Lousios Gorge Hiking - Lousios Gorge Hiking

Name: Lousios Gorge Hiking - Lousios Gorge Hiking
Address: Gortynia 220 07, Greece, 220, Greece

4.8/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

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Address :	Gortynia 220 07, Greece
Postal code :	220
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M	MICHAEL on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Great time walking in the river, and the surrounding ancient Gortinia. Beware you'll feel your feet go numb if you stay more than 3 minutes! The water is still ice cold around May.
R	Rock Cyprus on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lousios river and its gorge is one of the most beautiful places one can visit in Arcadia and Greece in general. It is a rapid river which flows into the Alfeios main river. The river and the gorge is full of cultural, historical, environmental and geological highlights. The Stemnitsa - Dimitsana Menalon trail is a great way to visit / enjoy many of them!
P	Phi Phan on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great walking/hiking day. Highly recommend as a day trip from Athens.
P	Pippi Elliott on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A beautiful hike with spectacular views!! And we had a good temperature of 24°C. I would definitely recommend this hike (except for people who have difficulty walking or sore knees). We started in Dimitsana at the parking place of the water power museum and hiked down to Ancient Gortys (5hr 15min with breaks and monastery visits). From there it's ~50 minutes back to Dimitsana by car (we had a person pick us up). You can also stop at Prodromou Monastery parking place and take a taxi, cost is about 25-30 euro I heard from the hotel owner. Alternatively, start at Stemnitsa and hike to Prodromou + further down to Ancient Gortys and back (~3 hours?). Alternatively nr 2, start at Stemnitsa and hike to Prodromou monastery + further up to Philosophou monastery and back (~3.5 hour?).
U	Ulrike Deslee on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Incredible walk, what a fantastic nature, most probably one of the most beautiful trails we have done until now. We did the trail in november from the parking of ancient Gortys until Monastery of Prodemou (about 35 min walking). We were warm welcomed by the monk. Than we continued to the old and new monastery of Phylosofou (about 45-60 minutes), than we continued towards the parking and called a taxi to return us to Gortys. The taxi numbers are written on a sign which is at the parking place. We paid 40€.
L	Loucas Mourmouris on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is the place where you can park your car and take the trail for monastery of Prodromos. There is limited parking space so good to go off peak hours. The trail to the monastery is less than 2 km with around 300m elevation gain. Depending how fit you are, you reach the monastery in 30 to 60 minutes max. You take a good break in the famous monastery and then get back to your starting spot. Good to check monastery visiting hours before you are off. But even if it is closed, the view from the trail is magnificent!
R	Ron Schroeder on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Moderate difficulty, bring drinking water, there are some great views and the monasteries are lovely. If you go on a hot day ship your feet (or your whole body) into the river for a nice cool down. I did, it was fantastic.
D	Dimitrios A on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fantastic hike from Dimitsana to Stemnitsa. It’s 12.5km from the centre of Dimitsana to the center of Stemnitsa. Be aware the trail gets flooded close to Dimitsana, but only a small part of it. Use caution. There is a 900m altitude gain hiking from Dimitsana to Stemnitsa and a 600m altitude loss. The hike can be done anywhere betweeen 2.5h-4.5/5h depending on endurance, gear, and number of stops.