Kasos, untouched by tourism

OR Kasos proclaimed "heroic Island» (Greek parliament, November 2018), for the sacrifice of Kasioton the Revolution 1821 and the Holocaust (7 June 1824). THE Municipality Heroic Kasos Island It consists of Kaso and from 14 islands and islets, known as Kasonisia. The greater the : Armathia, Makronisi or Long, Small and Large Mouse, Kariofylla, Back, Porionisi and liter. The Fry (as we say, not Eyebrow Free), It is the capital and main port of the island. stands out Church of St. Spyridon with the impressive bell tower and the wooden screen, by craftsmen of the Cretan School.

OR Buka is the picturesque harbor with fishing boats, where you will find more restaurants and bars of the island. The Emporios It is the old port of Kasos, beach for swimming, and the post-Byzantine church Birth of the Virgin (1856). OR Agia Marina, village with most residents of the island, and the old windmill, The holy mary, near Fry, the Church of Virgin Mary, Arvanitohori and Polly, They are the other 4 villages. The Arvanitochori, buoyed by fine, many churches and picturesque square of "Marouklas» (from the homonymous traditional cafe - restaurant, tel. : 2245 041012). Just outside the village there is a cave with the chapel of Panagia Potamitissa (difficult access, through the bed of the torrent dog). The Polly, It is the old capital of the island and the oldest settlement, with ruins of the ancient Acropolis. Distances between villages are small, and there is a road with asphalt, starting from Fry and goes to the beach Khelastros (14 Km).

KASOS - ATTRACTIONS

Archaeological Collection of Kasos, in Fri. In the old town hall (1900), a special place to see archaeological finds and exhibits from the Revolution 1821.
Maritime Museum Kasos, in Fri (private). Objects from private collections of the Naval Kasioton & Folklore Association Kasos.
Municipal Library "Nicholas C.. black ", in Fri. With literary books and archive the history of Kasos.
Folklore Museum, in Arvanitochori. Traditional house Kasian, with old furniture, objects etc..
«Aletoureio of Ai matrix», in Arvanitochori. Exhibition of agricultural & forage tools.
six churches, Agia Marina. They are in line, and they are dedicated to different Saints such as St. Charalambous, Santa Barbara, etc..

cave Ellinokamara, ND. Agia Marina. cult cave (5^th century. B.C.) wherein the inlet is distinguished wall 3^th century. B.C.. Access to the area Kathistres, Agia Marina, the church of Saint Fanourios and then through path. Before the cave constructed stone path with plates, length 300 m. Here found refuge, to save them from the Turks, the women of Kasos, but they were massacred and burned, Holocaust.
Cave saddle Stilokamara, 2 km SW. Agia Marina. An unexplored cave with stalactites and stalagmites, access difficult path, ideal for hiking.
Monastery of St. George caress, nice monastery, with host cells, the road to the beach Khelastros. Saint George is the patron of Kasioton.

Monastery St. (Ai) Mum, (19^th ), 4 Km from Poli. Stafrotholiaki church with mosaic floor, dedicated to Agios Mamas, the patron saint of shepherds. Access from Polly, after the Trinity Church follow the paved road leading to the Monastery. From here the view of the Aegean Sea is unique.

Church St. Onoufriou, in Poli, Byzantine church (12^th)
Chapel of Agia Kyriaki, nice view
Chapel of Prophet Elias, with stunning views, and an ideal spot for walking along the road after Arvanitohori

Chapel of St. Barbara, overlooking the sea and Fry, access by road between Polly -Arvanitochori, ideal place for hiking.

