AGIA PELAGIA

9 MUSES Tel. + 30 27360 33155 Fax + 30 27360 33637 – www.9museskithira.gr
KYTHEA RESORT www.kythea.gr
KYTHERA IRIDA HOTEL Tel: + 30 27360 34273 | Fax: + 30 27360 33858 – www.kythera-irida.gr
PELAGIA APHRODITE Tel. + 30 27360 33926-7 Fax + 30 27360 34242 – www.pelagia-aphrodite.com
ROMANTICA HOTEL & APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 27360 33834, 33814 Fax + 30 27360 33915 – www.romanticahotel.gr

ARONIADIKA

PITSINADES GUEST HOUSE Tel: + 30 27360 33877 - www.pitsinades.com
ROUGA HOTEL Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 33596

DIAKOFTI

KYTHIRA GOLDEN RESORT Tel: + 30 27360 33407 | Fax: + 30 27360 33907 – www.kythiragoldenresort.gr
PORTO DIAKOFTI HOTEL Tel. + 30 27360 33760 – www.portodiakofti.com

KAPSALI

AFRODITI Tel. + 30 27360 31328 Fax + 30 27360 34337 – www.hotel-afrodite.gr
EL SOL HOTEL Tel. + 30 27360 31629, 31766 Fax + 30 27360 31111 – www.elsolhotel.gr
PORTO DELFINO HOTEL Tel. + 30 27360 31940-1 Fax + 30 27360 31939 – www.portodelfino.gr

KYTHIRA (CHORA)

CORTE O. SUITES  Tel. + 30 27360 39139, 31977  Fax + 30 27360 39140 - www.corteo.gr
MARGARITA HOTEL Tel. + 30 27360 31711 Fax + 30 27360 31325 – www.hotel-margarita.com
NOSTOS GUEST HOUSE Tel. + 30 27360 31056, 31834 Fax + 30 27360 31834 – www.nostos-kythera.gr

LIVADI

APOSPERIDES HOTEL Tel. + 30 27360 31790, 31656 Fax + 30 27360 31301 – www.aposperideshotel.gr

MYLOPOTAMOS

ATHENA HOTEL Tel: + 30 27360 31942, + 30 27360 31952 | Fax: _ 30 27360 31952 – www.athena-hotel.gr
KAMARI GUEST HOUSE Tel. + 30 27360 33627
PORFYROUSA Tel. + 30 27360 38281 |  Fax + 30 27360 38282 – porfyrousa.gr

APERANTO GALAZIO (ENDLESS BLUE) Tel. + 30 27360 38237
CAMARELA Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 38275
ELENI APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 27360 33514, 31048 Fax + 30 27360 31504
ENASTRON STUDIOS Tel: + 30 27360 39199
EVI STUDIOS Tel. + 30 27360 33934 Fax + 30 27360 33944
FILOXENIA APTS. Tel: + 30 27360 33100, + 30 27360 33800 – 2 | Fax: + 30 27360 33610
FYRI AMMOS FURNISHED HOUSES  Tel. + 30 27360 34302 Fax + 30 27360 33937 - www.fyriammos.gr
KYTHIRA GOLDEN SUN Tel. + 30 27360 34135 – www.kythiragoldensun.gr
PANAGIOTIS STUDIOS Tel: + 30 27360 33311 | Fax: + 30 27360 33637
PANORAMA Tel. + 30 27360 33840
PANTONIA APTS.  Tel. + 30 27360 34141 – www.pantonia-apartments.com
PELAGIA BEACH STUDIOS Tel. + 30 27360 33995, 34223, 33032 | Fax + 30 27360 33831 – www.pelagiabeach.gr
STELLA’ S HOUSES Tel. + 30 27360 33264, Fax + 30 27360 39083
ZATHEA APARTMENTS Tel. & Fax: + 30 27360 33057 – www.zathea.com

ARONIADIKA

KAMARES TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS Tel. + 30 27360 31766, Fax + 30 27360 31801
PORTARI HOUSES Tel. & Fax: + 30 27360 33398 – www.portari-houses.com

AVLEMONAS

AGNANTIO Tel. + 30 27360 33066
ANEMES Tel. + 30 27360 34067
GIORGOS Tel. + 30 27360 33043
MANDY Tel. + 30 27360 33039
PALAEOPOLI VILLAS Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 34354
POPI Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 33735
ROULA Tel. + 30 27360 33060
STATHIS STUDIOS Tel: + 30 27360 34130 – www.stathis-studios.gr
SOTIRIS Tel. + 30 27360 34374

