Kamilostrata (left)

The Kamilostrata (left) trail is a short, mostly downhill forest walk in the Paphos Forest, setting off a couple of hundred metres north of Kykkos Monastery at around 1,180 m. The name means "camel road" in Greek, the word Cypriots use for the old pack routes that caravans once followed through the mountains. Over 4.4 km the path loses about 260 m and gains only around 120 m, finishing near 1,030 m, so it is an easy-paced outing for most walkers.

For its first 2.9 km this variant follows exactly the same line as Kamilostrata (right), heading north-west along the pine-covered slopes below the monastery. Where the two split, the left branch turns west and runs for another 1.4 km across the hillside, with its steepest descent saved for the final few hundred metres. It ends in the forest rather than at a village, so plan either a car shuttle or a walk back up the same way, which turns the descent into a climb.

Choose this variant if you want the slightly longer walk and the quieter western end; the right-hand branch instead finishes near the start of several neighbouring forest trails.