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Athens to Kythera Trip
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Athens to Kythera Trip

August 28, 2013 | Author

On the 17th of August Mrs G was joined by her daughter Robin and 4 of her college mates, Dee Dee, Betsy, Nancy and George. The adventure began with Betsy’s luggage not turning up. We left Athens for the island of Aegina where we dropped the guests ashore at Ag. Marina and they caught a taxi to the ruins of the  Temple of Aphaia. They continued across island to Paleohora, the old capital of Aegina which was deserted over a hundred years ago. All that remains are around 30 churches over the hillside. Meanwhile Mrs G and Timoneer motored around to Aegina town and went ashore for a bit of shopping. This island is known for its pistachios and George bought a couple of big bags for everyone to try. There was no sheltered anchorage in town so we headed south and found a spot to tie stern-to to the rocks south of Perdika village.

Sunday we headed across to Methana to bathe in the Sulphur thermal springs. Unfortunately they were closed and no one could give us any information of why. We continued on after lunch to an anchorage south of Poros town for a swim. After dinner the guests went ashore in Poros for a wander around the town. This is the time when the heat has gone out of the day and shops, bars and restaurants come to life. At 11:45pm Betsy’s luggage finally arrived on the ferry from Athens.

After breakfast we went to the idyllic island of Hydra and went stern-to to the breakwater dock. The guests and Mrs G all went ashore exploring the shops and enjoying lunch ashore. They were so taken by the island and the friendly residents that we extended our stay here to 2 nights. Hydra is a maze of narrow streets built up the hillside. There are no cars or motorbikes allowed. Mules and donkeys are the local means of transport. The second day some of the guests headed off on a hike up to one of the monasteries high above town with amazing views of the surrounding islands. In the evening, some of the crew went out for dinner with the guests at the Sunset Restaurant for a lovely meal and evening.

To protect the credit cards we left Hydra in the morning. We put up the sails and had a nice sail for about an hour before the winds became light. We then had to motor  and dropped anchor for lunch at Ormos Kosta , a beautiful bay on the Peloponnese north of Spetses Island. After a swim and lunch we continued North to Navplion. This town was another great find and a shopping mecca. Mrs G spent hours out on her scooter shopping and only returned because the battery was getting low. The rest of the guests went off for a day trip inland to see the ancient Greek theatre of Epidhavros and the Cytadel of Mycenae.

Friday morning they checked out one of the museums and did some more shopping. We left Navplion after lunch and tried a bit of fishing on our 4 hour journey south to Kiparissi. No luck with the fishing and when we arrived in Kiparissi there were hundreds of jellyfish in the bay. That cancelled any ideas of swimming. It was a pleasant evening with no wind and we had a BBQ but unfortunately wasps found us and forced dinner to move indoors.

Saturday we stopped for a dinghy tour in to the small harbour village of Ieraka. We carried on to Monemvasia, a medieval walled village built on the side of a big rock. On the top of the rock is the remains of a fortified village and some churches that are still in good condition. The village below has wonderful narrow alley ways full of little shops and restaurants.

As there was still no wind and flat water, breakfast underway gave us an early start as we continued south along the mountainous coastline of the Peloponnese. We arrived in Avlemonas on Kythera island for lunch after passing the remains of a ship wrecked cargo ship around the coast. Unfortunately jellyfish put off the swimmers and we continued to the port village Kapsali. Just as we were preparing to dock, the wind that had been missing for most of the trip, finally started to blow making for an interesting docking. The guests took a taxi up the hill to the town of Kythera and looked at the ruins of the castle. There are fantastic views of the harbour and bays below. Meanwhile Mrs G cleaned up a sea urchin from the rocks behind the boat, ready to take home to add to her collection from around the world. The guests then went for a swim at a bay across the harbour.

Monday was another day trip ashore to check out the archaeological sites, churches and natural sites of Kythera and a lunch ashore in a tavern. Unfortunately they also got to see fire fighting planes in action which were trying to put out a scrub fire. Then there was time for one last swim in Greece’s warm, crystal clear, blue waters before dinner.

It was an early start for the 35 minute drive across island to the airport for their 8:30am flight back to Athens. Goodbye Greece for this year.

Timoneer is now on its way to Sicily.

JC

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