Distances between the monasteries.




If you’re staying in Ouranoupoli, it’s natural to feel that Mount Athos is right next door. Vatopedi Monastery is one of those visits that stays with you — not only for faith, but also for the weight of history it carries. Here, as hosts who welcome pilgrims for years, we see the same thing every…

If you have walked even a little on Mount Athos, you will have felt that each monastery has its own character. Stavronikita is one of those that wins you over at first sight. Small, tightly built on the rock, quiet, with a kind of stately air that doesn’t make a fuss. As someone who has…

If you are coming to Mount Athos for a pilgrimage for the first time, Karakalou Monastery is one of those places that holds you with its silence and the power of its history. We have seen it move people of every age, especially when they arrive from Karyes by bus or on foot and feel…

Anyone who has seen Simonopetra from the sea immediately understands why we call it Athos’s “hanging” monastery. It seems to hang above the Aegean and silences you, even if you’ve visited many monasteries before. As a hotelier in Ouranoupoli, I’ve helped countless pilgrims organize their first trip to Mount Athos. Almost all of them, when…

When my guests in Ouranoupoli tell me they want to see “a monastery that looks like a castle,” I almost always point them to the Saint Paul Monastery. It’s one of those spots on Mount Athos that makes you fall silent for a moment, not out of obligation but out of awe. It’s located on…

Αστυνομία – Police Station tel. Καρυές – Karyes 0030 23770 23212 Αγία Άννα – Agia Anna 0030 23770 23360 Βατοπέδι – Vatopedi 0030 23770 23257 Δάφνη –Dafni 0030 23770 23222 Ζωγράφου – Zografou 0030 23770 23911 Μεγίστη Λαύρα – Great Lavra 0030 23770 23910 Χιλανδάρι – Hiliandari 0030 23770 23912 Λιμεναρχείο – Port Λιμάνι Βατοπέδι…