Το Μονοπάτι του Μαινάλου
Καλώς Ήλθατε στην Επίσημη Ιστοσελίδα του Menalon Trail.
Το πρώτο πιστοποιημένο μονοπάτι στην Ελλάδα από την ERA είναι πραγματικότητα και έτοιμο να εξυπηρετήσει ακόμα και τον πιο απαιτητικό λάτρη της φύσης από όλο τον κόσμο.
Ξεναγηθείτε στην ιστοσελίδα μας για να δείτε και να μάθετε για την περιοχή, τα χωριά, τη χλωρίδα και την πανίδα του Μονοπατιού του Μαινάλου.
75 χιλιόμετρα στη φύση και την ομορφιά της, σας περιμένουν μαζί με τους οικολόγους φίλους σας να “περάσετε” ευχάριστα τον χρόνο σας και να “ζήσετε” αξέχαστες στιγμές σε μία από τις υψηλά βαθμολογημένες διαδρομές της Ευρώπης. Το Μονοπάτι του Μαινάλου, στην Αρκαδία, στην Πελοπόννησο,στην Ελλάδα είναι γεγονός.
Ελάτε να μας γνωρίσετε…
Το 1ο Πιστοποιημένο Μονοπάτι στην Ελλάδα
Το Μονοπάτι του Μαινάλου βρίσκεται στην Αρκαδία, στην Πελοπόννησο, μια περιοχή πλούσια σε ιστορία και τοπία στην Ελλάδα. Μάθετε για τη γεωγραφία, την χλωρίδα και την πανίδα, τα χωριά, το θησαυρό της γαστρονομίας μας και ό,τι εκδηλώσεις εδώ.
Το Μονοπάτι του Μαινάλου, μήκους 75 χλμ, περνά μέσα από τα χωριά Στεμνίτσα, Δημητσάνα, Ζιγοβίστι, Ελάτη, Βυτίνα, Νυμφασία, Μαγούλιανα, Βαλτεσινίκο, Λαγκάδια, βοηθώντας στο δυνάμωμα του τουρισμού και των υπηρεσιών της Γορτυνίας.
Ξενοδοχεία, ξενώνες, ενοικιαζόμενα δωμάτια, καφετέριες, εστιατόρια, παραδοσιακές ταβέρνες, καταστήματα με σουβενίρ, παραδοσιακά τοπικά προϊόντα, Mini Markets, Ταξί & Εταιρίες Μεταφορών για το Menalon Trail είναι εδώ και έτοιμα για εσάς.
Που βρίσκεται το Menalon trail
& Πως να Έρθετε Εδώ
The Menalon Trail is in Arcadia, the center of Peloponnese. It unfurls through the Lousios River gorge, the western slopes of Menalon Mt., the valley of Mylaion River & the Northeast Gortynian Mountains.
The Menalon Trail is just 200 km from Athens center, the capital city of Greece. It is an easy and interesting route, full of small villages and places to visit and fortunately it needs only your basic driving attention to reach on time. Have a nice trip.
The Menalon Trail is just a highway of 245 km from Athens International Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos) and only 110 km from Kalamata Airport. You can check flights for both of them and pick the best one for you and your hiking team.
There are 2 ports close to The Menalon Trail:
1) the one is the port of Piraeus and
2) the other one of Patra. From there you can have your car or rent one and come to us and start your adventure.
