Route 1: Aptera, between water and air
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
- J14°11°140
- F13°11°122
- M14°12°78
- A17°14°35
- M20°18°16
- J24°22°3
- J26°24°1
- A26°25°2
- S24°22°18
- O21°19°69
- N18°16°114
- D15°13°138
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
About 13 km (8 mi) long, Route 1: Aptera, between water and air is a local hiking route in Crete, Greece. It lies about 3.1 km northwest of Kalýves. By long-term climate averages it can be hiked year-round.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 13 km · 8 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 3.1 km NW of Kalýves (Nomós Chaniás, Crete) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Crete
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- Apo 01
- Operator (OSM)
- Municipality of Apokoronas
- From / to
- Kalami → Aptera
- Route centre
- 35.4519, 24.1430
- Route start
- 35.4695, 24.1494
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17275086
- Official info
- samonas.gr/blog/paths-of-apokoronas-route-1/
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.