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SOME LOCAL WALKS |
WALK 6
PAGI VILLAGE (hard way)
Very steep start to this walk which then climbs steadily
through old olive groves using wide unsurfaced tracks. This walk passes through
some little known countryside and has a few lovely views from higher
ground.
Time needed 2 hours
WARNING : This
walk is not recommended for unfit persons as part of it is very steep
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GENERAL NOTENo liability will
be accepted for the accuracy of these notes.This is a rural area and
circumstances may change. Footpaths may become overgrown or otherwise difficult
to negotiate and some new tracks into private fields may appear. (Advice of any
changes will be welcomed.) |
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START. We start from the Alkyon Beach Hotel at the
northern end of the resort .
Leave Agios Georgios beach by the Pagi
road and pass the church and Moonlight Restaurant.
Immediately after
that restaurant look out for a good surfaced road on the right which you
must take.
In a short while ignore the turning into a hotel on the right
and proceed straight on.
The track now unsurfaced now goes STEEPLY
UPHILL for about 600 m. It is mostly straight and consists of smooth dried mud
in places, awkward for footholds, but other parts are very rough and
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At a small level area which is also a junction (possibly
some old oil drums on your left here) you can go straight ahead but it is very
STEEP so go LEFT and immediately RIGHT, which goes steadily uphill. In
50 metres further on BE CAREFUL and IGNORE a wide track on the left which dips
down into the valley. Instead keep right here passing round some
bends (always going UPHILL) ignoring any side tracks. |
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Still follow the track UPHILL and soon you will see down
into the valley on your left where a landslide has occurred. The track passes
evidence of a landslide in recent years but is very wide and quite
safe. |
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Now it is easy going just following the obvious track
ahead and ignoring any side turns into the fields. This soon brings you across
the front of a detached house and down onto the tarmac road between Pagi and
Prinillas. |
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Here you have a choice of turning left and following the
public road down the hill to the outskirts of Pagi village or turning right to
use an old footpath down into the same village. If you choose this
interesting alternative, go up the hill for about 150 metres looking out for a
cemetery on your left just before a bend in the road. Immediately before this
there is an old footpath on your left, which you take. This is very rough in
places (being widened in 2005). The route is obvious and is all downhill and
enters Pagi next to the church. |
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Return To Agios Georgios:
From Pagi return to
the beach at Agios Georgios down the public road taking care to avoid
traffic. |
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