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Pissouri Secluded Beach loop

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Distance
4.96 mi
Elevation gain
1,056 ft
Technical difficulty
Experts only
Elevation loss
1,056 ft
Max elevation
956 ft
TrailRank 
63 4.3
Min elevation
23 ft
Trail type
Loop
Moving time
2 hours 51 minutes
Time
5 hours 40 minutes
Coordinates
1463
Uploaded
January 26, 2020
Recorded
January 2020
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near Pissoúri, Eparchía Lemesoú (Cyprus)

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I went down on the most risky route this is why I did mark expert only when I did climb up much less risky to get this beautiful secluded beach. Don't go after the rain or if you expect any rain on the day. Surface is muddy and slippery all the way, basically you walk in water and mud on deep slopes , more than dangerous! I recommend to use 2 hiking poles and always watch each steps. This area is viper kingdom, I never met with any of them until I used the track. When I left the track I met with viper even in December. This area is warm enough all year to not hibernate by reptiles. View is awesome all the way , but can be very scary as well. So think about twice before go.
You can get out only at two points from this beach I did mark both of them all other routes are dead end you can't make it. Even goats die here if they miss the route to home.
At the most difficult parts on way to down look stacked stones they are guide you well.

Pissouri is a village located in Limassol’s district, Cyprus (thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol’s centre), between Limassol and Paphos. Pissouri’s administrative area is the third biggest in Limassol District. The main settlement of Pissouri is situated about three kilometres away from the bay named Cape Aspro, and is built on the side of a green hill. The settlement, strangely, is placed in the middle of Pissouri’s territory.

Now they are two distinct communities, Pissouri Village Area and Pissouri Bay Area. The total permanent population is said to reach around 1100 people, about half of whom are Cypriots, the rest foreigners, mainly British, residents and visitors.

There are several shops, and many tavernas, restaurants and bars in the village. There is also a Bank of Cyprus branche in the village's central square.

According to some official sources,[citation needed] the name Pissouri derives from the ancient city ‘Voousoura’, as reported by Stravonas, a 1st-century BCE - 1st-century CE philosopher, mathematician and geographer.[2] Some other sources[which?] connect the name of the village with pitched-dark nights.[3]

A legend reports that the 300 Alamanoi (German) saints who came to Cyprus[when?] from Palestine in order to practice in various parts of the island, arrived on the Pissouri’s coast during such a pitch-dark night.[citation needed] Another legend reports that ‘the Saint Fathers’ pursued during the post-Christian era, were met in Pissouri’s region during a really black-night. However, it seems that the name of the village does not eventually stem from those legendaries but from the fact that in the region there was an extensive extraction of skin-sap from pine trees (called ‘pissa’ in Greek). The skin-sap production begun during the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), continued during the Middle-Ages (5th – 15th century) and the Frankish era in Cyprus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pissouri

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  • Eugene Moroz Apr 26, 2021

    I have followed this trail  verified  View more

    All cool

  • Ketrin Ketrina Jan 5, 2023

    Отличная тропа, прошлись вдоль моря и скалл, виды потрясающие.

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