive because there are many squares with restaurants and terraces, which create a really pleasant atmosphere. The most beautiful aspect of this town is the kástro. This is actually a village in the town, an enclosed unit that shows you one of the most authentic Cycladic habitations. Founded by Marco Sanudo in the 12th century, this kástro is still a very beautiful spot, to be compared with the village of Kástro on the island of Sífnos. The other town, Ano Meriá, is an elongated community; it is only interesting because it is the point of departure for many hikes. There is also a Folk Museum that is worth a visit. A couple of times a day there is a bus connection with Chora and via this bus line you can also get to the beach of Angáli. Angáli is the most beautiful beach of Folegandros. From there you can go to the beaches of Agios Nikólaos and Fyrá on foot. You can also go for a swim in the bays of Livadáki, Agios Geórgios, Serfiótiko, Katérgo or Voriná, but you can only reach these places on foot. With regard to hiking Folégandros is quite interesting. From Chóra you can hike to the beaches around Angáli or to Katérgo and Karavostásis, but especially from Ano Meriá there are plenty of trails to the north-western or south-western coasts. There is a good Road map (n° 104) with the islands Folégandros and Síkinos, with a lot of hiking trails. On the island itself you can buy an other nice hiking map, with a lot of indicated hiking trails (published by Demo, Likavittou 17, Athens). On March 25th 2010 visitor n° 100 000 was on this site! Since then, this Folegandros page got visitors.		Panoramic view on Chóra Inside the kastro The Piátsa, in Chóra Monopáti to the bays of Fyrá and Angáli The bay of Angáli The splendid monopáti to Agios Geórgios

Walking, hiking and trekking on FOLEGANDROS