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Kythira


Locals head to this seafood specialist, its tables propped in the sand just north of the causeway in Diakofti, to savour excellent grilled fish or Italian-influenced risotto and pasta. You can watch the ferries pull into the port across the bay under the moonlight.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kythira attractions

1. Katouni Bridge

7 MILES

Supported by 13 arches and measuring 110m long, the largest stone bridge in Greece spans a shallow ravine on what's now a minor road, east of Livadi…

3. Archaeological Museum of Kythira

9.27 MILES

Hora’s impressive archaeological museum, beside the main road at the northern end of town, traces the history of ‘this small island’ in two rooms. Among…

4. Kastro

9.35 MILES

Crowning the rocky headland that soars at the southern end of Hora, this tumble-down 14th-century fortress was built by Kythira’s first Venetian governor…

5. Coat of Arms Collection

9.38 MILES

Housed in a standalone former powder magazine (a store for explosives), this small exhibition displays and explains the coats of arms of Kythira's leading…

6. Petrified Forest

12.84 MILES

Amateur geologists will appreciated the petrified forest, an expanse of trees fossilised several million years ago. It's located on the coast around 16km…

8. Kastania Cave

19.63 MILES

The extraordinary Kastania Cave, located at the end of a spectacularly winding 13km route northeast of Neapoli, contains some of the best examples of rare…