Introduction

Kato Roua in medieval kástro, Chóra - Folégandros Island

The information regarding Folégandros are divided in ten different articles/pages:
o Introduction
o Map
o Where to stay
o …κι′ αραξε - Relax
o Taverns
o Bars
o Coffee shops
o What to do
o Trekking
o Beaches
o Photos (see menu)

Further more there are two more separate menu items/sections dedicated to Folégandros: Folégandros - Easter and Folégandros - Churches, with hopefully interesting information, especially if you are interested in Greek traditions, religion and photographing!

First thoughts

Folégandros happens to be my favourite island. I visited this lovely island for the first time in the year of 1994. My plan was to visit two islands that year, but I ended up staying in Folégandros all my vacation. I even visited the island two months later, during one week in September!

What 's so great about Folégandros? There are several reasons I would like to mention.

First of all I found a nice place to stay, Pavlo's Rooms (now Tourist Center Pavlo's), one of the oldest establishment on the island, with nice rooms in a lovely garden.

Another urgent matter, is that the local government of the island, has been very careful with the development of the island. In consequence of this, the island is not much commercialized, compared to many other islands in the area.

Actually the northern part of the island and the countryside of the island, remains mostly pristine, and is largely devoted to the spring and summer cultivation of barley. Donkeys and donkey-paths are also still very much in evidence, since the terrain on much of the island is to steep for vehicle roads.

Finally the island is calm with original atmosphere, have beautiful colours popular by artists, there is a delicious scent of thyme and sage, a kind reception of the locals, which all together, makes it the most beautiful island in the Cyclades.

Another thing worth to mention is that my friends, Stratos and Anna are running Hotel Polikandia (see photo) since 1999, situated close to the centre of Chora!

One decade later

Well, now its autumn time 2004, and it's kind of dark and chilly in Sweden. This makes it extra fun to think back on summer and my visits to the Greek islands, and especially Folégandros.

I have decided to put more information about Folégandros on my web site, so I have created several separate sections, available from the menu to the left. The separate menus/sections are:

Folégandros - Easter celebration

Folégandros - Churches

I take a lot of photos during my visits to Folégandros and to be able to showcase them I need several pages in order to make the web site more users friendly and easy to use.

Easter is a fascinating event on the island, and I recommend everyone to visit Folégandros during that time of the year! I have about 70 photos on the Easter page. Besides information and photos related to the Easter celebration, I have a vast section about spring; Folégandros is extraordinary beautiful during springtime!

My page about churches is not so huge at this time, since I just started to focus on taking photos of churches.

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