Travel Reference
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Evon's Rooms
Fáros
T
22750 32580,
W
evonsrooms
.com.
Attractively appointed and well-equipped a/c
rooms, especially the pricier galleried top-floor units. Right
on the beach,
with
a pleasantly landscaped garden and
private parking.
€40
Marina Hotel
Thérma
T
22750 22188,
W
marina
-hotel.gr.
All the rooms at this friendly little hotel, just
above the western end of the bay, have
frid
ges, a/c and
either balconies or verandas. March-Oct.
€40
Pension Ikaria
Áyios Kírykos
T
22750 22108,
E
gmoulas@chi.forthnet.gr.
Compact but cosy a/c rooms
with small balconies, some above the seafront café.
The
entrance is on the first parallel street behind the front.
€25
EATING AND DRINKING
Arodhou
Xylosýrti
T
22750 22700.
This taverna on the
shore, next to Ayía Paraskeví church, does excellent
mezédhes and a full selection of meat and fish grills.
Daily
2.30pm-midnight, closed Mon Oct-May.
Avra
Thérma
T
22750 23805.
The best of the handful of
mostly fish tavernas set back from the beach, offering a
number of seafood items for under €10, as well as fine
wine.
April-Oct daily 10am-midnight.
Iy Klimataria
Áyios Kírykos
T
22750 23686.
With
tables tucked on a pedestrianized alley beneath climbing
vines, two blocks back from the seafront, this old favourite
does various grills, salads, dips and the odd oven dish.
April-Oct daily 11am-midnight.
To Synapandi
Áyios Kírykos
T
22750 22287.
A new
ouzerí at the start of the Évdhilos road, which serves a wide
range of seafood, meat and vegetable mezédhes
in a
pleasant courtyard.
May-Oct daily 1-11pm.
SHOPPING
Studio Pelagos
Áyios Kírykos
T
697 28 45 546,
W
studio-pelagos.com.
You might want to take a peek or
purchase one of the unique hand-painted marbles at this
gallery, a block back from the seafront square.
July-Sept
daily 11am-2pm & 6-10pm.
Évdhilos and around
The north-coast port of
ÉVDHILOS
is the island's second town, with most of its
facilities packed around the picturesque fishing harbour, separated by a headland
from the busy port. Barely 1km west, the tiny hamlet of
Fýtema
offers better dining
options. There are some decent beaches and places of interest in the villages around
Évdhilos.
The twisting, 37km road from Áyios Kírykos, on the south coast, to Évdhilos is one
of the most hair-raising in the islands, especially as a passenger, and Ikaría's longitudinal
ridge often wears a streamer of cloud, even when the rest of the Aegean is clear. So it
comes as quite a relief when you reach the north coast at the pleasant fishing village of
Karavóstamo
, 8km short of Évdhilos.
Kámbos
KÁMBOS
, 1.5km west of Fýtema, offers a small hilltop
museum
(Tues-Sun 8.30am-
3pm; €2;
T
22750 31300) with finds from nearby ancient Oinoe; the twelfth-century
church of
Ayía Iríni
stands adjacent, with column stumps and mosaic patches of a
fourth-century basilica defining the entry courtyard. Lower down still are the sparse
ruins of a
Byzantine palace
used to house exiled nobles, signposted as “odeion”, which
earlier structure it encloses. An unmarked track below the palace leads to a 250m-long
sandy
beach
with sunbeds and refreshments available.
Monastery of Theóktisti
Ikaría's outstanding medieval monument is the
monastery of Theóktisti
, 4km up
from Kámbos along a twisty road (and an easier 3km road from the cute coastal
village of Avláki). The monastery looks over pines to the coast from its perch under
a chaos of slanted granite slabs, under one of which is tucked the much-
photographed chapel of Theoskepastí. The
katholikón
features damaged but
worthwhile frescoes dated to 1688.
