LOUTRA

AFRODITI PENSION Tel. & Fax: + 30 22810 31650
KYTHNOS BAY HOTEL Tel. + 30 22810 31218, 31441 Fax + 30 22810 31444 – www.hotelkythnosbay.gr
MELTEMI HOTEL Tel. + 30 22810 31271, Fax + 30 22810 31302 – www.meltemihotel-kythnos.gr
XENIA ANAGENISSIS HOTEL Tel. + 30 22810 31217, Fax + 30 22810 31000

AKROGIALIA Tel. + 30 22810 32366, 32146
ANNA Tel. + 30 22810 32035
ANTAMOMA Tel. + 30 22810 32515, 32152
ANTONIA KAMARES Tel: + 30 22810 32415 - antonia-kamares.gr
ARCHIPELAGOS Tel. + 30 22810 32380 Fax + 30 22810 32946
FROSO Tel: + 30 22810 32509 | Fax: + 30 22810 32595
IRINI Tel. + 30 22810 32564, 32052
KAMARES Tel. + 30 22810 32034
MARGARITA Tel. + 30 22810 32265, 32887 – www.kanalakythnos.gr
OFIOUSA STUDIOS Tel: + 30 22810 32601 | Fax: + 30 22810 32359

KYTHNOS (CHORA)

FILOXENIA  STUDIOS Tel. + 30 22810 31644, 31265 – www.filoxenia-kythnos.gr
KYTHNOIKIES Tel: + 30 22810 31489

LEFKES

ANNEZIO Tel. + 30 22810 32118

LOUTRA

CALYPSO STUDIOS – Schinari – Tel. + 30 22810 31418, 31163
NIRIIDES – Maroulas – Tel. + 30 22810 31533, 31042 – www.nira.gr
PORTO KLARAS STUDIOS & APTS. Tel: + 30 22810 31276 | Fax: + 30 22810 31355 – www.porto-klaras.gr
SCHINARI BEACH Tel. + 30 22810 31470

MERICHAS

AGNANTI Tel. + 30 22810 32807
EFKALYPTOS Tel. + 30 22810 32316 - www.kythnosrooms.gr
ELSA’S APTS.  Tel. + 30 22810 32443
FOINIKAS STUDIOS Tel. & Fax:  + 30 22810 32203 – www.foinikas-studios.gr
GIASEMI Tel. + 30 22810 32248, Fax + 30 22810 32291
ILIOVASILEMA Tel. + 30 22810 32210, 32062
IOANNA Tel. + 30 22810 32858
IRIDA Tel: + 30 22810 32204, 33007
MARTINOS STUDIOS Tel: + 30 22810 32469 | Fax: + 30 22810 32844 – www.martinos-studios.com
PANORAMA Tel. + 30 22810 32184, 32808
ROMANTZA Tel. + 30 22810 32375, 32237 | Fax: 22810 32375
VILLA ELENA APARTMENTS - Martinakia – Tel. + 30 22810 32275 – www.villa-elena.gr

There are frequent ferry services from Piraeus port (distance 52 nautical miles) and from Lavrio port (distance 26 nautical miles). Buses KTEL from Athens to Lavrio depart from Egyptou Square. The island is connected with many islands of the Cyclades group.

USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS

Port Authority of Kythnos  Tel: + 30 22810 32290
Port Authority of Piraeus  Tel: + 30 210 4226000 – 4, + 30 210 4199200
Port Authority of Lavrio  Tel: + 30 22920 25249
Buses KTEL Attica Athens – Lavrio Port Tel: + 30 210 8213203
Medical Aid Chora Kythnos Tel: + 30 22810 31202

As the finds from the limited excavations on the island, show it was inhabited from the Mesolithic period, and the settlement discovered here is the earliest in the Cyclades (7500 – 6500 BC).
Its present name derives from Kythnos, the leader of the Dryopians. According to mythology, these came from Evia and settled on the island.
The philosopher Aristotle dealt with the state of Kythnos in his Constitution of the Kythnians.
In 1207, Kythnos came under the rule of the Frankish overlord Marco Sanudo, and it remained in Venetian hands for 400 years.
After it falls to the Turks and the new capital was located inland, as the name Messaria suggests. Later, this town became known as Hora (the generic Greek name for a capital town, also spelled Chora). Under the Ottomans, Kythnos enjoyed religious freedom, but was a poor, under-populated place, still beset by pirates and suffering frequent epidemics.