Εκδηλώσεις & Νέα
Ανακοίνωση – Πρόσκληση Κυριακή 21 Ιουνίου 2020 Πεζοπορία 6 χιλιομέτρων […]
Η ΜΑΙΝΑΛΟΝ Κοιν.Σ.Επ απέσπασε την κορυφαία διάκριση του Platinum βραβείου στην κατηγορία Specialty Travel (Ειδικές μορφές τουρισμού) και το Silver βραβείο στην κατηγορία STRATEGYQ "Τουριστική ανάπτυξη / Συνεισφορά στην τοπική ή εθνική οικονομία"
Τιμητική βράβευση από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ίδρυμα Friedrich Naumann για την Ελευθερία. “Menalon Trail – Ένα καινοτόμο, επιτυχημένο και πολλά υποσχόμενο εγχείρημα”
Ανακοίνωση – Πρόσκληση Κυριακή 21 Ιουνίου 2020 Πεζοπορία 6 χιλιομέτρων […]
Η ΜΑΙΝΑΛΟΝ Κοιν.Σ.Επ απέσπασε την κορυφαία διάκριση του Platinum βραβείου στην κατηγορία Specialty Travel (Ειδικές μορφές τουρισμού) και το Silver βραβείο στην κατηγορία STRATEGYQ "Τουριστική ανάπτυξη / Συνεισφορά στην τοπική ή εθνική οικονομία"
Τιμητική βράβευση από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ίδρυμα Friedrich Naumann για την Ελευθερία. “Menalon Trail – Ένα καινοτόμο, επιτυχημένο και πολλά υποσχόμενο εγχείρημα”
Είπαν για εμάς
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I hiked the trail solo in the last week of June and it was fantastic. I did it in four sections and walked to a village with accommodation every day.... read more I want to share that it is possible because I couldn't find any other reviews where people did it this way before I went. (I’m a 35 year old female, pretty confident hiking).
Tip: FOLLOW THE SIGNS. They are frequent so if you haven’t seen one for a while, consider backtracking. They are visible but it only takes a minute to miss a turn into the forest. Sometimes the trail has to be changed due to conditions, so there are handwritten notes on the little signs.
My recommended alternative shorter adventure would be to walk day 1 and day 4 and spend more time relaxing in the villages.
My route:
Day 1: Stemnitsa to Dimitsana
Short day, about 5.5 hours including stopping to explore old monasteries.
Day 2: Dimitsana to Vytina (via Zygovisti and Elati)
It is admittedly a big day, up to 10 hours, but if you are reasonably fit and experienced and set off early it's achievable.
Day 3: Vytina to Valtesiniko (via Magouliana)
This is a long pants day, lots of scrub. Took about 8 hours with stops.
Shout out to my hosts at Petra & Elato Hotel and to the family that runs Taverna Vasilikos (Ταβέρνα Βασιλικός), they were so friendly and made me a superb pizza.
Day 4: Valtesiniko to Lagkadia
Definitely one of the nicest scenery days, and some of the best walking. About 5 hours. Glad for my leftover pizza.
11 Αυγούστου, 2019With a small team of nature lovers we hiked 4 of the most difficult trails at Menalon Trail over last week, starting from Karytaina, Moni Panagias Kalamiou, Atsicholos, Lousios river,... read more Moni Agiou Ioannou Prodromou, Moni Panagias Filosofou, Dimitsana, Elati, Zygovisti,Vytina. Since I'm amateur in this kind of excursions I faced many difficulties on walking many times under the hot summer sun of Greece or at very narrow paths, but I also enjoyed every step under the huge pine, oak and fir trees. Swimming at Lousios river natural Spa waters was so exciting that we spend almost 3 hours relaxing and sunbathing. The signs and explanatory panels were very helpful. At the villages we visited and stayed the people were very hospitable offering the nicest goods that they had, but the most important their warm welcome and smile. At the monasteries, visitors are welcomed with water and loukoumi so to refresh and rest a bit. From the monks we learned quite a number of historical and art details about the monastery and the people that lived there.
It really worths a lot to walk on foot to feel and discover real life.
18 Ιουλίου, 2016We have just finished the full 8 sections of the trail. Like many of the reviewers we enjoyed the fir forests, the rock perched monasteries, the picturesque villages and the... read more hospitality of the villagers.
The late season had its effect so some villages were practically vacant. This includes Zygovitsi, Elati, and Magouliana, with Nymphasia just a bit more lively. So when preparing accommodation better check availability beforehand. Luckily you can always call for a taxi from a neighboring village. People are very friendly - one time we were offered a ride to the guesthouse in the larger village, and in another the guesthouse owner took us to the next village to continue the trail.
Autumn proved to be very welcome for hiking. Except for few raindrops in the first two days the weather was shiny, with few clouds, and with just the right temperature, around 20c. The autumn also offers the special golden colors of the poplars and plane trees in the river beds.
Other memorable pictures are the great plane tree in the village square of Magouliana, and the clear quiet stream with moss-covered stones in the narrow shady creek before Elati.
