Hut-to-hut trek in Greece/Cyprus

reno_queen

I'm considering doing a hut-to-hut trek in Greece or Cyprus in the spring. I'm not sure who will be going with me, but it will include relatively older people and may include (my) children. This means that the ideal distance between huts should be about 10-15 km a day - and not of great difficulty. If there's a place to stop and eat along the way that would be amazing. The length of the trek would be 3-4 days. Another factor is ease of arrival -...

Originally asked by Eyal on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I do not think that hut-to-hut treks in Greece are feasible as there is no real network of mountain refuges. The book Mountains of Greece by Tim Salmon, published by Cicerone (2006), states: The refuge huts are really of little use to the visitor. With the exception of those on Olympus, Gamila and Smolikas, they are unstaffed and locked. I am not sure whether the situation has changed much over the last 20 years. In any case, here is a map showing all refuges and bivouacs: Mountain refuges of Greece . An alternative would be to camp which I have done without issues since the 1980s. What should be feasible (in particular with children), are village-to-village treks. I've tried this in...

Full answer by Tom Heinzl: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/30400 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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