Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Neapoli
1¼hr
€11 1 daily
Piraeus
6½hr
€24 2 weekly
Getting Around
Occasional buses operate in August. There are pricey
taxis
( 6944305433)
, but the is-
land is large and the best way to see it is with your own transport. Car-hire companies
can pick up from the port or airport.
Panayotis Rent A Car
(
27360 31600;
www.panayotis-rent-a-car.gr
)
Cars and mopeds. Has
an airport branch.
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Hora (Kythira)Χώρα(Κύθηρα)
POP 267
Hora (or Kythira), the island's capital, is a vibrant village of whitewashed houses,
perched on a long, slender ridge that stretches north from an impressive 13th-century
Venetian
kastro
overlooking the sea.
Sights
Kastro
CASTLE
( 8am-3pm)
Hora's beautiful Venetian
kastro
was built in the 13th century and is
one of Kythira's cultural highlights. If you walk to its southern extremity, passing the
Church of Panagia
, you will come to a sheer cliff with a stunning view of Kapsali and,
on a clear day, Antikythira.
Sleeping & Eating
Castello Rooms
PENSION $
( 27360 31069;
www.kythera-castelloapts.gr
;
Spyridonos Staï; studios from €40; )
These
seven comfortable rooms with kitchen facilities are set back from the main street and sur-
rounded by a well-tended garden of flowers and fruit trees.
