As we approach Volissos, we stay on the ring road that leads to the villages on the east side of Amanis. A short distance from the intersection, we see a wooden sign that describes the trail. From this point, a farm road begins. This farm road comprises the main portion of the walking tour. For your information, all cars, regardless of heigh for the first 500 or so meters, may access the road. From that moment on, it is recommended that only high cars (i.e. Jeeps) proceed.
We follow the farm road, passing through the dried river we meet and continue walking within old fields contain olive trees. Fires have burned these fields two and three times. Plant life has been restored and the area is verdant. Within the trunks of the burnt olive trees, plant life has re-grown and new olive trees have matured although the fields appear to the abandoned.
We reach the Vasilika area 500 meters along the trail where the old church of Saint George is located. As we continue, we pass a rest area and at a distance of approximately 500 meters, there is a small sign on our left, showing us the way to the first watermill. By taking the detour, we soon come to the watermill. Although the mill is in ruins, we can still distinguish the remaining well-preserved sections of the mill. There used to be an old settlement in the area.
We return to the farm road and continue along the trial. To our left, just above the road, we see the canal that used to bring water to Malagioti from the river to the watermill's cisterns.
The second watermill is just a short distance from the first and is the most well kept mill in the area. It is the only mill that still retains its roof and all its rooms. Inside, the millstones still exist and there is a well-built fireplace in the corner. The propeller is missing, however, the interior is in very good condition and the cistern area is well defined.
As we continue, we find the ruins of the third mill quite a distance from the second. In order to get to the third mill, we must cross the through an olive grove. The third watermill is a wreck. We can make out the millstones and the swallow under the rubble with its demolished interior.
The fourth watermill, belonging to the Kagianta family, is found at the end of the farm road. There is a millstone inside that is dated 1906. We see rubble from old constructions on the side of the watermill, which must have been used to store wheat.
The farm road comes to an end at this point and our trail continues along the riverside. Wickers, olive trees, plain trees and pine trees keep us company along the trial. At some point, the trial comes to the riverbed, it tracks alongside for a few meters, however, leaves it behind.
The Malagioti riverbed is quite wide. Water does not usually run at the point our trail meets the riverbed for the most part of the year. That way, we can follow the trial with ease. If the trial were hiked during the winter or more specifically, following heavy rainfall, then this area would be difficult to pass. It is a good idea to follow the trial parallel to the river until we come back to the trial signs.
As we walk along the riverbed, we reach the small church of the Virgin Mary of Loutron or Neromilon (meaning springs or watermills), where we can stop and rest, in the special rest area.
At the end of our journey, there is a beautiful meadow, which contains the fifth watermill, also in ruins, an old draw-well and various buildings that obviously must have been used for storage.
The watermills are generally worth visiting. Although most of the watermills in the area are ruins, we can perceive and comprehend how they operated, which was as follows:
A canal led the water from the river to the mill's cistern. From the cistern, water rushed into the mill's interior where there was a propeller. The propeller turned, thereby forcing the water through a metal shaft and into the millstone located in the core of the mill. The wheat rubbed between the two moving millstones, thereby creating flour.