Evaluation: This hike first follows the same route as the walk to the cave - see the hike Agios Geórgios - Kambiá - Profítis Ilías – Cave of Agios Ioánnis: it thus follows a beautiful path on the slope of the Kambiá, but after the Profítis Ilías, it returns directly to Agios Geórgios by another path - which also requires a little flair to find its way. Deserves **.
[7^th of May 2018.]
[The translation of this walk was made with some help of Google translate - so, please, do not mind the mistakes...]

Estimated time: The actual walking time from Dolphin Apartments, at the beach of Agios Geórgios, to the summit of the Profítis Ilías is almost 1h15; the way back by the other path takes 1h05. This means that the actual walking time (AWT) is about 2h20, the total distance is ,38 km. The total walking time (TWT) can be a lot more – we walked from 10.30am to 2pm, with a long break on the Profítis Ilías.

Route description: (0h00) From Dolphin Apartments and the crossing with a signpost to Antíparos you follow the large sandy road, which runs parallel to the coast, about 20-30 metres away from the sea, in western direction.

View on the straits between Antíparos and Despotikó.

You take the 4th transversal road on the right, after 9-10 minutes, and you are now heading towards the interior of the island. You reach the asphalt road after another 8 minutes and you take a left. Where the asphalt road descends to the left (signs Despotikó / taverns Zombos and Captain Pipinos), you take the dirt road that climbs to the right.

(0h26) Once arrived at the end of this road, near the last transverse road, a dirt road continues straight up to some houses - a little further, it becomes a steep concrete road.
After another 5 minutes, at the height of a gate that leads to the house with a mill, you go LEFT: you see a big cairn and red marks, near the beginning of the trail.

(0h31) The trail is sometimes very vague, but it is very easy to follow because of innumerable cairns and red marks. After 4 minutes, you veer left towards the first summit and you go through a gate in reinforcing steel - the path becomes wider, sometimes a stony track. Pay attention: after another 3 minutes, you veer right (cairns); you climb the slope of the Kambiá and you arrive between the vegetation - the path has been cleared recently. You climb slowly on a very clear path, to the right of the summit.

The nice path towards the Profítis Ilías.

(0h42) You have to pay attention to a very deep hole to the left of the trail! After a few minutes, the Profítis Ilías appears in front of you, but it is still far away; the slow climb on the right slope of the hills takes a long time and continues between juniperus - there are still many marks.

Panoramic view over the straits between Antíparos and Despotikó.

(0h53) The trail now follows more or less the ridge of the hill (cairns), it goes down for a few moments in a depression and then goes up slowly, right to the antenna on the summit. You arrive again between the juniperus (cairns) and you meander up in this way to the small gravel road that will pass below the summit of Profítis Ilías.

(1h04) You go to the right and you pass below the summit; you leave a small road on the left, because you want to continue straight to the top (you will return here later). You describe a sharp turn to the left - it is here that the other path descends to Agios Geórgios (cairns) - see the hike Agios Geórgios - Profítis Ilías - Agios Geórgios.

(1h13) In this way you reach the 301-m high summit of the Profítis Ilías, the highest top on the island of Antíparos . There is a chapel and the inescapable aerial.

The view is wonderful on all sides: below you notice Agios Geórgios, with Despotikó, and with Poliégos, Kímolos and even Mílos behind it. More to the right you see Sífnos, and Folégandros is situated more to the left. Santoríni is very far away and the islands of Síkinos, Ios, Irakliá, Schinoússa, Koufoníssi are closer. You can also spot a small tip of Donoússa and then also Náxos and Páros. On the other side you have a nice view on the entire island of Antíparos , with the harbour of Poúnta at Páros, and then, to the left of Páros and Náxos, also the islands of Mýkonos, Dílos, Tínos, Sýros, Sérifos, and Sífnos again.
On Antíparos itself you notice the town of Antíparos in the north, then the plain of Kámbos and the beautiful beach of Livádi on the left. Towards the south you notice the peninsula of Faneroméni on the left, with Sorós on its left and Agios Geórgios and Despotikó on its right.
You can also see the trail that continues in the direction of Páros, a long line in the landscape, which arrives at the curve of the asphalt road – that is where the cave is situated.

(1h13) You go down the same road, but in the bend where the road turns sharply to the right, you see in front of you a very obvious path that goes down in the direction of Despotikó - there are some cairns and red marks.

The beginning of the path to Agios Geórgios.

[If you want to continue to the cave of Agios Ioánnis, you have to follow the hike Agios Geórgios - Kambiá - Profítis Ilías – Cave of Agios Ioánnis.]

You see how the path, which has been cleared, continues far ahead of you towards the crest of the hill, bordered by cairns. After 4 minutes, you arrive on a slight height, with a nice view; the very clear path then descends by winding on the crest of the hill.

(1h22) After 8-9 minutes, the slope becomes much steeper, but fortunately there are many marks; after a few more minutes, your progression becomes more difficult because of the juniperus - there are no more cairns, so you have to follow the marks.

(1h30) You arrive on a flatter ground, next to a small ruin (red arrow) and the brownish trail becomes again very obvious and wider. After this flat stretch, you climb slightly and a little more to the right - do not go down, but go up to the side of a big cairn. You are now on a little height and you descend to a depression between two heights; then you go up the next hill and in the same direction - and you still see a big cairn.

(1h41) From the next height (red mark), you descend again, but in the next depression, you keep a little to the left - follow carefully the red marks! You go up again, towards the left tip of Despotikó (small red arrow). You keep a little to the left again, you follow the red arrows very well and you climb again to the next height.