Tainaros – Cape Tenaro Lighthouse loop from Cape Tainaro

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Tainaros – Cape Tenaro Lighthouse loop from Cape Tainaro

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Tainaros – Cape Tenaro Lighthouse loop from Cape Tainaro

02:36

8.76km

270m

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 2, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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88 m

Tainaros

Highlight • Historical Site

Greece's most southern mainland point has had symbolic cultural and strategic military significance for thousands of years. Ruins and traces of human use abound, but the only surviving structure are …

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1.03 km

Vathy Beach Trailhead

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The path marked on the map between starting point 1 and the pebble cove below no longer exists. It is closed by gates at the cove.

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6.29 km

View of Cape Tainaron Lighthouse

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6.81 km

Cape Tenaro Lighthouse

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When walking through partly stony and steep terrain you should already be equipped with good footwear and towards the end of the path is also a certain surefootedness helpful. In …

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8.22 km

Pebble Beach Bay 🏖️ Cape Matapan

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Windy, well-developed path, a bit rocky with a great view

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8.42 km

Ancient Roman Bath With Mosaic Floor

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8.48 km

Mosaics at Greco-Roman villa 🏛️

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Right along the hiking trail to Cape Tenaro lie these unprotected ruins of an antique villa with beautiful floor mosaics. The villa had spectacular ocean views at the small strategically …

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8.73 km

Sanctuary and Death Oracle of Poseidon at Tainaron

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This is as far south as you can bike without a boat in Greece: Cape Tenaro, also known as Caps Matapan ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Matapan ) is the second most southern cape …

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8.76 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.65 km

3.82 km

300 m

Surfaces

4.48 km

2.31 km

1.51 km

472 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

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Monday 19 October

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Comments

June 15, 2024,Lighthouse Trail 🗽Cape Tenaro. Das südlichste Ende Festland Europas.

We thought it would be a nice hike on paths on the mountain. Unfortunately, the tour consists of many kilometers of asphalt.
The path to the lighthouse after the asphalt track is modest to say the least.
Not that we want to complain about natural paths, but walking on vertical stone slabs is challenging.
The path from the lighthouse back …

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