Coral Bay to Kato Paphos
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 11.47 mi
- Elevation gain
- 741 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 879 ft
- Max elevation
- 377 ft
- TrailRank
-
41
4.7
- Min elevation
- 4 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Coordinates
- 316
- Uploaded
- February 5, 2019
- Recorded
- February 2019
near Pégeia, Eparchía Páfou (Cyprus)
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Itinerary description
Catch the 615 bus from Kato Paphos Harbour to Coral Bay. Get off the bus in Coral Bay at the first stop when the bus leaves the main coast road at a roundabout.
You'd think there would be a good coast path between Paphos and Coral Bay. Sadly, near Coral Bay the coastal walking is not good. There are blockages that force you to walk on the main road and for one leg, the road is right next to the sea. So a more inland route was needed. Parts of this walk are a delight. Most of the road walking is on quieter roads. For much of the route the track follows the top of a ridge with excellent sea views.
Head west, then north out of Coral Bay. Cut through a small olive grove to drop to the lower road and continue north. Turn right and drop down into a ravine. Cross the bridged stream and head up the other side, SE. Join a wide road that leads to Akoursos and head roughly east. This road carries little traffic. Turn right, south onto a farm track. Head past the farm. There were a lot of free running dogs and barking but no agression. Drop down to the road that leads to Mavrokolympos Dam. Head back towards the coast for a while.
Turn left off the tarmac and head towards banana plantations. Ford the stream and expect wet feet in the rainier seasons. In flash flood conditions this could be impassable so abort the walk and return to the coast road. The trail leads to a zone used by trial bikers. Find a way up and across the these hillocks. At the top, join a contour path with a concrete irrigation channel running parallel. Bear left and head through farm land and orchards. Join a tarmac road with little traffic. After a kilometre turn right and head towards Kissonerga.
After Kissonerga, decide whether to follow the coast path or to stay inland. The inland route is more urban but you get a rare footpath which leads to a pleasant park. There were fallen branches so a bit of limbo dancing might be needed to get through the footpath. In Lempa there is some "ART" which is interesting and eccentric! After Lempa, the route is mostly urban but keeps to the ridge edge with occasional excellent views.
You'd think there would be a good coast path between Paphos and Coral Bay. Sadly, near Coral Bay the coastal walking is not good. There are blockages that force you to walk on the main road and for one leg, the road is right next to the sea. So a more inland route was needed. Parts of this walk are a delight. Most of the road walking is on quieter roads. For much of the route the track follows the top of a ridge with excellent sea views.
Head west, then north out of Coral Bay. Cut through a small olive grove to drop to the lower road and continue north. Turn right and drop down into a ravine. Cross the bridged stream and head up the other side, SE. Join a wide road that leads to Akoursos and head roughly east. This road carries little traffic. Turn right, south onto a farm track. Head past the farm. There were a lot of free running dogs and barking but no agression. Drop down to the road that leads to Mavrokolympos Dam. Head back towards the coast for a while.
Turn left off the tarmac and head towards banana plantations. Ford the stream and expect wet feet in the rainier seasons. In flash flood conditions this could be impassable so abort the walk and return to the coast road. The trail leads to a zone used by trial bikers. Find a way up and across the these hillocks. At the top, join a contour path with a concrete irrigation channel running parallel. Bear left and head through farm land and orchards. Join a tarmac road with little traffic. After a kilometre turn right and head towards Kissonerga.
After Kissonerga, decide whether to follow the coast path or to stay inland. The inland route is more urban but you get a rare footpath which leads to a pleasant park. There were fallen branches so a bit of limbo dancing might be needed to get through the footpath. In Lempa there is some "ART" which is interesting and eccentric! After Lempa, the route is mostly urban but keeps to the ridge edge with occasional excellent views.
Waypoints
Risk
0 ft
Dogs Noisy Not Aggressive
Dogs Noisy Not Aggressive
Bus stop
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Bus 615 Coral Bay East
Bus 615 Coral Bay East
Bus stop
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Bus 612, 615
Bus 612, 615
Provisioning
0 ft
Saint Paul Pillar Taverna
Saint Paul Pillar Taverna
Park
Monument
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Thank you very much for working out this trail. It must have taken some research.
It was a welcome variation from the sea-side walk, which is becoming so built up that we no longer find it much of a pleasure.
On April 1st 2019 (the - still - wet year) we were looking for something local which did not involve too much slithering around on mud. This filled the requirements very well.
We started at mid-day from Coral Bay and have to admit to taking the bus from near the King Evelthon on the return, so were back in town by about 17.00, having taken lots of photos and had lunch along the way (i.e. not gone very fast!)
Some very good views and interesting tracks through agricultural areas.
The most surprising and delightful was the area just coming up to Lempa - a lush (this year) and overgrown corner which appears to have been forgotten by the Developers!
Although the rest of the walk down to the road tries to make the best of the suburbs, we suspect it might be best to just walk straight down from Lempa if intending to take the bus for the last stretch. Not sure about the quality of the road for walkers.
The gps track was easy to follow.