17 Aug Treks
Following are nine treks that are scattered all over the island of Tenos and are worth walking:
- Falatados-Maganari-Livada beach
- Tripotamos-Exombourgo-Koumaros-Loutra-Kampos
- Arnados-Mountados-Tripotamos
- Chora (harbour)-Ktikados-Chatzirados-Kionia
- Phalatados-Volax-Agape-Sklavochori
- Stene-Potamia-Lychnaphtia
- Stene-Mt. Tsiknias
- Dyo Choria-Kounares-Agia Varvara-Agios Sostes
- Ormos Giannake-Isternia-Plateia
- Kallone-Karkados-Aetopholia-Pyrgos-Panormos-Platia-Rochare-Kyra-Xene-Marlas
If you have GOOGLE MAPS installed in your computer you can download the following .rar file which includes four .gpx files. You can then view the tracks in detail on the map: tracks.rar
INSTRUCTIONS:
Open GoogleMaps > Go to File/Open > click Open > choose all files (*.*) > select a .gpx file > select “Create KML lineStrings”
The following photographs are of treks that are centuries old and are still in use by a small number of locals to access their fields and orchards nearby the villages of Loutra, Kampos, Smardakito and Perastra.
Left picture is of trek that connects Loutra to Kampos village and right picture of trek that connects Loutra to Perastra and Komi villages in Tinos.
This trek connects Loutra to Kampos and Smardakito villages in Tinos. It passes through creaks, orchards, olive groves and pasture fields with an excellent view to the rock of Exombourgo at points.
A different part of the same trek as above that connects Loutra to Kampos and Smardakito villages in Tinos.
View to Exombourgo and a little chapel on the hills around Loutra village in Tinos.
