Fortresse & caves
Full day cruise to Astypalea approximately 115 NM, 5h30 engine hours, Departure time 9am, Return 7pm.
Our journey will begin from the port; We will swim at the Vatses beach and visit the cave with the stalactites. At the port we will visit Hora (Astypalea town), the windmills and the venetian castle and have lunch at one of the tavernas. We will get refreshed at Tzanaki nudist beach, Aghios Kostandinos sandy beach or one of the remotes beaches. On our way back we will admire from the sea the monolith of Kalamos in Anafi island.
Beaches √ Scuba X Antiquities √ Religion X Speleo √ Natural wonders X Walk √ Traditional settlements √
Caves
Drakou Cave is at Vathy with impressive stalactites and stalagmites.
Negrou Cave is in Vatses Bay. Tradition links it with pirates and their treasures.
Fortresses
The Venetian Quirini Fortress with the heraldic shield of the family. In architectural terms it belongs to the fortified settlement category where the outer walls of the houses are the curtain walls with small openings as murder holes. Inside the fortress are two churches Panaghia Kastriani(1853) and Aghios Georgios(1790). The Panaghia Church was built above the arched entrance to the fortress. Inside there is a founder's inscription dated 1413 and the heraldic shields of the Quirini.
Ai Yanni Fortress stands opposite the monastery with the same name. It is a natural fortress and is said to have a secret entrance and passageway to the next hill. Barbarossa, the feared pirate, attacked here and annihilated the residents. According to tradition the fortress was impregnable. Ruins of buildings and cisterns have survived. It was perhaps here that the residents of the island took refuge during the difficult years of pirate raids that scourged the Aegean from the 7th century on. Access was difficult.
Other interesting places
Ancient monuments and sites of archaeological interest
The Tallaras Baths in Maltezana are Hellenistic baths with mosaics unique in Greece with blue and terracotta colours. They are in a good state of repair and the compositions are interesting with the subject being the seasons of the year and the symbols of the zodiac.
The Monument to the French admiral Bignon, leader of the struggle against the pirates at the beginning of the 18th century, located near Schinonda.
At the mouth of Vathy Bay are the remains of a Minoan settlement and the ruins of a tower. The remains of a Paleo-Christian Basilica from the 5th century with remarkable mosaics can be seen at Maltezana. The Church of Aghia Varvara has been built atop them with an Ionian capital in the door lintel. In the grounds of the church are monolithic columns and their bases. The meadow in front was once the site of the temple of Artemis.
Agios Ioannis (Saint John church)
The picturesque, whitewashed church is set between two abrupt hill slopes near the open sea. In front of the church, on the hill, there are orchards and bubbling water sources and, further down a superb beach.
Nearby places (Optional)
Full day cruise to Astypalea approximately 115 NM, 5h30 engine hours, Departure time 9am, Return 7pm.
Our journey will begin from the port; We will swim at the Vatses beach and visit the cave with the stalactites. At the port we will visit Hora (Astypalea town), the windmills and the venetian castle and have lunch at one of the tavernas. We will get refreshed at Tzanaki nudist beach, Aghios Kostandinos sandy beach or one of the remotes beaches. On our way back we will admire from the sea the monolith of Kalamos in Anafi island.
Beaches √ Scuba X Antiquities √ Religion X Speleo √ Natural wonders X Walk √ Traditional settlements √
Caves
Drakou Cave is at Vathy with impressive stalactites and stalagmites.
Negrou Cave is in Vatses Bay. Tradition links it with pirates and their treasures.
Fortresses
The Venetian Quirini Fortress with the heraldic shield of the family. In architectural terms it belongs to the fortified settlement category where the outer walls of the houses are the curtain walls with small openings as murder holes. Inside the fortress are two churches Panaghia Kastriani(1853) and Aghios Georgios(1790). The Panaghia Church was built above the arched entrance to the fortress. Inside there is a founder's inscription dated 1413 and the heraldic shields of the Quirini.
Ai Yanni Fortress stands opposite the monastery with the same name. It is a natural fortress and is said to have a secret entrance and passageway to the next hill. Barbarossa, the feared pirate, attacked here and annihilated the residents. According to tradition the fortress was impregnable. Ruins of buildings and cisterns have survived. It was perhaps here that the residents of the island took refuge during the difficult years of pirate raids that scourged the Aegean from the 7th century on. Access was difficult.
Other interesting places
Ancient monuments and sites of archaeological interest
The Tallaras Baths in Maltezana are Hellenistic baths with mosaics unique in Greece with blue and terracotta colours. They are in a good state of repair and the compositions are interesting with the subject being the seasons of the year and the symbols of the zodiac.
The Monument to the French admiral Bignon, leader of the struggle against the pirates at the beginning of the 18th century, located near Schinonda.
At the mouth of Vathy Bay are the remains of a Minoan settlement and the ruins of a tower. The remains of a Paleo-Christian Basilica from the 5th century with remarkable mosaics can be seen at Maltezana. The Church of Aghia Varvara has been built atop them with an Ionian capital in the door lintel. In the grounds of the church are monolithic columns and their bases. The meadow in front was once the site of the temple of Artemis.
Agios Ioannis (Saint John church)
The picturesque, whitewashed church is set between two abrupt hill slopes near the open sea. In front of the church, on the hill, there are orchards and bubbling water sources and, further down a superb beach.
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| Vatses beach |
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| Cave |
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| Hora |
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| Hora |
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| Hora |
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| Hora |
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| Tzanaki nudist bea |
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| Isolated beach |
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| Aghios Kostandinos sandy beach |
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| Ble limanaki beach |
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| Drakos cave |
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| Kaminakia beach |
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| Koutsomiti island beach |
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| Livadi beach |
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| Maltezana beach |
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| Agios Ioannis beach |
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| Agios Ioannis |
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| Panormos bay |
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| Vathy bay shelter |
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