Kouspades -
Approximately 6 miles (3 hours)
Strenuous
Ascent:-
Refreshments:-
This walk takes you either from the village of Kouspades or Boukari ascending along tracks and footpaths to reach Hlomos and it’s church with the fantastic views over the south of the island from east to west coasts and then down and along the quiet coast road back to Boukari or Kouspades.
The walk starts in Kouspades village. The parking is limited here and so you may wish to start the walk from Boukari. It goes to Hlomos church with the fantastic views to the south and then onto the coastal road next to the sea to Boukari.
Turn right near the centre of the village by the Boukari Beach sign. Carry on up past the church bearing left then right passing the village square and the Doctors with the red cross sign, ignoring turns to the right and left. You then pass grape vines on the left. There are views to the sea on the right and the view of Hlomos on the hill in front, then you pass a small holding on the right.
At the next junction, if you wish, bear right for views of the coast and then retrace
your steps and take the left fork straight on uphill. Ignore a track on the left
and ignore a second track on the left descending into a concrete track which soon
turns to a stone track, ignoring another track to the left. After 20 metres the track
ends and here you take a faint path up through the olive trees following erratic
red markers ( at one point there is a cross on a tree) and also following the line
of a ditch on the right. Join the ditch where there is a blue marker on a stone,
then a blue marker, a red one and red crosses. At the red crosses leave the ditch
and follow the faint path on up. Shortly you come to a small clearing and here follow
the path with a blue marker on your left. If you have a GPS your position should
read at this point 39-
Carry on up this path to eventually reach a concrete road. Here turn right up this
road for approximately 200 metres to reach its end. Here turn left onto a path and
you soon pass a concrete building with corrogated roofing on the left and up a couple
of staggered steps .Then turn right up two steps where there is a house on the right
(GPS reading 39-
Here there are views behind of the sea and coastline. The path passes up between
houses. Carry on up and bear right by an electric pole up steps, and then turn right
by another electric pole, then left, then right again and keep going uphill to reach
the road and Hlomos church. (It took us approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes to reach
the church 900 feet above sea level.(GPS reading 39-
From the church turn left along the road and make your way down hill to the coast. Turn right on the coast road and follow this road along by the sea to Boukari. When you reach the small harbour turn right beside the Sunset Hotel and walk up the hill back to Kouspades.
