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PROFITIS ILIAS, Archangelos, Rhodes Traditional Cache

Hidden : 10/19/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Profitis Ilias or prophet Elias is a name one will find on many places on the greek continent and on all of its numerous islands

Profitis Ilias or prophet Elias is a name one will find on many places on the greek continent and on all of its numerous islands. The greek Orthodox religion still is very important in the lifes of most of the greek people. And the prophet Elias as well.

On the island Rhodes we have spotted at least 4 markings on the map withe the name Profitas Ilias, of which two are the name of a mountait top:

-Profitas Ilias near Salakos, 798 m.

-Profitis Ilias near Archangelos, 516 m.

On both mountains we placed a cache.

 

When placing the caches, we had in mind a cacheroute by foot , hiking, rambling ..... - as we love to do ourselves !

For the discription of the route we will refer to the german walking guide: Rother Wanderfuhrer: Rhodos.

This cache can be done by car, too !

 

Starting point of this hike is at the -not easily found- chapel Agios Ioannis Prodhromos in the south/center of Archangelos, elev. 165 m.. ==> Rother Wanderfuhrer: Rhodos , routes 11 or 14 (the Kinderspielplatz/Kindergarten is not recognisable as such!) . People are very helpfull and may very well be able to point out the start of the route onto the mountain as this is used in  a yearly pilgrimage to the chapel on top of the mountain.  The route is marked by red dots and cairns(/Steinmanner/steenmannetjes) and starts with a not too strenuous climb of about 1 hour.

At the top there is a great 360° view over a great part of the island.

The cache is hidden at the above mentioned coords ,elev.505 m. Not far from the topsign. (Spoiler!)

Hikers can take the complete described route or go back the same way.

 

For those who do not like to walk : the top can be reached by -any- car too, using a steep narrow winding road - partly black top, partly dirtroad. At N 36 12.682   E 28 05.870 it bears off of the Lindos Highway directly west of Archangelos: opposite from a busstop next to a source. Ignore the first two forks: go up. Further on the road is closed from 20.00 - 07.00 hours.

 

Enjoy the hike and the view.

 

Small note on cache maintenance: A dutch couple living near the city of Rhodes, owning a restaurant, are our contact for problems.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nyzbfg ba gur rqtr, haqre fgbarf naq ntnvafg n ebpx.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)