KYTHNOS (or Chora), also called Messaria by the locals, is 8 kilometers from the harbor.
It is a nice traditional settlement with cobblestone pavements, arcades, stone houses and windows painted with the characteristic Cycladian colors, small churches and wind mills.
On a small hill stands the monastery of Panagia Nikous, where there was a “secret school” during the period of Turkish domination. On Chora it is worth visiting the remarkable churches of Agios Savvas dated from 1613, of Agia Triada and of Sotiras.
On the capital you will find fine shops, restaurants, coffee shops and bars.

An asphalt road, 4,5 kilometers long connects Chora with the coastal settlement of LOUTRA to the north, where there are mineral springs. Here there is a hydrotherapeutic building with individual baths in the Xenia hotel, run by the Greek Tourist Organization. In the region you will find hotel units, rooms to let of all categories, taverns, coffee shops, bar and clubs for your nightlife.
n the first route to Chora-Loutra, we first encounter the first small sandy beach Martinakia.
In a picturesque little bay south-east of Loutra is the peaceful beach of Agia Irini.

South-west of Chora is the harbor of MERICHAS with a graphic small settlement around it. Merichas’s gulf still remains beautiful with thin sand and crystal clear waters, appropriate for fishing and even swimming. Merichas has big tourist development: here you will find hotels, rooms to let, many scenic taverns serving fresh fish and local recipes, coffee shops, and bars.

The beautiful beach EPISKOPI is a short distance to the north and at VRIOKASTRO (or Ovriokastro), further north still, are the remains of the ancient city of Kythnos.
The beautiful Episkopi’s gulf followed by a series of lovely beaches, the ones of Apokrousi one of the longest sandy beaches of the island, Fikiada and the most special in terms of natural beauty the Kolona beach. In the first three beaches you can also find traditional fish- taverns.

The head village of DRYOPIDA is in the interior of the island. Here you will see two-storey houses with tiled roofs, something unusual for an island of Cyclades. One of the most important features of Dryopida is the Katafiki Cave, one of the biggest unexploited caves in Greece with stalactites & stalagmites. On the village you can visit the Folklore Museum & the small Byzantine Museum which is housed in Ai-Giorgis church. It is worth to visit the church of Agios Minas which has a fine wooden temple.

On a hill with a superb view over the Aegean, 16 kilometers south-east of Chora, is the monastery of the Panagia Kanala, the patron saint of the island.

Not far away from Driopida there is a road that leads to an amplitude of lovely beaches located in the eastern side, like Kalo Livadi, Liotrivi, Lefkes, Zogaki, Naousa, Kouri, Agios Stefanos a protected beach with sand and pebbles, Ai-Giannis & Vasilika. In some of these places you can also find rooms to let and traditional taverns.
Megali Ammos is a long sandy beach situated to the right gulf underneath the Panagia Kanalas church.

At the south part of the island is Agios Dimitrios a picturesque village with a beautiful beach.

TRADITION – EVENTS

Among the most important events are considered the festivals that take place in honor of Holly Mary on 15th August (Panagia of Nikous, Panagia Kanala, Panagia Stratolatissa) & on 8th September (Panagia Flanbouriani) as well as “Kythnia” which are organized every summer by the municipality of Kythnos.

LOCAL PRODUCTS – CUISINE

The most famous products of the island are the cheeses and the local wine of fine quality. Don’t miss to taste the famous amygdalota sweets that have tradition in all Cyclades islands, and honey.
In the tourist shops in Chora you will find fine handmade ceramics.