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Grounded:
Whew. From memory the track is accessed just past the Thomas Bay and on the same side of the road. It is pretty easy to follow with, i think, just one right hand turn and then the incline becomes consistently upwards. We were told by locals that it is used by the football team for training runs, but they could have been having fun with us. The track exits on the Avliotes road and it is quite well signposted. You follow the road up past the petrol station and you come into Avliotes at a T junction. You turn left for the church (worth the visit) and right if you are heading to Logos Beach and 7th heaven. I think the Ilios Taverna is to the left. Great food and great views. I am sure there are others on the forum that could come up with a map but we did find it quite easy to find our way.
Have fun!
Chris

geordieborn:
I don't know if it would help to look at (horrid) google maps here in satellite, it seems to show the way through the olives.

Corixa:
Yes the map on the home website page does show the track quite clearly and I now see the map from your link has the route highlighted too. I will report back in a few weeks time when we have tried it out.

Thanks

Jimbo:
It's a hard climb - we find it better coming down!

To go up: either by Thomas Bay or just before Silver Moon take the path to the right. It comes to a T-junction. Turn left and just follow the track upwards. You come out to a steep slope that emerges at the top of the road that goes up by the football pitch. Just to the left is the main Avliotes Road. Yes - you can walk almost directly across the road and come to the church of the Panagia. This has great views. On Google Earth you will see a patch to the left of the church that is highly pixelated; that's because it's a Nato early-warning radar station. You can see the big dish from the church.

Or follow the road into Avliotes village just near the petrol station. Right at the start you can either take the steep little track that goes to Avliotes via Garnades, or carry on to Avliotes. Walk down through the village and Ilios is on your RIGHT. A bit further down a road leads to Peroulades and Logos beach.

There's a great story, which I believe, about the radar station. Since the end of the Cold War, and the wonderful peace that the EU has brought, the threat of enemy forces surging down the Adriatic has vanished, making the radar station a bit of a token gesture. Greek boys and girls doing their national service are somewhat less than motivated unless they are in the Aegean. On Saturday night a local lad was on duty and wanted to go partying with his mates in Sidari, as you do. He bribed his mum into standing in for him. Unfortunately, that evening an officer in Athens wanted some information, and phoned the base. The mum answered.Oh dear! It was quite a while before the local lad saw his mum and his mates again!

The village has produced some more enthusiastic military material. Young Alex, who used to dance at Little Prince, is now an officer in the Greek navy.

Corixa:
More good and interesting info - thank you Jimbo :)

I was just looking at google maps and wondered just how far one could get walking along the beach towards Katevasidi beach. It appears to end quite abruptly at a steep cliff. Is there a way off the beach there and then down back by the sea or maybe back inland to make a circular walk back?

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