Kleidosi Waterfall
Sightseeing
The largest waterfall of the Fonias gorge, about 35 m, at the third and last pool: about an hour and a half's walk from the road, for fit walkers.
- Sightseeing
The biggest waterfall of the Fonias
Kleidosi is the largest waterfall in the Fonias gorge: the river drops about 35 metres into the third and last of its pools. It is not the tallest fall on the island (that is Kremastos, which falls into the sea), but it is the biggest you can walk to.
It is the end of the Fonias walk. From the signposted start a few kilometres past Therma, the path reaches the first pool and its waterfall in about half an hour; a narrower, stony path climbs about 20 minutes more to the second pool, the largest in the gorge; the last stretch to Kleidosi takes about 45 minutes more and needs good fitness and good shoes.
At a glance
- About 35 m high, at the third pool of the Fonias
- Allow about an hour and a half each way from the start of the path
- Harder after the first pool: go with someone who has been before
- The water is cold all year; stay out of the gorge after heavy rain