KASOS -PANIGYRIA & EVENTS

Anniversary Holocaust Kasos, in June. Three-day celebrations.
Festival Pera Panagia, Virgin, 15 August. It is the biggest festival of the island, with local musicians, traditional instruments, as lyre and lute, serenades, local food and dance sousta.
Festival Concert, Buka, after 15 August. With the participation of famous artists, as the tenor Marios Frangoulis, originating from Kasos.
Meeting and lyre instrument with a bow, Agia Marina, early September. Participating musicians from all over Greece, and is in the courtyard of St. Fanourios, Kathistres in Agia Marina.
Festival Citaku, Arvanitochori, July. The sitaka is the famous soft cheese Kasos, from sheep and goat milk, with Kasian feast.
Honey festival, Agia Marina, end of August. Island active beekeepers producing honey. Kasian feast with food and sweet donuts with honey, xylikopites, jars of local honey etc..
feast Skaros, Buka, early September. Skaros, It is a delicious fish that is abundant in Kasos -Karpathou waters. Island feast in which offered free fresh fish
Feast of Agia Marina, the village, 17 July.
feast of Christ, Agia Marina, 6 August (Transfiguration of the Savior).
Saint Fanourios, Agia Marina, 27 August. Spree, with food in the churchyard
Saint Mamas, 2 September. Celebration which offered braised meat, makarounes with sitaka & Saute onion, Kasian vine etc..
Feast of Our Lady Ellerou, 8 September, Located just before the beach Khelastros.
Feast of the Cross, Agia Marina, 14 September. Feast with Lenten menu, as dolmades and makarounes.
Saint George caress, 23 April. Feast in any offered free goat meat with rice and stuffed.
Saint Dimitrios, Arvanitochori, 26 October.
Saint Spyridon, Fry, 12 December.
Saint Constantine & Helen, on the other side, 21 May.
Festival Ypapantis, in Armathia island, 2 February.

KASOS-BEACH

Emporios beach, the old port, after Fry. It is the most popular of the island, with trees for shade and easy access. Here you will find the tavern Emporios, by the sea (tel. : 22450 41586) and bar In Plo, nice view.

beaches Vliha & sharp, in Fri, small beaches in front of the «Blue Mare» restaurant

Beach Ammoua, about 3 Km from Fry. Sandy, partly organized, and exposed to winds. On the beach you will find Ammoua Beach Bar, for food, brown, drink. singles chapel of St. Constantine, ideal for watching the sunset. Access by paved road, the municipal bus, with your own vehicle or on foot. Further down loaded marble plaque to commemorate the Holocaust Kasos, (7 June 1924), because here was the invasion of the Turks on the island.

opposite beach, after Ammoua. You will find 3 small beaches, joined with path, pebbly, exposed to north winds. You will arrive with your own vehicle, from the asphalt road, and then by footpath 200m.

beach Tuesday, nice beach, pebble, isolated, exposed to winds. Access is difficult and if you have no boat, You will arrive walk along the bed of the stream, made right before the Monastery of St. George caress (walking around 1 time)
beaches Mast & Vlicha, the airport area
Avlaki beach, on the south side of the island. small beach, windless, secluded, inaccessible, path from St.. George caresses or with your own boat.
beach Chochlaka, between Groove and Khelastros, accessible only by boat.

Khelastros beach, distal to the N. section of island, the Libyan. Gravel and pebbles, cold waters, few umbrellas and sunbeds and trees for shade (You will find and campers). The beach is surrounded by rocks so that makes it ideal for snorkeling (attention to water currents). You will arrive with your own vehicle, from the asphalt road that leads to the beach (14 km) or by private bus pancreatic Tours (tel. : 6973 973728, the Theoxenia Kasos Apartments). On the beach loaded bust of El. Venizelos as here landed on the island, come from Crete, before his exile in Paris (1935).

islet Armathia, uninhabited, untouched, is an habitat for rare plant and animal species. It has beautiful beaches, which dominate the fine white sand and gypsum, the old gypsorycheia island. The beach marbles, considered the most beautiful in the Mediterranean, but so beautiful are the Karavostasi and the Apopantoula. in Armathia, you will see many dilapidated houses and Church of the Visitation, to feast on 2 February. Access from Fry, with private boat running tours (It is about 15′ from Kasos).

