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Marmara Beach – Aradena Gorge loop from Loutro

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Marmara Beach – Aradena Gorge loop from Loutro

Hard

4.9

(107)

584

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Marmara Beach – Aradena Gorge loop from Loutro

05:35

12.1km

790m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: January 17, 2026

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Marmara Beach

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Marmara Beach can only be reached on foot or by boat-taxi, for example from Loutro. One of the special features of the bathing area are the small caves into which …

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175 m

Aradena Gorge

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The car can be conveniently parked at the upper entrance to the gorge by the bridge. From there, paths lead down on both sides of the gorge. Follow the main …

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4.01 km

Aradena Gorge

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The path over the two ladders is not the main path through the Aradena Gorge but the difficult variant.
Recommended / safer is the way over the stairway, otherwise fear …

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4.59 km

View of the Aradena Bridge from the gorge

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The view of the bridge from below is fascinating. When you're in the gorge and a car crosses the bridge, that sounds scary. Great building 🇬🇷👌🌞😎👍

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5.31 km

Ruins of the Abandoned Village of Aradena

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Aradena was nearly wiped out in the 1950s by a vendetta (blood revenge). At the beginning of the conflict there was said to have been a goat bell that two …

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5.69 km

Vardinogiannis Bridge (Aradena Bridge)

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Impressive bridge as a steel structure and covered with wooden planks. The wooden planks make it quite noisy when a vehicle drives over them. The planks then rattle a bit.

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6.50 km

Aradena Gorge Entrance

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On both sides of the gorge, the serpentine paths lead downwards.

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11.5 km

Aradena Gorge

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Aradena Gorge in bloom at the end of April…wonderful!!!

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12.1 km

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Restaurant

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.79 km

1.41 km

701 m

120 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.79 km

945 m

746 m

508 m

120 m

Elevation

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Saturday 7 March

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Marmara Beach – Aradena Gorge loop from Loutro

Marmara Beach

Aradena Gorge

Aradena Gorge

View of the Aradena Bridge from the gorge

Ruins of the Abandoned Village of Aradena

Vardinogiannis Bridge (Aradena Bridge)

Aradena Gorge Entrance

Aradena Gorge

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