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some of her exquisite one-off pieces of jewellery. Look for the boat with the mermaid in
Grikos harbour.
Just south,
Petra Beach
is very peaceful with plenty of shade. A spit leads out to the
startling
Kalikatsos Rock
. A rough coastal track leads from here to
Diakofti
, the last set-
tlement in the south. (You can also get here by a longer sealed road from Hora.) From
here you can follow a half-hour walking track to the island's best spit of sand; tree-
shaded
Psili Ammos Beach
, where there's a seasonal taverna.
LIPSI ΛΕΙΨΟΙ
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The 8km-long Lipsi might be small, but what a powerful presence it evokes on the trav-
eller; its low-slung harbour bunched with crayon-yellow nets, its whitewashed, church-
crowned village of Lipsi climbing up the hill behind. If it's rugged hills, serene blue
coves and deserted beaches you seek, then you may have just found heaven.
In Homer's 'Odyssey', Lipsi was home to the nymph Calypso who waylaid the hero
Odysseus for several years. Abandon yourself to sun-worshipping and wandering the
backstreets of Lipsi Village, and you may fare the same. Within the blue-domed church
of Panagia tou Harou there's a unique icon inside whose glass cabinet miraculously
bloom unwatered lilies every 23 August.
Check out too the local speciality
mzithra
cheese, made from goat's milk and sea wa-
ter, and pick up a jar of distinctive thyme honey.
