Yesterday I walked from Potamos to Mitata. It is Kythira Walking Tour’s third day trek – a walk of more than 21 km. The weather was beautiful: a clear atmosphere and nice warm sunshine. The walk finishes at Mitata’s square. When I came around the dilapidated church, I was surprised[…]
Quietness has settled on Kythira. Every now and then you will meet a walking tourist, islanders are still harvesting olives and preparations for Christmas are being made. We mainly spend the winter months checking the routes for our walking guide ‘Kythira on foot’ and our three Walking Tours (Kythira Walking[…]
Tomorrow, Saturday December 5th, we will plant the 300 cedar trees. Meeting point: Platanos kafeneion in Mylopotamos, at 10 am. Please bring with you: a spade, pair of pliers, heavy hammer, gloves and a bottle of water. When all the trees have been planted, we will have an ‘after party’[…]
Next week, there will be two special name days. On Tuesday December 1st it will be Saint Philaretos’ name day, the patron saint of bee keepers. Philaretos lived in the 8th century and was a poor farmer who helped other people by sharing all his meagre possessions. When there was[…]
The new dates for our 11 day Group Guided Walking Holidays are: April 8th – April 18th April 24th – May 4th (May 1st: Orthodox Greek Easter, don’t miss it!) September 23rd – October 3rd October 7th – October 17th On our Group Guided Walking Holidays both single travellers and[…]
Chora High School has taken the initiative to organise planting 300 trees in the area between Panagia Orphani Monastery and Limnionas Bay (west of Mylopotamos). A few years ago this region was devastated by bush fires. ‘Woodland Day 300’ is expected to be at the end of November or early[…]
Yesterday the last participants of this season’s Kythira Walking Tour left the island. When we said goodbye at the airport they spoke enthusiastically about their walking holiday. I enjoyed watching their happy and relaxed faces and listening to their stories. They are already sure that they will come back to[…]
If you participated in our successful olive oil tasting excursion, you will have already met Harry. He lives in Karavas and is an organic farmer. He is also the owner of Astarti – a company that since 2001 has been involved in the production, packaging and trading of organic and[…]
On Sunday October 11th the totally overgrown path to the long forgotten Agios Artemios Cave will be cleared. The cave is located in the Vythoulas area, only a short distance from Potamos, and it was rediscovered this summer by speleologist / archaeologist Konstantinos Trimmis. He became curious about Agios Artemios[…]
In October, the Greeks distil their tsipouro. Tsipouro is a strong drink with an alcohol percentage usually between 36 and 45 %. On Kythira it is distilled from grapes after they have been pressed for wine. Elsewhere, they make tsipouro from figs, pears and other fruit. Tsipouro is also called[…]