So hard to leave this place and this island after a week of everything Spring. The flowers, the fields, the quiet, the trails and the perfect farmhouse ambience. The house is located on the edge of Katavati with local sheep, chickens and donkeys adding their notes to the chorus of bees all foraging in the wildflower fields. It is maybe closer to fifteen minutes through the village down the stairs past the school to Apollonia and half that to the cluster of supermarkets on the way at the other side of Katavati, a good warmup for the wealth of trail walks that radiate all over the island. We walked many of them, some of them ecstatically, and easily returned by bus or sometimes with the help of taxi driver 5, Mr. Dimitris who picked us up and delivered us to Kamares thanks to Liana. We did not need to rent a car as the combination of walking, buses and taxi were more than adequate to reach most of the island. And there was much more left to see and experience than we could manage at our leisurely and relaxed pace in our week. This is an island to sink into, we feel we found our island. Thanks to local magazines and information Liana provided, we were able to get insights into island life and personalities such that,o for example, we were excited to discover and realize that the beloved Papa Yiannis was conducting a name day Panagia at a little church on the main square in Artemonas on our last night in which we could be included.
The house was well outfitted and more than suitable for families and was impeccably clean and the sense of history and family legacy adds authentic charm. We cannot wait to return.