Transportation from Athens should not be a problem. For access to and from the area we used KTEL Arcadia bus service. They have a quite regular line between Athens and Tripoli, few times a day from Tripoli to Stemnitsa and twice a day from Lagkadia back to Tripoli.
28 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2017We hiked the Menalon Trail in March from Stemnitsa to Vytina over four nights. We could have maybe made it three, but we wanted a day in the middle to... read more rest (which we did in Dimitsana in the Amanites Guesthouse, which I highly recommend). It was a beautiful trail but in March be warned - it can get quite warm in places but also quite foggy, rainy, and cold! We started off in the beating sun, but eventually on the Dimitsana - Elati route we ran into snow several feet deep! The first leg, going along the gorge and the monasteries was beautiful. We saw turtles and donkeys as well along the way. Nearing Dimitsana, we ran into some flooded areas of the trail and had to climb around and get our feet quite wet for a bit of it due to recent spring rain. There were some marked detours but we did lose the trail at one point and regained it later on. Dimitsana itself was a lovely quiet town, a great place to rest off the first day and we were lucky to see it snow-covered in the morning. The museum in town was unfortunately closed because of the holidays, but as we walked past it, it looked interesting. After resting, we did two legs in one day from Dimitsana to Zygovisti and then on to Elati. Because of recent snowfall, this third leg started out okay but quickly became a challenge as we had to walk up and down steep snow-covered icy trails which we hadn't quite been prepared for. Luckily some proper hikers were ahead of us, so we followed their footsteps and were fine. They had hired the services of a Menalon Trail guide, which you can do by email or calling the number for the trail (I recommend this if there's any sign of inclement weather). In Elati we stayed at Vanna's House (the contact you can also get from emailing Menalon trail), who provided a beautiful dinner and breakfast in their lovely self-built farmhouse. From there we did the last leg at a leisurely pace to Vytina. Vytina is a bigger town which probably gets more tourists, but we didn't feel as welcome there as in the earlier few towns along the trail - but it's a gorgeous town nonetheless.
The whole trail is pretty clearly signposted, however due to aforementioned inclement weather (rain and snow), it might be not so easy to find during early spring. The only time we walked near other people was during the first leg, as there are people going between the monasteries. In the snow covered areas, we saw hints of other travellers, but for the most part the whole trail felt like it was just for us!
To get to the trail, we took a bus from Athens to Tripoli (€16.50 each) and had been planning on taking a local bus from Tripoli to Stemnista, but we found there was a holiday on that day, so we had to pay for a taxi (€40). On the way back to Athens, we took a bus from Vytina back to Tripoli which carried on to Athens. I found there wasn't so much clear information on getting to/from Menalon trail that you can find online... But it's not really a big problem because, unless there's holidays, you can probably make it to and from Athens OK.
30 Ιουλίου, 2019 -
There were once a group of forward thinking people with passion that build the trail. They did everything perfect: courses, signs, good orientation, diversified attraction and the possibility to divide... read more and join different parts of the trail. But 1-2 years later it turned out that locals are not interested in what was achieved. The trail looks literally in some places abandoned and the only things that you can meets are sheeps and horses (!) that use the trail to get to the resting areas. Sad.
23 Αυγούστου, 2016Since we have young kids (4 & 6) we didn't want our hike to include a massive climb so we just drove our car to the Monoporis Bridge which is... read more right on the river (road starts on Dimitsana and quite bad in some parts so drive slowly), parked near the bridge and did a little walk on the trail towards Dimitsana direction and then returned the same way. If you cross the bridge to the other side by foot you can find a path to the river bank (on your right, just after the bridge) where we had a great picnic and dip our feet in the ice cold water.
16 Απριλίου, 2019This was a great trail and I’m looking forward to doing it again now that I’m more sure of the way to break it up (with inns and hotels.)
... read more /> It’s gorgeous with wildlife and ancient structures, varied surroundings, and welcoming villages and towns.
I recommend this to anyone when they ask about hiking in Greece, but it should be recommended as a must for hikers anywhere. I absolutely loved my time doing this and I hope you do too.
24 Απριλίου, 2019The trail is long, we only tasted it. The part we did was well signed and the path was good. It seems to be very challenging in parts with steep... read more climbs. The river (in April) was full and fast. Very beautiful.
8 Απριλίου, 2019