Route 6: At the outskirts of the historic capital of Apokoronas
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Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Year-round
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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
Route 6: At the outskirts of the historic capital of Apokoronas is a local hiking route in Crete, Greece, about 12 km (7 mi) in length. It is at Vámos. 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)
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 12 km · 7 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- At Vámos (Nomós Chaniás, Crete) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Year-round
- Country
- Greece
- Region
- Crete
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- Apo 06
- Operator (OSM)
- Municipality of Apokoronas
- From / to
- Vamos → Vamos
- Shape
- Loop (OSM roundtrip=yes)
- Route centre
- 35.4155, 24.2088
- Route start
- 35.4089, 24.1977
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 17294820
- Official info
- samonas.gr/blog/paths-of-apokoronas-route-6/
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.
Nearest trails
distance from the trail startRoute 7: The enchanted forest
2.0 mi · 3.2 km · Crete
Route 8: Contrasting landscapes
3.2 mi · 5.2 km · Crete
Route 4: The cypress villages
3.3 mi · 5.3 km · Crete
Route 5: All of Apokoronas in one journey
3.4 mi · 5.4 km · Crete
Route 2: Α journey through History
4.7 mi · 7.6 km · Crete
CHA 05
6.2 mi · 10.0 km · Crete