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ASSOS (Village) KEFALLONIA
One of the most picturesque places of the island. Is a very popular
destination with many visitors during the summer. The village was built amphitheatrically
round Assos creck and has a beautiful beach. Walking around its narrow streets
one can see beautiful houses with flowerfull gardens and one gets the impression
of what Kefalonia was like many years ago.
There are restaurants, cafes and other shops most them gathered round
the main square with it's beautiful plane and oleander trees!
The real jewel of Asos is it's castle from where one can admire the
panoramic view.
ERISSOS (Municipality) KEFALLONIA
The municipality of Erissos covers the north part of the island of
Kefalonia and is known for
its exceptional beauty. The road network which connects all the villages, passes
through beautiful scenery and meets the main road arteries of the island. Driving
through precipitous roads one can enjoy the view of picturesque landscapes, creeks
and dramatic clifs. During your trip you have the opportunity to visit the famous
village of Asos, the old capital
and important port of the island, in 1593, with the Venician Castle of 16th century
on top of the hill and the prisons where prisoners had to work as field hand workers
up to 1953.
About 2 kms past Asos on the way to Fiscardo,
one can visit the 1600 built monastery of Theotocou (Gods mother) where every
8th of September there is a celebration. The house hold icon of Godmother is named
(Wider than the skies) "Platirera ton ouranon".
On the way you also have the opportunity to wander beautiful little
villages where in a lot of them that survived the 1953 earthquake, you can distinguish
the Italian influenced architecture.
Fiscardo is an old fishing village in which all the houses survived
the 1953 earthquake. Today it is one of the most popular and touristy-holiday
places in Greece, well known for its traditional architecture and breathtaking
picturesque beauty, as well as its cosmopolitan little natural port. Fiscardo
is the home town of the sea poet Nikos Kavadias and it took it's name from the
crusader Robert Guiscard. Fiscardo is surrounded by beautiful little villages,
glistening creeks and other places such as Foki & Evreti
with the wonderful cypress forests. The eastern villages of the municipality are
situated opposite the island of Ithaca,
through time, witnessing the world evolution and looking towards the future.
This text is cited June 2003 from the Municipality of Erissos URL below, which contains images.
FISKARDO (Village) KEFALLONIA
Fiscardo is situated in the most northern point of the island opposite
the island of Ithaka and is
famous for its traditional architecture and its cosmopolitan port.
It is one of the most important tourist and holiday destinations of
the island with soundly organised tourist background.
Many yachts arrive at Fiscardo's port where their owners most of the
times decide to stay for the rest of their holiday.
Something similar happened to crusader Robert Guiscard from whom Fiscardo
took its name, who arrived in 1085 in order to conquer the island, but finally
stayed and lived in Fiscardo for the rest of his life. Most of the mansions (stately
houses) one can see in Fiscardo belong to the Venetian architecture era.
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