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Natural Rock Arch – Buffavento Castle Ruins loop from Vouno

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Natural Rock Arch – Buffavento Castle Ruins loop from Vouno

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4.8

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Natural Rock Arch – Buffavento Castle Ruins loop from Vouno

02:44

8.15km

400m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.23 km

Memorial to Fallen and Missing Heroes

Highlight • Monument

3.98 km

Buffavento Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

View of the north and south of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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5.46 km

Buffavento Castle

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The castle Buffavento (from the Italian buffa di vento - gust of wind) is the ruin of a medieval summit castle in the Pentadaktylos Mountains. The castle itself can only …

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8.15 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.45 km

3.22 km

1.43 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.88 km

2.63 km

1.43 km

1.19 km

Elevation

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Highest point (860 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 3 September

33°C

20°C

13 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

October 24, 2024,Taşkent to bufavento castle ring and 1988 crash site

Definitely not a beginners walk, but well worth it for the views, we also seen part of the 1988 plane wreckage, it's a long slow walk upto the castle

February 20, 2024,Wanderung ab Kloster über Tashkent zu den Ruinen Buffavento

You start at the bottom at a huge picnic area with a playground and parking spaces and then climb along the asphalt road, which has been closed since September 10, 2019, until a paved staircase takes you up the last 200 meters.
Buffavento lies between Saint Hilarion and Kantara and was intended to pass on smoke signals between the castles. …

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