Santorini – Hiking map 1:25 000

Santorini – Hiking map

Hiking map of Santorini island in a scale of 1:25 000

As you enter the caldera of Santorini by ferry sheer cliffs rise up dramatically, exposing richly coloured rock strata, crowned by the colored houses of the cliff-top settlements. Equally magnificent is the sunset from the heights of the caldera towards the sea and the remnants of prehistoric rounded island Strogyli, Thirasia, the New and Old Kameni. However, there is more than the visual excitement to discover and if you don’t take the time to walk the island you will have learnt little of Santorini.

The new Anavasi map will take hiking in every corner, beach and hill top of Santorini and Thirassia to discover landscapes with visible signs of the traditional rural culture, with orchards stonewalls, threshing floors, huts, chapels, inland villages with a well preserved medieval core (called Castelo), routes with wonderful vistas, lost beaches quiet even in the heart of summer.
On the reverse side of the map, there is a brief description of the 25 proposed hiking routes and a short guide of the two islands, Santorini and Thirassia.

Four hiking trails in Santorini

Fira – Imerovigli – Oia

The most popular walking route starts from Fira Square, crosses the shopping pedestrian street and the catholic district, Firostefani, Imerovigli and, following the Caldera eyebrow, reaches Oia. At the height of Profitis Ilias we do not follow the cobblestone that turns to the right, so as not to miss the wonderful view offered by the external route.

Length: 10.2 km (cobblestone, dirt road, trail)

Walking time: 3 hours

Degree of difficulty: 1/5

Finikia – Kyra Panagia – Kouloumpos

The route covers almost the whole of Phenicia – one of the most unspoiled by the mass tourism villages, with many canals – and, making small detours to Evangelismos and Kyra Panagia, it goes to the beach of Karras, to the cape of Kouloumpos. It ends at the coastal asphalt road of Pano Meria.

Length: 4.6 km (cobblestone, abandoned dirt road, trail, sandy beach)
Walking time: 1 hour and 20΄
Degree of difficulty: 1/5

Pyrgos – Profitis Ilias Monastery – Ancient Thira

The route connects one of the most beautiful villages of Santorini with the archeological site of Ancient Thira (from where the view is magnificent) and passes through the highest peak of the island, in which from 1711 the monastery of Prophet Elias dominates.

Length: 4.3 km.
Walking time: 2 hours
Degree of difficulty: 1/5
Pyrgos – Megalochori

A short route for beginners – a pleasant walk in the rural landscape – that connects two very beautiful villages. The last part of it passes through the residential fabric of Megalochori (built on the bed of an old torrent).

Length: 2.2 km (dirt road, path, cobblestones)
Walking time: 40΄
Degree of difficulty: 1/5

Publisher: Anavasi