Smigies Trail

What you'll see

• Views to Lara Bay and Chrysochou Bay
• Old mines and abandoned kilns (long loop)
• Piana fire lookout

כדאי לעצור כאן

• Chapel of Agios Minas, Neo Chorio: Small chapel with 16th-century frescoes, passed on the agricultural road from Neo Chorio up to the Smigies picnic site.
• Baths of Aphrodite café and botanical garden: Next to the grotto there is a café-restaurant and kiosk serving Cypriot food and handing out information on the Akamas peninsula, plus a small botanical garden of local plants.
• Akamas Visitor Centre, Kathikas: Information centre for the Akamas communities at Charalampou Kalaitzi 20, Kathikas (tel. +357 26 22 01 28); listed hours are 09:00–16:00 on weekdays, 10:00–15:00 on Saturdays, closed Sundays.

איפה כדאי ללון בסביבה

• Anassa, Neo Chorio: Luxury hotel on Chrysochou Bay in Neo Chorio, with the Baths of Aphrodite further along the same beach.
• Droshia Traditional Homes, Droushia: Agrotourism stay in renovated stone village houses (three studios and a two-bedroom bungalow) about 10 km from the Latsi and Akamas coast.
• Loxandras Inn (To Spiti tis Loxandras), Kathikas: Agrotourism inn with three one-bedroom apartments and a studio in Kathikas, the village that also hosts the Akamas Visitor Centre.

כדאי לדעת

• To reach the Smigies picnic site, drive through Neo Chorio and follow the 3 km agricultural road past the chapel of Agios Minas.
• The Smigies picnic site has a car park, toilets and spring-fed drinking water.
• A short 2.5 km loop (about an hour) is an alternative to the 6 km long route; both pass the Piana fire lookout.

לפני היציאה

• Carry at least 1.5 litres of water per person and a hat; there is little shade on many Cyprus trails from May to October.
• Start early in summer and avoid the hottest hours (12:00–16:00).
• Wear proper walking shoes: paths are often stony and steep in places.
• מסלולים עלולים להיסגר לאחר שריפות או סערות. בדקו בעמוד הרשמי מהו המצב העדכני.
• במקרה חירום, התקשרו ל-112.