About Monopatia
Monopatia (Μονοπάτια — "trails" in Greek) is a free, open guide to hiking across Cyprus. Browse 183 trails with distances, elevation profiles, GPS routes, difficulty ratings, photos, and an interactive map covering all corners of the island — from coastal walks in Akamas to mountain routes in Troodos.
The trail catalogue is curated and continuously refined by Ivan Agafonov based on field research and trusted Cyprus hiking sources. The site is built and maintained by Vladimir Bugay as a companion to Fragmata, the Cyprus reservoir-monitoring dashboard.
What you can do here
- Search and filter trails by district, type (circular or linear), difficulty, and themed collections like Mountains, Seaside, and Waterfalls.
- Find trails near you — the Near Me page sorts trails by distance and estimated drive time from your current or chosen location.
- Explore individual trails with detailed pages: distance, elevation gain and loss, difficulty rating, GPS route, elevation profile with grade bands, GPX download, photo galleries, visitor reviews, and links to Google Maps and the official trail page.
- Sign in to track your hikes — sign in with Strava or Google to bookmark trails you want to do, mark completions, rate and review trails, and share your own trail photos. Connect Strava and Monopatia will auto-match your activities to trails you've already hiked, dating each completion to when you were there. Verified completions appear on a public leaderboard.
- Follow the community — the Community page is a live feed of recent completions, reviews, photos, and new members across the island, with the leaderboard at the top.
- Take on the E4 — track how much of the E4 long-distance path across Cyprus you've covered on its own coverage leaderboard.
- Read the guides — the Articles section collects hiking guides and tips for exploring Cyprus on foot.
Open and free
The code is open source under the MIT License. Trail data is offered free of charge for personal, non-commercial use. If you'd like to suggest a trail, report a correction, or contribute, get in touch:
- Email: v@bougay.com
Credits
All trail routes on Monopatia were discovered, catalogued, and plotted by Ivan Agafonov, based on information from public sources — many of which are credited below.
Facilities data for forest picnic sites and viewpoints comes from the Cyprus Department of Forests, Republic of Cyprus, via its open geoportal.
With thanks to these sites:
- Active Traveller
- Agios Georgios Kafkalou
- Agios Ioannis Village
- Agios Theodoros Village
- Agridia Village
- Agros Village
- Akamas Organization
- All About Limassol
- Alona Village
- Beautiful Villages of Cyprus
- Choose Your Cyprus
- Cyprus Department of Forests
- Cyprus Highlights
- Cyprus Island
- Cyprus Strollers
- Cyprus Travel Secrets
- Cyprus Traveller Guide
- Cyprus Walks
- Dymes Village
- Exodos Cyprus
- Feel Alive Outdoors
- Framed Ventures
- Hike Walk Enjoy
- HikingClub
- Home is Cyprus
- Jana Meerman
- Kapedes Village
- Koilani Village
- Larnaka Region
- Lazaros Stone House
- Life Doesn't Stop at 50
- Marathasa Trails
- Marianna on Trail (Wikiloc)
- Moniatis Village
- My Cyprus Travel
- My Troodos
- North Cyprus
- Odou Village
- Paphos Life
- Pissouri Village
- Prastio Village
- Prodromos Village
- Shoes Your Path
- Stay Wild Travels
- Terrabook Cyprus
- The Natural Adventure
- Through My Eyes
- Trimiklini Village
- Trip and Trail
- Troodos Geopark
- Trozena Village
- Uncornered Market
- Vasa Kilaniou Village
- Vavatsinia Village
- Visit Akrotiri
- Visit Cyprus
- Visit Nicosia
- Visit Pafos
- Visit Solea
Hike safely. Respect nature. Leave no trace.