Eugenia and Mikhalis are exceptional hosts. They love to talk to their visitors and will help with any requests. Their home made breakfasts are a lovely start to the day. Their house in the hills is quiet with beautiful views.
A walk we particularly enjoyed starts on the road to the port in Sougia. Take the track up the hill, passing Agia Irini church. After pausing for the view over the sea, continue up the track. When it suddenly turns into a path red markers will lead you slightly upwards and over a hill. After about 2 k you drop down into the Lissos gorge. Turn left (signed to Sougia). A kilometer down the gorge you will see an arrow sharply to the right signed to Lissos. You have to climb up a slope and across a hill following yellow and black markers. You finally climb down a steep slope into Lissos. The archeological site and small chapel are great, as is the sea and the beach. If you get there for 3.30 and are tired you can catch a ferry to Sougia. We retraced out steps and when re-entering the Lissos gorge, turn right towards Sougia. In total this walk is about 12k in length.
Plus if you can walk the Figou gorge, it’s wonderful. We went on the E4 track just by the top of the Agia Irini gorge. It’s a bit hard to see the E4 sign but it’s there on a tree. Go down the track & after 150 m you will see an ancient road made of large stones climbing up to the right. This is the track to Omalos. Although the road is not always there the way is quite easy to follow. You climb for about 30 minutes, reaching some pine trees and then a col. That’s the hard walking over. You then walk down the E4 track for .5 k and after a large water trough a small path on the right leads you into the Figou gorge. This is very quiet ( we met no one) and beautiful. Plus it is full of trees so quite cool. This takes you down to the Agia Irini gorge. Turn right and 1.5 k later you will exit the gorge where you started. This is about 5.3 k. Strenuous at first but a great walk. Enjoy you stay with Eugenia and Milhalis - wonderful hosts.