Celebrated for its wild mountains and blue coves, this long craggy island is one of the least commercialised in Greece. Legend has it that Prometheus and his Titans were born here and with its...
Celebrated for its wild mountains and blue coves, this long craggy island is one of the least commercialised in Greece. Legend has it that Prometheus and his Titans were born here and with its cloud wrapped villages and rugged beauty, there's still something primal in the air. Karpathos is popular with adrenalin junkies and Southern Karpathos is in the spotlight each summer when it hosts an international kite surfing competition. Meanwhile the fierce wind that lifts the spray from the turquoise waves blows its way to the mountainous North, battering the pine forests and howling past the sugar cube houses. Karpathian women at this end of the island still wear traditional garb, especially in the time forgotten village eyrie of Olymbos, perched atop a perilous mountain ridge.
