Perched high over the town of Armeos, and visible from most of the apartment balconies in Massouri, is the vast cave known as the Grande Grotta. This unique geological feature, with is dramatic tufas and stalactites, is the centre of the most important climbing area on the island. Here you will find routes from 4+ slabs to 8b overhangs, spread along about 500m of cliff and yet in reality the development has only just begun. The caves of Jurassic Park and Spartacus provide excellent hard climbs, there are easier slab routes to be found in the shade of the Afternoon walls, the cave itself has some of the most weird and wonderful routes you would fine anywhere and further right, into the Panorama area, the development has been at its most intense with a superb series of routes across the grades.
Routes
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105 sport routes (4...9a) Graded List of Routes List of First Ascents |         | ||
| Buttress (click for routes) | No. of Routes | Route Type | Sunshine or shade |
Approach walk | Other | Page |
| Jurassic Park This superb cave is situated high on the hillside to the left of the main Grande Grotta crags. The... |
9 | Sport |
Sun from mid-morning |
Uphill 30 mins |
Seepage Dry in the Rain | 23 |
| Spartacus Spartacus offers a fine set of hard climbs, on generally steep rock, with lots of tufas and... |
27 | Sport |
Evening sun |
Uphill 30 mins |
Seepage Dry in the Rain | 24 |
| Spartan Wall In between Afternoon and Spartacus, this newly developed sector includes the hardest routes on the... |
6 | Sport |
Afternoon sun |
Uphill 28 mins |
Windy | - |
| Afternoon Afternoon has some great slabby and vertical climbing from grade 4 to 6c and makes a welcome... |
19 | Sport |
Evening sun |
Uphill 20 mins |
25 | |
| Grande Grotta Cave This unique and spectacular cave is all the reason you need to visit Kalymnos. Huge tufa-systems... |
19 | Sport |
Afternoon sun |
Uphill 15 mins |
Seepage Dry in the Rain | 27 |
| Panorama Panorama offers some superb long climbs of a variety of styles. On the left the wall is just a... |
25 | Sport |
Afternoon sun |
Uphill 20 mins |
Seepage | 28 |
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