Adventure on agkalies of Karpathos
E Here on the edge of the South East A Aegean, in the southern part of the Dodecanese, K arpathio Sea is the meeting point of four seas each ... makes its own! A natolika, apanemi side, steep mountains «gkremizontai» to wave and give rise to the korfous truly exotic beaches, as the Apella. E Here are the specials beaches of the island, A chata, K Lower Lakos who approached only by boat, the K yra Madonna, aprositos from the mainland Agios I oannis. In the southern beaches of the classic A mmoopis well profylagmenes small bays from consecutive time. M but just starting to xemytizeis to the southeast, starting to feel the breath of meltemiou. E Here is the remote arms of the K ipos of fiarti A: Damatria, X ristou Well, Prasonisi, B atha. T hour wind gets in and holds in the wings. E is a paradise of serfer. H ancient «A nemoessa», today «K yra of A nemon», the strong emotions gives generously to the B alia, to the N ikolaki PUNTA and M akry GIALOS. In the south, the international airport K arpathou keep secrets… Imagine that straight down from here is the A Africa and indeed reminiscent of the rich beaches around the kavo K astelo: Diakoftis, M ichaliou the K ipos, Psorari, Punta, A grilaopotamos, until Saint Theodore. O anyone unable to find its own beach hidden beneath the «stefanes», these eyebrows thymomenou sea god who created the wave of eating the mainland. A From now on, in parts of A rkasas after rachanammo T, T oichiasmenaki and San ikolao N, in the shadow of the ancient citadel A rkeseias after and protected by Finiki, pounentis puts us in the eye. H lively sea comes from the hand of K asou anakatefei the xanthia sand and small pebbles to Saint George, in Sikelaos in Proni, the License. In Potali keeps even the best breath of air until it goes out in successive beaches Blanc. In Over K arpatho, north of the villages and M esochori Spoa, behind the mountain K ymaras Spread the territory of O lympou and chomatodromon. H west side «gkremizetai», apatiti almost to the sea, while the eastern accords with many arms psilo pebbles and clear waters, such as B anata, Forokli, N atis, San inas M, A gnontia. B North, beyond the narrow sea that separates it from the vast land, spreading the «wild body» of the Sharia, but the Palaces, including an idyllic korfo allegedly was one of four known ancient cities of K arpathou, is impressive ruins on the rocks. All these cool agkalies of K arpathou can be linked to a small adventure, a sports, a walking, a sea walk to the end is always a dip in straftalista waters.
M with the wings of the wind
O j beaches considered among the best for windsurfing is the fiarti A, B atha, N ikolaki the Punta, B alias, M and A akrys Gialos grilaopotamos. Possible winds (6-8 bofor), water deeply and smaragdenia without kymatismo, extensive beaches, warm weather. A Those who knew the myimenoi worldwide serfers for «A nemoessa» - called in a Homeric hymn-K arpatho, and officially became known last year by organising these beaches World Championship T achytitas I stiosanidas. O j more adventurous istiodromoi leave the idyllic beach of A grilaopotamou in troubled bougazi asou between K and K arpathou. In these beaches fly the pantieres international club for his friends surfing. T The climate is pareistiko, since it brings together people with a shared passion that have come and xanarthei here and know how to make sailing surfboards to «fly» on the tips of the waves. E It is a pleasure to do istiodromies here, but also exciting to watch as a simple spectator. O j beaches are located near the airport (15 km from Pigadia). E do operate hotels, restaurants and bars of course serfer. Note that «Club Anemos» (tel: 22450-91011) at N ikolaki PUNTA offers the best views of the ocean and fine taste. B However, here is the appropriate place to start one's myisi in this dynamic sports. T a club have trainers and rent the necessary equipment.