For boat trips are vessels'Athina» & «pancreatic Princess» (information : www.manousos-kassos.gr, Kasos, tel. : 22450 41047, 6977 911209), regularly perform sea routes to the island and Armathia Pigadia Karpathos return 4 times a week all year round, and the touristic excursion Karpathos-Kasos-Sitia Armathia-Karpathos-Pigadia. Distance to Kasos-Karpathos boat (1 hour and 15′) Kasos (Fry)-Sitia (about 3 hours). Information : Kassos Maritime & Tourist Agency, Fry, tel. : 22450 41323

KASIOTIKES FLAVORS

Roikio, wild grass like stamnagathi, preserved in brine, is why you buy a jar. Braised cooked like greens stew
traditional coils, crunchy pretzels diplofournista
Kasian pilaf, chylomeno rice, boiled in meat or chicken broth, with cinnamon on top (offered at weddings and festivals)
Soupiopilafo, cooked rice, black from the ink of cuttlefish
sitaka, soft cheese smeared, from sheep and goat milk
Drilla or small trees, pure cream milk, this coming to the surface with the first cooking. It is relatively expensive because it comes in limited quantities on the island. Spread on bread, etc.
Kowloon, butter whipped cream produced by drilla.
Kasian tiny ntolmadmadakia
lentils, cooked rice or noodles such as noodle
handmade makarounes, with sitaka & Sauté onion over
Fresh fishes, as the famous Skaros made baked, menoules (small fish such as whitebait) etc.
rennet, spinach or spinach
Xylikopites, cheese pies, xerotigana, sweet pies
Moschopougkia pastries stuffed, like almonds, walnuts, sugar, rose water
Alevra, Flour creams
Thyme honey
Krithamo, herb gathered by the sea, in Ammoua, the Antiperato, the Kasonisia, and sold packed in brine
Parparia, said Easter lamb with rice filling, liver and etc. "cakes"Easter small buns, filled with unsalted cheese, sugar, cinnamon, garyfalloApo the 2009 It operates in Kaso modern creamery "Vonopartis», Agia Marina, Kasos, tel. : 22450 41953, where you will find all the dairy products of Kasos. The dairy products gives the Athena ( Evripidou 45 , Miran, tel 210 3217187, Evripidou 41 Arapian, tel 210 3217238 and Iatridou 109 Kalithea) and Rose.In mitata or mitata of Kasou (traditional stone houses which are the cheese shepherd) you will find local farmers produce cheeses Kasian, in Maritsa region.
For Kasian honey, producer Kasos, revered Anthony, tel. : 6980 51232.In Fry places to sit are : Mill (tel. 22450 41825), OR nice Buka (tel. : 22450 41053), yearly wind (tel. : 6976 102424), Yael (tel. : 2245 0 41779), Square, coffee, sweet (tel. : 2245 042744), Blue Great (tel.: 22450 41697), Sweet Memory, coffee, sweet (tel. : 22450 41229), Free bar (tel. : 22450 41232), Matthew, traditional coffee etc..

Indicatively we report the following accommodation :

ACCOMMODATION

Pancreatic Theoxenia Apartments, Virgin, tel. : 6973 973728
Anagennisis, hotel 2*, Fry, tel. : 22450 41323, 22450 41495
Borianoula Apartments, Emporios, tel. : 22450 41323, 22450 41495, http://www.borianoula-apartments.gr
Blue Sky Apartments, Fry, tel. : 22450 41047, manousos-kassos.gr
fantasis Hotel, rental rooms, Fry, tel. : 2245 041695, www.fantasis-hotel.gr
Amfi Sea View, hotel 3*, Fry, tel. : 6987 521801
Dimitris Apartments, rental rooms, Fry, tel. : 2245 041792, dimitris-apartments.weebly.com
Fotini & Dimitrios, Fry, tel. : 6977 344081
Angelica Hotel, traditional apartments, 2*, Fry, tel. : 22450 41268, 210 3615939, 6992 673833, Maria Tsakiris, https://www.angelicas.gr
Anesis, hotel, Fry, tel. : 22450 41201
Serenity, rental rooms, Mary Fry, tel. : 22450 41890, 6978 957788
Galanou View, Fry, tel. : 22450 41235
Roaring, rental rooms, Fry, tel. : 22450 41284
Meltemi Studios, tel. : 6946 056166
Aerikohotel, hotel, Arvanitochori, tel. : 22450 41369
Avoid Village, rooms-apartments, Fry, tel.: 22450 41731, 6972 703950

