Afandou to Kolympia via Paramythia Monastery

A country ramble to take in the Paramythia Monastery

A simple and easy ramble to visit the working Paramythia Monastery. The route takes tracks across country from the village of Afandou to the road that leads up to the monastery that nestles in the low hills. One will not be disappointed by this richly decorated monastery and one can take the serenity and peacefulness to rest before the final stretch to the crossroads at Kolympia, having to cross the dry river bed of the Loutanis river where the extensive nine arched bridge has been washed away in recent years.

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