Milies – Kala Nera

The Milies – Kala Nera route from the Miliotiko bridge, which passes near the Cave of Chiron, is the best, albeit longer, connection of Milies with the zone of Kala Nera. The route adopts a very gentle slope and the path is entirely paved, with the exception of small sections that are covered with soil, along the olive groves.

The route Milies-Kala Nera from the Miliotiko bridge and the cave of Chiron starts from the central square of Milies and descends from the very good, central cobbled path that leads to the train station (this section is common with the route Milies-Kala Nera via Panagia). Arriving at the asphalt serving the station, we continue this old cobbled path to the right of a fountain.

A little further down, we pass next to the majestic church of Agios Georgios and continue with open maneuvers to the Miliotiko stream, which we cross with the help of a large concrete footbridge. After a short, gentle climb we meet the branch to the cave of Chiron. The short path that leads there crosses an old olive grove and brings us to the entrance of the so-called cave of Chiron.

We continue on the main path, with a gentle ascent to the ridge, from where we descend into olive groves. The access of the estates with agricultural machinery has cost the cobbled path some local damages, from a hiking point of view however the naturalness of the trail is not disturbed. Walking a bit on a dirt road, we continue our downhill course, crossing the silver-green sea of olive trees.

Always on a cobbled path, we finally reach a dirt road, which leads to the paved road of the cemetery of Kala Nera. From here, we go directly to the main road Volos-Argalastis, near the commercial center of Kala Nera (food shops and various services).

The route is marked with red signs and several direction signs.

Easy

Length

4.8 km

Ascent

40 m

Descent

410 m

Duration

1:20

Navigation

Starting point

Milies ➜

Destination

Kala Nera ➜

Downloads

Route map

Pelion Routes guide

Pelion Routes app

Tips

The placename Chiron has been awarded to practically all the caves of Mt Pelion region, obviously for tourist promotion reasons. However, none of the small caves to which this honorary nickname has been attached has any documented connection with the most famous of the Centaurs, the great healer and teacher of Achilles, Chiron.
The so-called cave of Chiron is a spacious caev and is more related than other homonymous in a use of a troglodyte house or sanctuary in ancient times. Obviously, in modern times the cave was not used as a refuge for domestic animals, more probably it was used as an agricultural warehouse.

Warnings

In the uphill version of the route (from Kala Nera to Milies), after the cemetery, we must carefully locate the point where we leave the dirt road, because there is no proper signage.

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