This week, after lunch at Taverna Lemonokipo – the Lemon Grove – in Karavas, we were given a delicious dessert: fruit cooked in syrup (the well known gliko tou koutaliou –spoon sweet). I didn’t recognize though, what kind of fruit it was. It surely was a citrus fruit and it[…]
Last week we received a very special gift, sent by some of our guests: a cookery book with Kythirian recipes. These guests and their friends participated in our ‘Cooking Workshop’. Chrysoula, the cook, shared her garden and her cooking secrets with them. It was great to see how enthusiastic they[…]
Next week, our first guests will arrive for the Olive Picking Walking Weeks which will last until the end of November. This year’s programme, though, will be a bit different. The lack of rain since last winter has meant that even the well-established olive trees have produced too few olives.[…]
Pyrgos House has taken the initiative to organise a walk every Sunday afternoon during the quiet but beautiful winter months. Every week we will choose another area on Kythira to start from, walking together with anyone who loves nature and activity! It is the ideal way to get to know[…]
Kythira has become a well known walking destination. Over the next two weeks, guests will arrive who have walked all our written routes at least once (from ‘Kythira on foot’ and by joining our Trekking Holidays) and still they want to come back to do more walks. Especially for them,[…]
As from this summer it is possible to take a beautiful walk between Diakofti and Avlemonas, around the impressive Agios Giorgos Hill. This walk is the result of an initiative by the Kythera Hiking Team. The path leads you past caves along the coast and offers stunning views of the[…]
Panagia Myrtidiotissa’s Name Day is Kythira’s most important religious festival, celebrated annually on September 24th. The Icon of Panagia (protectress of the Kythirians) is in the monastery church of Myrtidia (myrtles), located in the south-western part of the island. The monastery derives its name from the fact that in the fourteenth[…]
On September 17th we celebrate Agia Sofia’s Name day. On Kythira, three different caves (Mylopotamos, Agia Pelagia, Kalamos) have the name of Agia Sofia. At the entrance of each cave is a small church, dedicated to the saint. Sofia devoted her life to the Christian religion. She had three daughters[…]
In addition to our standard guided walks, we also offer excursions to areas that are less accessible, like the one up to Paleokastro Hill. Paleokastro (Old Castle) was Kythira’s ancient capital (a fortified city built in the 6th century BC) and is located on a hill between Paleopoli/Scandeia and Mitata.[…]
Summer on Kythira is certainly not coming to an end. It is still sunny, warm and the sea is a pleasant temperature. However, we are already preparing the various autumn hiking programmes that we organize from September to late November. This Sunday, our first participants for ‘Round North’ – an[…]