useful information

Kasos, the southernmost island of the Dodecanese, between Karpathos and Crete. According to Census 2011, the population is 1.090 residents. H Kassos subject to "Important areas for birds of Europe». Kasos, the Kasonisia and the surrounding sea area, owned NATURA network 2000.

KASOS - ACCESS

By boat

companies operating in Kasos ANEK LINES (AEGEON PELAGOS) with the F / B PREVELIS, https://www.anek.gr, or BLUE STAR FERRIES by boat "NISSOS CHIOS», https://www.bluestarferries.com, and «pancreatic Princess», : www.manousos-kassos.gr, Kasos, tel. : 22450 41047, 6977 911209.

Kasos is connected to the port of Piraeus and islands Kalymnos, Kos, Rhodes, Halki, Icaria (Ag. Kirykos), ovens, Astypalaia, Patmos, Lipsi, Smudgy, Nisyros, Tilos, Symi, Karpathos (Diafani), Kasos, Kastellorizo, Heraklion and Sitia, Santorini, Paros, milo, Anafi (schedules may vary, depending on the season).

Rodos-Kasos (about 8 hours), with the F / B PREVELIS
Karpathos Pigadia -Kasos (1 hour and 15 ') and Sitia Crete -Kasos (3 hours), with the "pancreatic Princess», information : www.manousos-kassos.gr , Kasos, tel. : 22450 41047, 6977 911209
Karpathos-Kasos-Sitia Armathia-Karpathos-Pigadia, Touring trip return, the vessels'Athina» & «pancreatic Princess», information : www.manousos-kassos.gr , Kasos, tel. : 22450 41047, 6977 911209
Agency : Kassos Maritime & Tourist Agency, Fry, Kasos tel. : 22450 41323

By air

You can arrive by air in Kasos, in many ways, as an airport (about 1 km from Fry).

Examples include your :

Athens-Kasos by direct flight, information : https://www.olympicair.com
Karpathos-Kasos (Flight time 5′), https://www.olympicair.com
Athens-Rhodes or Athens-Karpathos, Rodos-Karpathos and then transition to Kaso
Athena – Sitia or Athens-Heraklion or Karpathos -Irakleio (https://flights.aegeanair.com) and then drive to Sitia. Heraklion is about 150 km from Sitia and road access in Sitia is performed by the National Road. Heraklion - Agios Nikolaos - Sitia.

useful phone numbers

Kasos airport, tel. : 22450 41587
airport Karpathos, tel. : 22450 91120, 22450 91085
Rhodes airport, tel. : 2241088700, https://www.rho-airport.gr
Airport Sitia Crete, tel. : 28430 24424, It is 1,5 Km from the center of Sitia, information : https://flights.aegeanair.com
Airport Heraklion, tel. : 2810 397800, 2810 397129, 2810 397136, 4 km Α. from Heraklion
Municipality Heroic Kasos Island, tel. : 22450 41277, 22450 41400, https://kasos.gr
Police, tel. : 22450 41222
Port Station, Fry, tel. : 22450 41288
infirmary, tel. : 22450 41333
ALPHA BANK, Fry, tel. : 22450 41869
Military Outpost Kasos, 5^The battalion Militia, tel. : 22450 22986