Heraklio

From Agios Ioannis (1), we take the dirt road which passes through the south-eastern corner of the forest of Rouvas, in an easterly direction. Then, it climbs on the eastern slope and after 4,5 km (approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes), leads us at an altitude of 1.300 m, where it splits (2) into two branches, northwards and southwards.

The southern branch leads to the village of Gergeri.

From Agios Ioannis, we follow the water courseuntil its confluence with the main water course of Rouvas (1). We then walk along the northern bank, until the entrance to the gorge of Agios Nikolaos, also known as Gafari gorge or Rouvas gorge (2).

We cross the water course and pass onto the footpath that has been constructed on the eastern bank of the gorge.

The path by now passes through the main part of the gorge, a little higher up than the water course level, underneath trees.

From the water spring of Analipsi, we descend to the main dirt road (1), which goes along the western side of the plateau of Nida and heads southwards, towards Poros tis Milias. We follow it for approximately 1.600 m, covering a big part of the plateau, until we come to a side road (2) with an easterly direction, on our left side, which leads us to the valley of Varsamos.

We continue for about 2,2 km, until we get deep into the valley and reach a point where the unsurfaced road branches off (3).

From Kamares (1), we follow the asphalt-paved, slightly uphill road eastwards; after 2 km, the village of Vorizia comes into view. One of the many gorges of the southern part of Psiloritis opens out on our left.

We begin to descend, until we get to the first houses of the village (2).