Clearing the paths of Amorgos

From December 2022, our association started to clean paths and routes on the island, which were used by the island's inhabitants from a long time ago, which over the years "closed" and ended up being impassable.

Our vision for the revival of the island's routes forgotten by time takes shape with the valuable help of volunteers, who follow us in every action!

Below are all the actions carried out, starting with the most recent and ending with the first clearing action.

Route "Plakia" parallel to the stream

The path to "Plakia" parallel to the stream is now clear! This particular route is connected and can be combined with the already cleared Two actions were required to finish the clearing… More here.

Path of Agia Aikaterini towards Chora

The path from Agia Ekaterini to Chora is now accessible and constitutes an alternative route that connects Katapola with Chora passing through Agios Tryfonas! The clearing of this route required four actions to be completed… More here.

Path towards "Peristeria" and the turn towards the beach "Vlychadas"

After two actions, the part of the cultural route 7, which leads to "Peristeria" as well as the rest of the path, which reaches the beginning of the municipal area with the "cuckoos" towards the beach of Vlychada, is clean and accessible! More here.

Route from "Fyroa" to the chapel of Agia Paraskevi

The very beautiful path, that connects "Firoa" with the church of Agia Paraskevi in "Kastelopetra" has been cleared! Through this route, which was closed for many years, the northern part of Katapola communicated with this humble little church. More here.

Route from "Astrouli" towards the ''Stream of Fonias''

The route from "Astrouli" to the ''Fonias Stream'' was cleared of garbage and vegetation. This beautiful little path, now connects many of the cleaning actions via a large circular route. More here.

Path from the "Stream of Fonias" to "Nio Chorio"

The cleaning of this route, from the "Stream of Fonias" to "Nio Chorio," required two Sunday actions to be completed.

More than ten people participated in the first action, and within a few hours, 600 meters of pathway were cleaned. In the next meeting, the last meters of the path were cleaned, and "cuckoos" were placed. More here.

Path towards Kato Fyllaidi

The route connecting Katapola with the path Chora-Agia Varvara is now accessible for anyone who wishes to walk it! More here.

Path to the chapel of Taxiarchis

The second action for cleaning the path took place with a strong team that visited the chapel of Taxiarchis, at the Stream of Fonias in Katapola. More here.

Path to the Tholaria windmills

With great joy, the cleaning of the path to the Tholaria windmills was our first action! 250 meters of route were cleaned, making the path that leads to the windmills of Tholaria accessible again. More here.

Exploring Amorgos

In each one of our newsletters, there will be a photo tribute to a different destination, points of the route to it and sometimes also photos of the flora and fauna of the place. Our purpose is to explore either known or unknown parts of the island together and maybe this will be an inspiration for new actions!

Bauxite Mines

In this newsletter the photo tribute includes images from a route that starts again from the monastery of Agios Theologos in Lagada, passing the chapel of Stavros, and this time descends south of the mountainside reaching the famous Bauxite Mines of Amorgos.

The photographic material, as well as the information about the destinations, is by Manolis Simidalas.