The Paliovouna complex comprises three sectors: the central Kentavros sector (to the southwest), the Dihalo sector (to the east), and the distinctive Paliovouna Tower (also referred to as Teo Tower). All three sectors are situated along both sides of a ravine that eventually leads down to Loutraki.
In some publications, Paliovouna Tower is referred to as Teo Tower, likely in reference to Theodoros Bakopoulos, who, together with Makis Idosidis, opened the first route on the tower on 15/7/1962 (“Idosidis - Bakopoulos”). Older sources also mention three other routes: “Spanoudi - Galinou”, “Ploumi - Geka” and “Botini - Kasimati”. D. Korres is known to have visited the tower and likely completed the first free repetitions of several previously aided sections. A more recent addition to the tower is the route “Synchronicity”, an effort to carry on the climbing tradition more than half a century later. The anchors on the tower were maintained by Nikitas Floros, who installed permanent stainless steel rings suitable for rappelling, without adding any further bolts to the rock.
There are three known approaches to the Paliovouna complex. The first, according to D. Korres, follows a contour line path from the Monastery of Saint Patapios. However, this path is no longer visible due to wildfire damage. The second, also described by Korres and recently repeated, involves a direct ascent through the ravine, starting from Loutraki Park. The third, identified by N. Floros, follows an old, partially damaged path that originally had faint red trail markers. Floros re-marked this route, which begins from an olive grove north of the Prophet Elias Monastery. After crossing the initial ravine, the trail climbs steadily along a gentle slope, following a natural ridge and avoiding areas of burned vegetation.
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A. Grapsas climbing “Ploumi - Geka”.