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garden and car park, the two-stor
ey h
otel has medium-
sized comfortable rooms. May-Oct.
€45
To Kolatsi
Behind the landscaped promenade
T
23770
22487.
A cross between a grill house and fish taverna,
serving both succulent meats and fresh fish like for gavros
or sardines for
€7-8.
Daily noon-midnight.
Offers a wide range of meat dishes such as roast lamb, pork
chops or beef
kokkinistó
for only €6, plus plenty of
vegetarian choices.
Daily 9am-midnight.
Tou Apostoli To Koutouki
On the south waterfront
T
23770 71172.
A decent choice for both grilled and oven
dishes, all under €10, which can be washed down with the
palatable house wine.
Daily 11am-1am.
Xenia
Nearly 500m north along the beach
T
23770
71412,
W
xeniaouranoupolis.com
. The area's swishest
hotel, with good off-season deals. Sixties-style rooms in
the main block or larger bungalows available,
plu
s a decent
restaurant and other facilities. Open all year.
€75
OURANOÚPOLI
Akroyali
On the southern seafront
T
23770 71201,
W
ouranoupolis-akrogiali.gr.
Standard hotel with
perfectly adequate rooms, some with sea-facing b
alco
nies,
that provide the best value around. Open all year.
€35
Sorokadha
Behind the main beach
T
23770 71332.
Mount Athos: the monks' republic
Known in Greek as the
Áyion Óros
(Holy Mountain),
MOUNT ATHOS
is an autonomous
province of the country - a “
monks' republic
” - on whose slopes are gathered twenty
monasteries populated exclusively by men. Women and even female farm animals have
been banned here since an edict by the Byzantine emperor in 1060. Most of the
monasteries
were founded in the tenth and eleventh centuries; today, all survive in a
state of comparative decline but they remain unsurpassed in their general and
architectural interest and for the art treasures they contain.
If you are male, over 18 years old and have a genuine interest in monasticism or
Greek Orthodoxy, sacred music or simply in Byzantine and medieval architecture, a
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MOUNT ATHOS
Esfigménou
AEGEAN SEA
Hilandharíou
Vatopedhíou
Pandokrátoros
Zográfou
Konstamonítou
Ayíou
Andhréou
Stavronikíta
Megáli
Iovántsa
Karyés
Ivíron
Koutloumousíou
Dhohiaríou
Xenofóndos
Ayíou Pandeleímonos
Filothéou
Morfonoú
Xiropotámou
Karakálou
Meyístis
Lávras
Dháfni
Símonos
Pétras
Prodhrómou
Osíou
Grigoríou
Athos Peak
(2030m)
Ayíou
Dhionysíou
Ayíou
Pávlou
Monasteries
Dependencies
Ayías
Ánnas
Áyios Nílos
Kerasiá
Néa Skíti
Kafsokalývia
Áyíon Óros Gulf
Katounákia
Karoúlia
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10
Mikrís Ayías Ánnas
Dhanilíon
kilometres