H crossing the gorge of Flaskias
Anyway the ascent to the plateau of Lastou of chains of K arpathou, is the «must» of the island. O asfaltostromenos road goes upwards from the B olada, enters the katafyto Pini with perivolia and holiday homes, passes in front of the source of P th and starts goes upwards to the plateau offering these wonderful images of K arpathiou Pelagos and coastlines from the hand of K arpathou and K asou. Over the longer plateau, bitumen continues for the radar, while a dirt road left goes somewhere and is tristrato. E ytheia continues for the tavern «K K smooth ardia» of Thanassis, in the shadow of psiloteris summit of the Dodecanese, K smooth Lake (1,215 meters). Right goes for the church A rchangelou M ichail and left (there are red signs) for the region ampoi K, which begins crossing the gorge of Flaskias, but less on the main coastal road that goes to White and the beach license. H path is 6.2 km, the elevation difference of 730 metres and lasts about two and a half hours. H path inside the wooden gorge is very beautiful, as it is enjoyable and relaxing at the beach pebbles, which operates traditional restaurant. H path in the gorge is simatodotimeni with black and red signs, like many other routes in pezoporikes K arpatho. In principle, at the end and there are red crosses on billboards and has issued a special map for hikers. Very interesting routes are from Olympus on the beach Forokli (5 kilometers - over 2 hours), from Olympus for the A ylona (4.7 kilometers - 1 ½ hour period) and from there to B roukoynta (4 kilometers - length 1ora and 20 minutes, after difficult upload) or T ristomo (8.4 kilometers - during 3 ½ hours), and the Othos on M enetes (8 kilometers - during 3 hours and 10 lepta).
Sea walk in Sharia
H Sharia is a large island. X orizetai from the northern edge of K arpathou with a stenoma sea just 100 metres. Today there are only residual farm on the island by its inhabitants O lympou and some white churches in the tops of hills. But there are Y and the ruins of a great past, a large Early Christian basilica and an ancient village pasta filata on the rocks, that the locals named the «Palaces». They say that here was probably one of the four-known ancient cities of K arpathou, N isyros. However, the buildings that are now kept on the rocks more reminiscent of architecture average M A East and that is why people talk about the unique pirated settlement retained in Greece. What is important is that all these «embrace» a beautiful bay with votsaloti beach, which is the destination of the vessel ikou N O rfanou our tour in the region. It starts from Diafani and picking up the coast with incredibly wild rocks. K apou distinguished black entrance of the cave of M avris Petra and the captain with a difficult manoeuvre puts his vessel into the limited space of the cave. T After the vessel arazei the beach Palaces, in the shadow of a mountain that is at the top of the church of Saint A Z acharia, but a good uphill path for a panoramic view of Sarias, until the rocks in the wild A limounta.
O circle of villages
In K arpatho roads circles do ... The visitor can go from Pigadia to the airport and from there to reach A rkasa and return from M enetes in Pigadia. O most central circle is joining the K Lower X oria: Pigadia, M enetes, A rkasa, Pyles, Othos, B olada, A peri, Pigadia. But the most spectacular cycle is set by Pigadia go to the A peri, Spoa (24 km from Pigadia), M esochori (7 kilometers from the crossing of Spoon) and through the Gate back in Pigadia. A Those cycles come together and can be two or one. A Spoa From the start the dirt road to Olympus (23 kilometers), which combines with asphalt (10 km) with epineio, the Diafani.
INFO
Access
A ktoploikos from Piraeus through K ritis, leaving three times a week with ships «I erapetra» and «B itsentzos K ornaros», and during travel about 22 hours. From the P odo, three times a week, with the same ships and travelling around six hours (tel: 210-42.74.009). A eroporikos A from Athens and daily response from the P odo with aeroplane O lympiakis A eroploias (tel. 210-96.66.666).
Accommodation
In Pigadia, in hotels: «M entiteranian», tel: 22450-22.793, «Okeanis», tel: 22450-22.975, «A tlantis», tel: 22450-22.777, and apartments «N isia», tel: 22450 -22,450.
• In A rkasa, apartments «Golden Sun», tel: 22450-61.393 in hotel «A rkeseia», tel: 22450-61.290 and apartments «Popi», tel: 22450-61.390 and «Seagull», tel : 22450-61.015. ; In Finiki, the hotel «A rchontiko», tel: 22450-61.473.
• In A mmoopi in hotels «H lios», tel: 22450-81.148, «B ardes», tel: 22450-81.111 and apartments «A nemoessa», tel: 22450-81.166 and «H liotropio», tel: 22450-81.019 .
• In White, apartments «Onar», tel: 6944,835,283 (which offer bicycles and mountain).
• In Diafani, apartments «Dorana», tel: 22450-51.038.
Food
In Pigadia, the restaurant «E λληνικό» and taverns «H K Fine arpathos» (for makarounes) and «tsimetes» (vrouves with eggs) and «Anna» (for Fish).
• On the road from Pigadia for M enetes there is «Steki of Pelagia» karpathio with sausage and cheese, makarounes, ntolmades.
• In A mmoopi, tavern «M A small mmoopi».
• In San N ikolao of A rkasas there is «Seagull» for fish soup and baked vegetables.
• In Finiki, taverns in the small port for seafood.
• In San N ikolao the Gate, in a tavern
