Kantiragas - Sesklo
- Difficulty / Distance
- Moderate
- 10.65km
- Altitudinal difference
- 363m
- 369m
- 6m
- Ascend/Descend
- 715m
- 456m
- 259m
- Duration
- 02:45
- 03:30
- Drinking water
- No
- Marking
- Red marks
A 3,5 hour walk (normal pace including stops) from the seaside location of Kantiragas (Chrysi Akti Panagias) close to the city of Volos, to the village of Sesklo, half on dirt road and half on ancient cobbled stone path (kalderimi). Max altitude 365 m., no shade, suitable for winter, autumn and spring but not for Greek summer, unless we start very early. Bus lines connect start and finish to Volos bus station (we can take the morning bus to Almiros at 8.30, get off at Kantiragas, walk and return from Sesklo with the 13.15' bus. Start is on the asphalt road Volos-Nea Anchialos, 100 meters after the sign "Chrysi Akti Panagias", at the end of the left turn of the asphalt road. Red marks will help find the way.