Kerkis

Start at Votsalakia on the coast at Kampos Marathokampou. Walk west along the beach road, cross the bridge and turn right on the road signed to Evangelistria, then left at a T-junction onto a rough track through olive groves. Bear right at the main fork (red arrow); about 100 m further, just before a blue-capped shrine, a narrow gap on the left leads onto the rocky path, marked with red paint and plastic discs. With a 4WD vehicle you can drive about 4 km to a trailhead at roughly 450 m, saving about an hour each way. The path climbs through pine forest to the grounds of the Evangelistria monastery (about 2 hours from the coast), the last reliable water. Take the path to the right of the monastery; above the trees it becomes rocky and crosses a steep scree slope with red and occasional blue marks to the chapel of Profitis Ilias (about 1,160 m, about 1 hour from the monastery). Water is reported a little east of the chapel. From the chapel take the faint path on its right, keep right to avoid the deep valley, skirt the false summit and climb the rocky slope to Vigla (about 50 minutes). Descend the same way. The route is fully exposed above the monastery; start at dawn in summer. Allow 3.5–4.5 hours up from the coast and 2.5–3 hours down.