DIAKOFTI

AGNANTI Tel. + 30 27360 33648 – www.agnadi.gr
ALEKOS Tel. + 30 27360 33044
ANEMONI Tel. & Fax: + 30 27360 33254
ATHINA APTS. & STUDIOS Tel. + 30 27360 33755, 34015
DAIRA APTS.  Tel. + 30 27360 34344 – www.dairaapartments.webs.com
ERIFYLI Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 33053
FILOXENES KATIKIES APTS. Tel: + 30 27360 33755 | Fax: + 30 27360 33761 - www.filoxeneskatikies.gr
MAISTRALI APTS. Tel: + 30 27360 33749, + 30 27360 33911 | Fax: + 30 27360 33911 – www.maistraliapartments.com
SIRENE VILLAS Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 33900-1 – www.sirene.gr

KALAMOS

ANDRI ANNA STUDIOS & ROOMS Tel. + 30 27360 31844
ELEA APARTMENTS Tel: + 30 27360 31546 | Fax: + 30 27360 38125 – www.elea.com.gr
EUGENIA ROOMS Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 31444
FILIO Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 31054
IOANNA’ S ROOMS Tel. + 30 27360 31546, 31968 Fax + 30 27360 31968
KYTHERIS Tel . & Fax + 30 27360 31965, 31201
MYRTO Tel. + 30 27360 31483
VILANA STUDIOS Tel. + 30 27360 31910

KAPSALI

CENGO Tel. + 30 27360 39026 Fax + 30 27360 39028 – www.cengo.gr
GEORGIA ROOMS Tel. + 30 27360 33878
KAPSALI SUN Tel. + 30 27360 31830 Fax + 30 27360 31886

KYTHIRA (CHORA)

AGANADIO - Strapodi -  Tel. + 30 27360 31071 | Fax: + 30 27360 39043 – www.agnadio.com
BELVEDERE APARTMENTS Tel: + 30 27360 31761
CASTELLO APARTMENTS www.castelloapts-kythera.gr
FIORI D’ AMORE – Manitochori – Tel: + 30 27360 37037 | Fax: + 30 27360 37010
GALINI - Drymonas – Tel. + 30 27360 31001
VENEZZIANA – Strapodi – Tel: + 30 27360 31700
ZOGRAFIES STUDIOS – Manitochori – Tel: + 30 27360 31603, 31525 | Fax: + 30 27360 31603 - www.studiozografies.gr

LIVADI

IOANNA’ S VILLAGE Tel: + 30 27360 31783
IRENE STUDIOS Tel. + 30 27360 31079 Fax + 30 27360 31667
MYLOS ROOMS Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 38156
PETRADI Tel. + 30 27360 37000 Fax + 30 27360 37007
PETROS – Trivasarianika – Tel. + 30 27360 31748
PIERROS Tel. + 30 27360 31014
REMVI - Kato Livadi – Tel. + 30 27360 31043
TZIVAERI Tel. + 30 27360 39079
VIKENTIOS – Travasarianika – Tel: + 30 27360 31130

MITATA

APLYNORI Tel. & Fax + 30 27360 33010 – www.aplynori.gr
VILLA MITATA Tel. + 30 27360 31881
WINDMILL RESORT Tel: + 30 27360 31029 | Fax: + 30 27360 34193 – www.thewindmillresort.com

POTAMOS

SKAMNIA Tel. + 30 27360 34359 Fax + 30 27360 34387

BY AIRPLANE : There are frequent flights from the International Airport of Athens “Eleftherios Venizelos” to Kythira. The airport of Kythira is 18 kilometers from Chora (the capital).

BY FERRY BOAT : There are regular ferry services from Piraeus to Kythira.
Kythira is also connected by ferry with Antikythira, Lakonia, Elafonissos, and Kasteli on Crete.
Also by car from Gythion or Neapolis on Lakonia – Peloponnese, and from there again by ferry boat.

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS

Airport of Kythira –  Tel: + 30 27360 33297
Olympic Airways of Kythira- Airport Office  Tel: + 30 27360 33292
International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” Tel: + 30 210 3530000
Port Authority of Piraeus  Tel: + 30 210 4226000
Port Authority of Diakofti – Kythira Tel:  + 30 27360 34222
Port Authority of Agia Pelagia – Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 33280
Port Authority of Kapsali – Kyhtira Tel: + 30 27360 31222
Telecommunications Center OTE Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 33299, 27360 33399
Archaeological Museum of Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 31739
Byzantine Museum of Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 31731
Hospital of Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 33203
Potamos Common Surgery Tel: + 30 27360 33213
Kythira Common Surgery Tel: + 30 27360 31243
Post Office of Kythira Tel: + 30 27360 31274

The island was famous in ancient times for its sanctuary of Aphrodite and was originally called Porfyris and Porfyroussa. It came into contact with the Minoans, as is clear from Early Minoan pottery discovered at Kastri, the probable site of the earliest Minoan colony in the Aegean.
In historical times the island belonged to Sparta. It latter passed to the Athenians for a short time, and then to the Macedonians.

