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Evaluation:
This is an easy and rather short walk, which allows you to get to know the green valley underneath Livádia and
two hamlets of this village.
It deserves ***.
The way marking with [17] is very good.
[Update by Raymond on September 30th,
2025.]
[The translation of this walk was
made with some
help of Google translate - so, please, do not mind the mistakes...]
Estimated
time:
We can divide this
walk in three parts: about 45 minutes until the vrýsi (fountain) of Káto
Chorió, some 15 minutes until the vrýsi of Péra Chorió and finally a
little under half an hour until
our starting point in Chóra.
The actual walking time (AWT) of the whole walk, which is 5,43 km long, thus
amounts to a total of 1h30, but our total time (TWT) mounted to 3 hours,
taking into account all the breaks.
Route
description:
(0h00)
For all hikes leaving from Chóra you have to depart from the main street
near the large church of the Panagía tis Kímisis – which is visible from
all over this town (for more details you might have a look at the
description of the small hike in Chóra itself). Today you should follow
the main street to the right (facing the church) and soon you arrive at
the big square of Vas. Goulandris, where you find an information sign of
Andros Routes. You keep following the pedestrian street (little signs
[1], [2], [3],
[8a], [17] and [18]!). At the end of this street, after 70 meters, you
keep to the left (little signs [3], [17] and [18]) and continue
obliquely to the right, in the direction of the parking lots (signs [3],
[17] and [18]. You follow the concrete street on the left side of the
parking lot, but BEFORE you reach the second parking lot you should
go right and follow a beautiful trail.
You follow
this path always straight and so you pass underneath the theater - and
the alley with the beautiful pavement again arrives between the houses.
[17].
A little further, you keep of course to the left [17], the pavement
becomes concrete, you climb some steps [17] and you continue in this way
above the green valley.
The concrete becomes a nice pavement again and finally, you get to the bend of
a concrete road, where you go RIGHT [17].
(0h14) After a little less
than 2 minutes, you keep to the left [17], you are continuing between
nice houses - the lane continues straight through a little gate and
between high walls [17] and then becomes a dirt path along a beautiful
row of cypresses. and you continue next to large meadows on a grassy
path – a beautiful stretch!
(0h23) You arrive near a small
building, where you veer left and right;
you continue to the right and still meander right along a large meadow,
then left again [17] - in the wall, you see an inscription from 1874,
again about K. Empiríkos.
The pavement of the trail is now really beautiful, it continues between walls.
The nice path [17] to Livádia.
(0h27) You arrive in front of
the gate of a large house with a beautiful garden: you go left on a
narrow path between the house and a wall [17], and then you cross the
valley by following a path that continues straight.
You still pass next to a meadow surrounded by walls - remember that the
name "Livádia" means "meadows" ...
You veer to the right, the old paved path now runs along a small river and
reaches a splendid spot, near the old bridge of Livádia, between rows of
cypresses.
An old bridge in Livádia.
(0h31) You descend some steps, then you go left to cross the
water on stepping stones.
On the other side, you follow the small concrete road to the right [17]. It
continues in the valley between two rows of huge cypresses - and you
thus get to the asphalt road.
(0h35) Over here, you cross
the bridge to the right [17] - Livádia lies on the left -, but you then
continue diagonally to the left, just before a small pigeon tower and to
the left of a boat company (hiking sign [17] and [17a] Mon. Panachrántou
4,2 km – indeed, you now will follow for a few minutes the hike to the
monastery, see the walk Chóra - Livádia -. Panachrántou and back).
[To the left, there is a big and nice picnic spot.] |
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You follow the right-hand concrete road that soon follows the course of
the river. Soon, you cross a little concrete bridge to the left and so
you get on the other side to the junction of hikes [17] and [17a]: your
walk [17] continues straight
while walk [17a] turns right (hiking sign [17] 400 m Káto Chorió / [17a] Mon.
Panachrántou 3,9 km).
(0h38) You follow the narrow
concrete path that goes straight between walls [17];
near the houses, you go up the concrete stairs to the right [17] and
further the narrow staircase up to the left.
This long rocky staircase reaches the top, where you go LEFT [17];
the path is overgrown for a while, you go down a little next to some houses,
but while continuing straight between houses, you arrive next to a small
white building with a tap, this is the Vrýsi of Káto Chorió.
You walk down to the left [17] on an old concrete stairs and then you
keep to the left to follow a concrete path [17] – pay attention, near
the beginning of a row of cypress trees, it veers right [17].
You reach the bridge you crossed a little while ago, but you now follow the
asphalt road on the right (hiking sign Chóra 2,2 km + [17]).
(0h50) You follow the road
until, in a sharp turn, you can descend some steps straight down - and
then you go up to the right [17] next to the church of Agios
Konstantínos.
At the top of the stairs, however, you get to the same road: you go for a few
moments left, but in the next turn, you take the concrete alley that
goes diagonally to the left [17].
(0h56) You descend the many
concrete steps, you cross a small bridge and you go up again [17]. Soon,
you have a magnificent view of the cypress forest and across the entire
valley.
You arrive again between some houses, you go down 3 steps and you go up
straight on a white staircase [17];
just past a house which bears the date 1893, you come next to the second vrýsi
or fountain - you are here in another hamlet of Livádia, Péra Chorió.
(1h01) You continue to the
right of the fountain and you arrive at a small parking lot – pay
attention: you now should go down IMMEDIATELY to the left on a concrete
staircase [17].
You descend until the bottom of the fertile valley, where you see all
kinds of fruit trees;
at the end of the alley, you turn right onto a side path [17].
You still go along a row of cypress trees, you keep to the left [17] and
you still reach the little concrete road that runs along the water - and
you take a right here [17].
Cypresses, magnificent plane trees and other trees provide shade;
after a nice 7 minutes, the road veers to the right (small sign [18] and [3]),
while you turn left [17] crossing the wooden bridge of Baxédes.
The wooden bridge of Baxédes.
(1h17) The concrete path
becomes paved and after
another 2 minutes, you get to a well- known spot, the circle is closed.
You take of course a right [17] and you follow the road for another 7
minutes - and so you arrive in Chóra, between the 2 parking lots.
You go up obliquely to the left, but at the top of the upper parking,
you keep to the right, then you go left towards the beginning of the
pedestrian street.
Here, you take a right and so you get first to the big square and then
to the church.
(1h31)
Gpx-files:
https://www.wikiloc.com/hiking-trails/andros-chora-livadia-chora-248897078
https://www.routeyou.com/en/route/view/18340269
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