Waymarking

How to find your way on the Kythera Trails

Every Kythera Trails route starts at a trailhead sign. The hiking trails are also signposted at every junction and waymarked in blue and white all along the way, so you can walk with confidence. Here is what each sign means.

Kythera Trails trailhead signs for M37 and M38 next to a signpost in Diakofti
Hiking & cycling

Trailhead signs

At the start of every hiking trail and cycling route you will find a large information panel with:

  • the route name and code (e.g. M41)
  • a map of the route
  • key facts: duration, distance, ascent and descent, difficulty and type of terrain
  • the elevation profile
  • services along the way: water, food, shops
  • a QR code to download the route (GPX/KML) and the offline map
ΜΥΛΟΠΟΤΑΜΟΣMYLOPOTAMOSM4115' / 0,7 kmΝΕΡΟΜΥΛΟΙWATERMILLSM4125' / 1,2 kmΚΑΤΩ ΧΩΡΑKATO CHORATrail colourYou are hereTrail codeTime / distanceDirectionDestination
Hiking trails

Signposts

At junctions, wooden posts with white plates show where you are and where each path leads. Every direction plate gives the trail code, the walking time and distance, and the destination in Greek and English.

Kythera Trails trailhead sign for M41 Valley of the Watermills and signpost in Mylopotamos
Hiking trails

Painted waymarks

Between junctions, the trail is marked with blue and white paint on rocks, walls and trees.

Follow the marksTwo stripes, blue above white: you are on the trail.
Follow the arrowThe stripes end in a point: go that way.
Turning pointThe stripes curve: the trail turns here.
Wrong directionA blue cross: this is not the way, go back to the last waymark.

Cycling routes

Cycling routes have trailhead signs, but no signposts or painted waymarks along the way. Use the offline navigation in the Kythera Trails app: download the route before you set off and follow it on your phone.

Walk carefully, you walk at your own risk. Mobile signal is patchy in places: do not walk alone.

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Hiking trails
Cycling routes