“Island of gentle secrets and feasts of the soul”, wrote Watteau (18C) in his Embarkation to Kythera , words which have no bearing on is actual scenery. Cradle of Aphrodite, Kythera has two faces: to the north, pine trees and moors; to the south wil..

In an impressive mountain cirque on Kythera stand the remains of a Byzantine citadel, formerly the island capital, built from the 12C above the Langada gorge. With some 70 churches, its population was resident here in peacetime, until the 1536 pirate..