In the northeastern part of Kithira lies Paleochora. This has been the former capital of the island, under the name of Agios Dimitrios. It is built on the foot of a hill and bears medieval characteristics. It is no wonder why it has been called Mystras of Kithira, since the Monemvasians were the ones who …
The truth is that the island of Antiparos was one of those islands that the artists and free-spirited entrepreneurs went to when the islands they had discovered, like Mykonos, Santorini, Ios, and Paros became much-frequented and saturated by tourists and the rents became unaffordable. It is still one of those unspoiled islands, ideal for those …
Monemvasia is a Gibraltar-like rocky island off the east coast of the Peloponnese in the prefecture of Laconia, in Greece, and it actually constitutes a medieval fortress with a town next to it. The island is about 300 meters wide and a kilometer long, and rises in a plateau, a hundred metres above sea level. …