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The small comission I make on the bookings enable me to keep working and in most cases you won't find them any cheaper by searching elsewhere. Introduction to Kea. Kea is for people who think creatively. Kea is for people who breathe deeply and become high on mountain air and a salt breeze from the sea.
Kea is for people who will walk for five miles to stand on the steps of an ancient temple where a lost city once honored their gods. Because even though Kea has beaches as beautiful as any of the other Cyclades islands, where it really shines is inland with ancient terraced fields everywhere and fertile valleys and ravines that wind through the mountains. The island has a network of ancient footpaths and roads and anyone who loves walking will appreciate the beauty of Kea, especially in the spring when the winter rains have turned the hills green and the wildflowers are everywhere.
Though it appears barren when you first approach it, Kea is rich in olive trees, fruit trees, almond trees and the oak trees whose acorns, which were used to make dye, were the primary livelihood of the inhabitants for centuries. You never know what 20th century surprises Kea has in store.
One summer when we came during June the island was full of vintage cars and I spent the first several hours taking pictures before taking a taxi up to my wife's family house in Ioulis.
How often to you get to see cars like these in such a setting? If you like vintage cars show up on Kea during the month of June and maybe they will be there again and if you can't make it you can always click here and see my photo collection from that day. But if you don't care about vintage cars and just want to go to an island that is for now, unspoiled by tourism with nice beaches and beautiful countryside and enough ancient sites to keep even the most classically educated professional archaeologist happy then come to Kea.
You can rent a car or motorbike and explore the back roads and come across ancient towers and farms that have been there for ages. There are churches in Kea of all different shapes and sizes including the three cathedrals, one of whose clock and bell tower is about 20 feet from my window and rings on the hour and half hour.
There are also numerous shrines and several Byzantine monasteries. The patron saint of Kea is Agios Haralambos who reportedly saved the island from a plague in His name day is celebrated on February 10th.
The celebration of Carnival, or apokreas , the period before lent, is a time of music and parties particularly in the countryside. During the festivities leading up to Easter, the entire island flocks to the chora Ioulis. On Friday there are three processions through the streets, each from one of the towns 3 cathedrals.
On Saturday night is the midnight mass and the lighting of the candles and early Sunday morning is Easter dinner. When someone dies in Kea the family hosts the Dinner of the Dead, called the Makaria which is less a grieving than a celebration of the person passing on to the next phase of the cycle of life and death.
There are numerous other festivals and church celebrations whose dates can be found by asking someone on the island.
Many of them feature dancing and live music played by the outstanding violinist Antonakis Zoulos , the former assistant mayor of Ioulis.
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