During Byzantine times it was frequently raided by pirates and later captured by the Venetians, who called it Cerigo. It was later captured by the Turks, from whom it was liberated in 1864.

KYTHIRA (or Chora), the capital of the island, has a medieval castle, interesting churches and an Archaeological Museum (tel. 27360 31739) with some important exhibits.
The Historical Archive of Kythera is located in the castle of Country. It keeps texts and documents since the 16th century. In the quiet central square of Chora there are the town hall, banks and other services. In the main narrow roads there are a lot of shops.
Melidoni is a small and quiet beach at the south-west of the island with crystal clear waters and fine sand.

The port KAPSALI, 2,5 kilometers to the south, is a busy tourist resort and a beautiful harbor divided into two by a small peninsula. It is the place where you can find everything: hotels, apartments and rooms to let, a camping site, taverns, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, travel agencies, and many shops.

On the beautiful beach you can enjoy the sun and water sports.
A short distance away, on the Gremnos hill is the monastery of Saint John Theologos, where Saint John the Apostle withdrew and began the composition of the Apocalypse, before going to Patmos island.

The traditional village of LIVADI, 4 kilometers south of the capital has several mansions dating from the British Protectorate and a notable church of Agios Andreas, with 12th c. wall-paintings.
Close by are the stone bridge of Katouni with 13 arches and a length of 110 meters, built by the British, the Monastery of Agia Elesa, the monastery complex of the Panagia Myrtidiotissa and the Byzantine church of Agios Dimitrios.
In the village there are many shops, cafes, taverns, small hotels, rooms to let and other agencies and services. Livadi is the point that connects a lot of regions of the island.

Next to Livadi is located KALAMOS village. You will find a lot of rooms to let and very closely there are three fine beaches: Fyri Ammos, Chalkos and Vroulea. Chalkos is one of the smallest but most beautiful beaches southern of the island.

AVLEMONAS, north-east of Chora has a small Venetian castle built in 1565 at the entrance to the harbor. To the west is Paleopolis, with the remains of ancient buildings and tombs. Paleopolis has the biggest beach on the island with a fine sandy beach full of the smell of thyme and other herbs. Avlemonas is the biggest village and probably the most beautiful on Kythira. There are a lot rooms to let, taverns and coffee shops. The trade-mark beach of the island is Kaladi. It is an idyllic, breathtaking and hospitable beach that you have to visit.

Eastern of the island, Komponada is one of the wildest beaches with big pebbles.
Near Avlemonas you will find the magic bay of Agios Nikolaos covered with sand and small scattered rocks.

Further north is the coastal settlement of DIAKOFTI, which has a beautiful white sanded beach ideal for families with children and Agia Moni, built in 1840. Tradition claims that the monastery’s holy icon was found in the bushes by a shepherd, in 1759.
The new port of Kythira lies to Diakofti. The port protected by the winds,  is one of the safest ports in Greece.

MYLOPOTAMOS, a traditional settlement with abundant vegetation and waters lies 15 kilometers north-west of Chora. Here is an interesting Venetian castle, with churches and the cave of Agia Sofia, one of the most beautiful Greek caves, a short distance outside the village, with impressive stalactites and stalagmites of several sizes. The cave’s interior is separated into numerous chambers. It was named after the chapel of Agia Sofia, which stands at the cave’s entrance.
Further north is the monastery of the Panagia Orfani, built inside a cave, with a beautiful wood-carved icon.

The largest village on the island is POTAMOS, 19 kilometers north of Chora, which has some traditional houses and interesting churches. In Potamos you will find a lot of shops, cafes and taverns.

PALIOCHORA, 9 kilometers east of Potamos, was built in the 12th c. and dedicated to Agios Dimitrios. The inhabitants of the island came here to escape pirate attacks. It was destroyed in 1537 by Barbarossa and has never re-occupied.

AGIA PELAGIA  has fine sandy beaches and is a busy tourist center. You will find numerous hotels, apartments and rooms to let of all categories, coffee shops, taverns, bars and tourist shops.

TRADITION –EVENTS
There are many cultural events on the island and festivals with a local atmosphere.
Each summer the feast of Wine take place in Mitata village.

LOCAL PRODUCTS – CUISINE
The most famous local products of the island are: the fine quality thyme honey, the olive oil and the wine. Don’t forget to taste the local sweets rozedes, achladaki (pears), cookies and kolokythopita.