Kytheria, Greece

Was told by the locals that this is not the typical tourist destination and you can feel that when you’re exploring. This place is full of vast landscapes, biodiversity, and a blend of seas. Incredibly beautiful and peaceful place. The throne of Aphrodite is located here 🐚 visited October 8-14!

Captions (in order of photos):

  1. The island of kytheria, we stayed in Kapsali, a small local beach town
  2. A local restaurant in kapsali that closed down for the season, October is near ending of their season but with a cool tree patio setup!
  3. The strip of residences on kapsali - kytheria has only 3000ish residents on the whole island and there’s 26 “cities”
  4. The beach of the Mediterranean Sea on kapsali
  5. A local dish of chickpea salad with shredded greens and a lemon olive oil dressing
  6. Another city, (the name is escaping me because it’s Greek) but the most beautiful views!
  7. Very cool looking flower
  8. Snails are everywhere! And so are their shells. Came across this collection of shells

  9. An old tomb where they used to put dead bodies and when those bodies degraded, they would remove the bones into the sea and put in more bodies. This is from the bc era

  10. The throne of Aphrodite - kytheria is known as her birthplace. This window to the sea is where she rose from the sea foam in mythology

  11. A beautiful building in

chora

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  3. The cave of st. Sophia - a martyr who died of grief when her daughters hope, love and faith were killed. This cave is a church and it still holds artwork in worship. There’s 350 churches in the hills of the mountains on the island.

  5. At the archeological museum in choy where old statues were discovered in the bc era

  7. A local shop in choy where they had their featured thyme honey, olive oil, and canned fruits for sale.

  9. This type of tree was all over

chora

  1. so stunning

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  1. Natural pomegranate growing on this tree, featuring a sunset!

Author: sofia_alyssa