Kea, Greece

... us to a cute one room church on the rocks above the water.  We hitchhike up to the main city of Chora and see the famous Kea lion.  On the way back down I play a heated match of super giant chess with Jessie (another guy on the boat) and we have ...

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The evening of our last day was spent at Karissa, on the island of Kia. This island is part of the Cycladic group but the influence of the mainland, which is only a hour away by ferry, can be seen by the quite different architectural style of the ...

hidden pearls of the Aegean few foreign tourists grey granite 6th c. BC Lion of Kea Britannic, sister ship of Titanic, still holds record as largest liner on the seabed

... weather so Albert got a bit of a sailing workout (hoisting sails, etc). It was excellent! We are both in agreeance that Kea is the best island we have been to so far. It's nice without being too touristy and although Athens weekenders (as Sotiris ...