In the former bank building in Potamos town square, there is a permanent and interesting exhibition about the world-famous Antikythera Mechanism. The Antikythera Mechanism is a unique artefact from the second century BC. It is the oldest known mechanical object with gears. It is actually an analog computer, designed to[…]
We proudly present two new activities for the 2023 season. Activities that seem to be so different at first sight but at the same time fit so well on beautiful and diverse Kythira. From April 3rd to 10th we organize our Kythira’s Wild Orchids Holiday. Together with an orchid specialist,[…]
This summer the ‘Agios Nikolaos’ is moored in Kapsali. The ship was built in 1947 at the famous Psarros wharf in Piraeus. It sailed for decades as a fishing boat all over the Mediterranean. Nowadays, there are only four of this special kind of ship left. Captain Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and[…]
The Kythira Summer Edition 2022 has just been published!! This year’s title: “Welcome to the sounds of silence”. It has a great article about our Kythira Trail Maintenance Week, written by Marianne Both, one of the participants in March 2022. Get a free copy at our office in Potamos click[…]
Due to the corona virus situation, the past two years were fairly quiet as far as bookings for our walking holidays were concerned. Fortunately however, the interest in hiking on Kythira has not disappeared. This is evident from the bookings we have already received for this season. Our first Kythira[…]
Recently, Terraineditions (www.terrainmaps.gr) published a new and detailed hiking map of Kythira (edition 346a / 1:25.000). On this map are 26 walking routes. Apart from the Kythera Trails’ routes, there are 7 walks from our walking guide ‘Kythira on foot’ and 5 favourite walks from islanders. From north to south,[…]
How great is this? One of our regular hiking guests works at Clarijs Covers in the Netherlands. During a walk, he talked enthusiastically about this traditional family business, founded in 1948. Starting out as a saddlery, over the years Claris focused on processing sail cloth and related products, like bicycle[…]
Guests who joined our Olive Picking Week in November became so enthusiastic after hearing our stories about the Trail Maintenance Week (end of October) that they immediately booked for the next Trail Maintenance Week, end of March 2022. With their participation, this week in early spring is now already fully[…]
Last week we had our first Kythira Trail Maintenance Week. Every day, we went with 6 to 8 people into the countryside and cleared an overgrown path. Each time we worked in a different area in order to get to know the island. It was great fun: being active with[…]
This winter, Pyrgos House, in cooperation with Kythera Trails and KIPA, will once again organise the successful Winter Sunday Walks. Every week, until the last Sunday in March 2022, we will choose another place on Kythira to start from, walking together with anyone who loves nature and activity! It is[…]