Hiking in Methana
Hiking in Methana
Despite the extremely rocky terrain and the steep slopes, the peculiar morphology of the volcanic volumes, which form linear sequences of recesses - basins, valleys, ravines and plateaus - gave Methana the opportunity of relatively viable pathways.
Thus, since ancient times, settlements, water sources, plateaus, citadels and watch towers have been connected by a net of paths. These paths, in the beginning wild and rugged, were gradually shaped and stone-paved. In the heyday of the traditional economy, the paths of Methana ran down the slopes like the threads of a converging web, sending the resources of the mountain to the villages and from there to the ports and the isthmus, to be sold and exchanged.
Today, in total, more than 20 routes have been mapped and they are walked relatively regularly in Methana. The routes can be organized in the following groups:
- Starting from Methana: Favieros Castle Route, Methana-Stavrologos, Methana-Throni-Mali Bardi, Methana-Mali Bardi
- Starting from Megalochori and Megalopotami: Panagitsa loop, Megalopotami-Sterna Gambrou, Megalopotami-Makrylogos, Megalochori-Stavrologos, Megalochori-Panagitsa-Makrylogos
- From Kameni Chora: Stavrologos-Kameni Chora, Kameni Chora-Volcano, Kameni Chora-Agios Andreas, Kameni Chora-Krasopanagia, Around Kameni Chora
- Eastern Methana: Stavrologos-Ogas, Stavrologos-Kounoupitsa, Agios Nikolaos-Profitis Ilias, Palia Loutra-Makrylogos-Profitis Ilias
Text and photos: T. Adamakopoulos
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