Approach: How to get to KBL

• You can go from Athens Airport to Kiato by suburban railway. The train station is in front of the airport.
• The first train leaves at 6:09 and then every hour; the last train leaves at 22:09. From the airport to Kiato you should change the train to station “Kato Acharnai”.
• Travel time to Kiato 1:40′.
• You must buy your ticket at the train station (14 €). A round-trip ticket costs 22 €; if you are under 18 or over 65, you get a 50% discount.
• Attention: You have to validate your ticket BEFORE you enter the platform.
• As soon as you enter the train, please confirm your arrival time with a call/SMS to the shuttle phone (+30 694 6080969).
• Our shuttle will pick you up at Kiato train station. Cost 20€ per person
• If you want to go swimming in the sea, take a taxi from Kiato to Xylokastro (Touristiko beach), which costs €15 to €20. There is a nice Greek restaurant as well. The shuttle will pick you up at Touristiko Beach.

• At the central bus station you have to to the ticket office for “Corinthos” and buy a ticket to Xylokastro (one way €12.90, a round-trip ticket €22,50 per person, including a seat reservation).
• The first bus leaves at 7:30, every hour until 21:30. It is a beautiful trip along the coast: travel time between 1.5 and 2.5 hours depending on traffic.
• As soon as you enter the train, please confirm your arrival time with a text message to the shuttle phone (+30 694 6080969).
• Get off at the “Cinema” bus stop in Xylokastro. Walk toward the water, turn right and within two minutes you will have reached our meeting point — the church area (seaside). Our shuttle service will pick you up there.

Part 1: Highway from Airport to Xylokastro

• From the airport take the highway in the direction Athens (Highway no. 6).
• Stay on the highway in the direction Elefsina and afterwards always direction Corinth and then always direction Patras.
• Take the exit Xylokastro.

Part 2: From Xylokastro to KBL

• Take the exit Xylokastro and turn left at the first crossing. After you pass under the highway you turn left in the direction of Trikala. Follow the road for 6.7 km.
• After a combination of sharp curves stay straight in the direction of Trikala. The street gets bigger and it has one proper lane in each direction. Follow this road for 11.7 km. You will know you are on the right way if you see the BP Petrol station on your left-hand side after 1.2 km.
• After 11.7 km when the main road turns left in the direction of Trikala, close to the village Rethi, you stay right and immediately take the next turn left in front of a restaurant.
• After 400m, on the junction, take a sharp left and cross a small bridge.
• Stay on this street for 5.3 km until you come to a small village called Sofiana.
• After passing a spring on your left-hand side, at the first junction you take a left turn in the direction of Yelini passing a spring on your left-hand side and stay on the road for 5.9 km
• On the junction close to the little chapel keep to the right
• After 4.1 km keep left, when the road splits into left and right. After 5.9 km in the village Yellini turned left at the spring.
• After 300m turn right in front of a bar/restaurant and immediately turn left and go up the road (quite steep).
• After 1.5 km the asphalt road ends and turns into a dirt road.
• Another 500 m and you made it!!!

The road from Evristini to KBL is in very bad condition. If you don’t have a jeep or off-road car please don’t use it. Come from Xylokastro.

• If you plan to come by car, ferries are going from Ancona and Venice in Italy to Patras.
• When you arrive at Patras Port, follow the national road to Athens.
• At km 142, take the Derveni exit (see map below), and turn towards Eurostina/Rozena up into the mountains.
• When you reach the village Evrostina, you can stop for a coffee at Yorgos’ restaurant; he’s a good friend of ours.
• Continue up the curvy street into the mountains. After around 5 km you’ll see the large water tanks of a fish farm on the right-hand side. Turn left there into a bumpy, unpaved country road.
• After about 9 km, winding its way through the rocky environment you’ll reach Karma Berchen Ling.
• Whenever there is a turn, keep right and proceed uphill until you can see the centre and the entrance gate.
• We will put up KBL signs to make it easy to find.

• If you’ll be using public transportation, go to Patras bus station (Zaimi Str. 2) and buy a ticket to Xylokastro (€5.50).
• Usually, there is a bus that departs every 30 minutes, beginning at 5:00 in the morning until around midnight.
• Please be aware of the extra time (45 minutes) it takes to drive up to the mountain when planning your journey.