Kastro

... to the campsite that I'd found on line and liked the look of - Fournia Beach, on the beach road below the castle at Kastro Chlemoutsi.  It's quite a way from the castle itself - it would be difficult to camp here without transport we thought - but ...

... 4-00 bus back to Kamares. Sifnos I vote as having the best bus service for the islands, any other nominations? Some good views of Kastro and windmills. Back in Kamares it was down to the beach for a swim, well at least Jean did. Had our evening meal at ...

... We walked.  "Zorbita the GPS"  guided the party of 4, tugging our luggage, to the hotel.      The Kastro Hotel is in the old city (very narrow roads), decent but way not fancy but with an extraordinarily helpful desk manager who ...

... credit card working and then found an internet cafe!  Things were looking up! We found a decent looking place to stay in (Kastro Hotel) on hostelbookers.com and opted to wander around there to see if we could get it a bit cheaper than on the ...

... a refined look to it while still retaining the local flavor that tourists want. It was the perfect balance. I visited the Kastro which was a stockade started in 1212 to defend the island from pirate attacks. The interior of the Kastro had flower-filled ...

... she let me in and gave me a few minutes to stay there. I was happy to hear that and stayed there about 10 minutes... Kastro was well preserved and worth visiting. I visited a few other sites in Patras such as the lighthouse, but Kastro was absolutely the ...

... which was not popular in the Cyclades. As a result the Dukes and other Latin newcomers were generally isolated in the Kastro and separated from the Greeks. There are no big gates anymore but the apparent separation of citizens of the different ...