{"id":9735,"date":"2024-09-16T09:39:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=9735"},"modified":"2024-09-16T09:39:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T08:39:19","slug":"day-42-agios-gordios-to-kassiopi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/day-42-agios-gordios-to-kassiopi\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 42 – Agios Gordios to Kassiopi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Another travel day, to the final destination. It\u2019s all down hill from here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six weeks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re moving from the west coast Corfu apartment in Agios Gordios to a villa in the northern town of Kassiopi, about 40km away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first it was breakfast time, after we\u2019d packed the van ready for a get away once we were done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Walk along the AG sea front<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast was on the Agios Gordios sea front at the same Thalassa restaurant we\u2019d eaten at least night. Three \u201cslim and trims\u201d (boiled egg, Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts) and a Shakshuka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Slim and trim – Greek yogurt, honey and walnuts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the centre of the restaurant was an open garden area. And it was only on this third visit to the restaurant that we realized the garden was a tortoise reserve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About 8 or 10 tortoises in the central atrium of the restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And that was it in Agios Gordios. AG was a very small holiday town. Full of holiday lets, hotels, mini-markets and restaurants. The sunsets were epic and I\u2019m sure a great place for a week of sun, sea and evening meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Top two Lidos Paradise apartments<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And off to Kassiopi for a week in a villa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Agios Gordios to Kassiopi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The roads across the island are narrow and slow. The 40km run took over 90 minutes, twisting and turning, up and down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View over to Albania from road running up West coast of Corfu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We met the family that owns the villa at the Nikos supermarket on the road into the town. The track up to the villa then took the winding, narrow and steep roads to the next level!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikos Mini Market<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final 200m track up to Mylos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The final 200m was about as rough a road as we\u2019d want to take Ollie on. The first km or so from the \u201cmain\u201d road wasn\u2019t an awful lot better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mylos\u2026 This is as far as we go. From this point on we\u2019re retracing our steps, but not for another week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a couple of hours settling in, and avoiding the rain, we headed down into town and had a great meal in one for the restaurants, Janis, recommended by the hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Janis Restaurant on the right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Catering for a very British clientele <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Janis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great meal and great company at Janis restaurant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kassiopi Harbour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kassiopi Main Street<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And then back to the villa, Mylos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mylos was converted to a villa in 2022, so it\u2019s all pretty new and fresh. There was a 400-500 year old mill on the site that has been renovated and looks great lit up at night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mylos Mill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The mill looks pretty but is non-functional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Another travel day, to the final destination. It\u2019s all down hill from here. Six weeks! We\u2019re moving from the west coast Corfu apartment in Agios Gordios to a villa in the northern town of Kassiopi, about 40km away. But first it was breakfast time, after we\u2019d packed the van ready for a get away once […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[53,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2024-summer-holiday-to-greece","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/img_7269-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8yl38-2x1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9730,"url":"https:\/\/purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/09\/14\/day-41-agios-gordios\/","url_meta":{"origin":9735,"position":0},"title":"Day 41 – Agios Gordios","author":"John Martin","date":"September 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A quiet day today, in town and by the pool. 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