Kókkini Porta Rossa

ACROPOLIS MADE SIMPLE: The ways to walk there & back



 
Choose YOUR WALK to the Acropolis & back
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► The SHORTEST WAY to the Acropolis & back   (total: 5.500 m, 75 min).

      Most of the way is through not very interesting, residential area of the New Town

 

  • WAY THERE   (2.750m, 40min from the Hotel, uphill)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE                        Google Maps

 

  • WAY BACK   (2.750m, 35min to the Hotel, downhill)

     AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

 .   PRESS FOR EACH STAGE  (Google Maps):   1. STARTING POINT  (for your walk back) 

 .  2. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 

► MEDIUM #1  (total: 6.250 m, 85 min).

On your return, you walk through Gate Amboise and then in the Moat to the Hotel.

 

  • WAY THERE   (2.750m, 40min from the Hotel, uphill)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE                        Google Maps

 

  • WAY BACK   (3.500m, 45min)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps or Aerial Photos):                   

    1. STARTING POINT   (for your walk back)

    2. TO GATE D'AMBOISE

    3. ENTER THE MOAT                              (Photo)

    4. WALK THE MOAT TO THE HOTEL

    5. EXIT THE MOAT                                  (Photo)

    6. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 

 

► MEDIUM #2  (total: 6.050 m, 80 min).

On your return, you walk through Gate Amboise and then on the Defencive Wall to the Hotel. NOTE: Visitors are accepted for the Wall Walk between 12:00-15:00, Monday to Friday. You can only enter from the Palace and exit across our Hotel's entrance; not the other way around.

 

  • WAY THERE   (2.750m, 40min from the Hotel, uphill)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE                        Google Maps

 

  • WAY BACK   (3.300m, 40min)

 

► MEDIUM #3  (total: 5.850 m, 75 min).

Your return includes the New Town center, St. Paul's Gate, the harbours East of the Old Town & a walk through the Jewish Quarter.
 
  • WAY THERE   (2.750m, 40min from the Hotel, uphill)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE                        Google Maps

 

  • WAY BACK   (3.100m, 35min)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps):                    

    1. STARTING POINT    (for your walk back)

    2. TO MANDRAKI   (Entrance to St. Paul's Gate)

    3. TO "PORTA MARINA" GATE

    4. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 

 

► LONG  (total: 10.800 m, 140 min).

Your WAY THERE is partly through the Moat and Gate Amboise and then the New Town. On the WAY BACK you will walk down the hill, along the West Coast around the New Town, St. Paul's Gate, the harbours East of the Old Town & then through the Jewish Quarter to the Hotel.
 
  • WAY THERE   (3.500m, 45min from the Hotel)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE OF THE ROUTE:             

    1. HOTEL TO ENTRANCE OF THE MOAT         (Google Maps) 

    2. ENTER THE MOAT                                           (Photo)

    3. WALK THE MOAT TO GATE D'AMBOISE       (Google Maps)

    4. EXIT THE MOAT TO GATE D'AMBOISE          (Photo)

    5. GATE D'AMBOISE TO ACROPOLIS                 (Google Maps)

 

  • WAY BACK   (7.300m, 95min)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE  (Google Maps or Aerial Photos):                    

    1. STARTING POINT   (for your way back)

    2. TO WEST COAST

    3. TO PSAROPOULA SQUARE 

    4. TO AQUARIUM

    5. TO ELLI BEACH                     (Photo)

    6. ENTER ST. PAUL'S GATE

    7. TO PORT'S GATE   (near Virgin Mary of the Bourgh)

    8. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 
 

► MAKE YOUR OWN COMBO.  Choose from ALL THE WAYS there & back:

 

  • TWO WAYS to WALK  to the top of the hill
 

A. SHORT walk (2.750m, 40min from the Hotel)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE                        Google Maps

 

B. LONGER, more interesting walk (3.500m, 45min from the Hotel)

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE OF THE ROUTE:             

    1. HOTEL TO ENTRANCE OF THE MOAT         (Google Maps) 

    2. ENTER THE MOAT                                           (Photo)

    3. WALK THE MOAT TO GATE D'AMBOISE       (Google Maps)

    4. EXIT THE MOAT TO GATE D'AMBOISE          (Photo)

    5. GATE D'AMBOISE TO ACROPOLIS                 (Google Maps)

 

  • FIVE WAYS to WALK BACK to the Hotel (from the top of the hill)
 

A. SHORT (2.750m, 40min to the Hotel)

     AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

     PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps): 

     1. STARTING POINT  (for your walk back)               

     2. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 

B. MEDIUM (3.500m, 45min to the Hotel) To Gate D'Amboise and then through the Moat.

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps or Aerial Photos):                   

    1. STARTING POINT   (for your walk back)

    2. TO GATE D'AMBOISE

    3. ENTER THE MOAT                              (Photo)

    4. WALK THE MOAT TO THE HOTEL

    5. EXIT THE MOAT                                  (Photo)

    6. WALK TO THE HOTEL

  

C. MEDIUM (3.300m, 40min) To Gate D'Amboise and then on the Wall.                                                                                          Must get on the Wall between 12:00-15:00, Monday to Friday

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps or Aerial Photos):                 

    1. STARTING POINT   (for your walk back)

    2. TO GATE D'AMBOISE

    3. WAY TO THE WALL - courtyard of the Palace           (Photo)

    4. WALK ON THE WALL TO THE HOTEL                        (Photo)

 

D. MEDIUM (3.100m, 35min) To New Town center, then around and through the Old Town.

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE (Google Maps):                    

    1. STARTING POINT    (for your walk back)

    2. TO MANDRAKI   (Entrance to St. Paul's Gate)

    3. TO "PORTA MARINA" GATE

    4. WALK TO THE HOTEL

 

E. LONG (7.300m, 95min)  Along the coast, around New & Old Town, through the Old Town.

    AERIAL PHOTO OF THE ROUTE

    PRESS FOR EACH STAGE  (Google Maps or Aerial Photos):                    

    1. STARTING POINT   (for your way back)

    2. TO WEST COAST

    3. TO PSAROPOULA SQUARE 

    4. TO AQUARIUM

    5. TO ELLI BEACH                     (Photo)

    6. ENTER ST. PAUL'S GATE

    7. TO PORT'S GATE   (near Virgin Mary of the Bourgh)

    8. WALK TO THE HOTEL