Ithaca Island tour

from 48€40€

Hear more mythical tales and tour its highlights. From Piso Aetos on the top road through the mountains, arrive at Kathara monastery enjoying a magnificent view. Next visit Anogi, the oldest village of Ithaca. Passing by a small fishing village Frikes through a beautiful coastal road. Visit Kioni, one of the island’s prettiest ports, with flower-decked houses and its picturesque harbor and enjoy your coffee. Explore the capital of Vathi with its horseshoe-shaped harbor, before enjoying lunch in one of its waterside tavernas. A great chance to be a part in Odysseus myth!

Days Available: Tuesday & Saturday
Price: Adult 45€ |Child 29€

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    All about the Ithaca Island tour.

    Famous all over the world as the mythical island of Odysseus, Ithaca charms visitors with the laid-back island, the blue-green water, and the lush greenery. This is a small place ideal for families and romantic couples. From Piso Aetos on the top road through the mountains, arrive at Kathara monastery enjoying a magnificent view. Next visit Anogi, the oldest village on Ithaka. Passing by a small fishing village Frikes through a beautiful coastal road. Visit Kioni, one of the island’s prettiest ports, with flower-decked houses and picturesque harbor and enjoy your coffee. Walk along trekking paths and chat with the welcoming locals. Vathy is one of the most picturesque villages on the island. Explore the capital, Vathi, with its horseshoe-shaped harbor, before enjoying lunch in one of its waterside tavernas.

    Kathara monastery
    Anogi Village
    Kioni Village – coffee time
    Vathi Town – lunchtime (optional)

    The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
    What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.

    • Pick up from the hotel
    • Bus transfer by an experienced driver in an air-
    conditioned coach
    • Tour guide
    • Ferry tickets
    • Insurance
    • Drop off at the hotel

    Whats not included in this tour.Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.

    • Lunch
    • Coffee
    • Personal Expenses

    1. Pick up from around Argostoli area and Skala Start the Tour

      Pick up from your Hotel or closest pick up point.

    2. Arrival at the port of Sami Depart at Piso Aetos

      From the port of Sami with the ferry you arrive at the port of Piso Aetos, where the journey begins.

    3. Kathara Monastery Visit

      The Monastery of Panagia Kathariotissa on Ithaca is Situated at an altitude of 600m in the centre of the island. The Monastery of Panagia Kathariotissa is the protector saint of Ithaca. Its location gives an amazing view of the island and the capital town, Vathi. Although it is not exactly known when the monastery was built, the katholikon exists from 1530 and the monastery was reconstructed in 1696. The locals believe that the icon of Virgin Mary in this monastery has been painted by Saint Luke and that it is miraculous. Modest dressing is required when entering the monastery, which remains open to visit from dawn till the late hours.

    4. Anogi & Frikes Village Visit-Pass by

      Anogi (Upper Land) is one of the oldest villages of Ithaca, located 16 km north west of Vathy. It is also the second most important medieval settlement of the island with a beautifully restored Byzantine church dedicated to the Dormition of the Virgin. The village of Anogi was established in the Middle Ages and after the 16th century, most of the population moved to the coast, to the villages of Stavros and Kioni. Today the inhabitants of Anogi count less than a hundred but have their own customs and a unique dialect that is strongly influenced by the Venetians. In the village, the Byzantine church of Panagia (Virgin) has interesting frescoes and is really worth seeing. Right above the village, the ruins of an old village can still be spotted.

    5. Kioni Village Free time

      Kioni is picturesque traditional village of Ithaca. It was built amphitheatrically on the slopes of a mountain, with little tiled roofed white houses and a lovely little port where little fishing boats are quietly mooring. The village was finished by the people who used to live in the mountain village of Anogi, at the end of the 16th century. Very few houses survived the earthquake of 1953, but the few ones remaining are very interesting, with renaissance architectural characteristics

    6. Vathi-the capital free time- lunch(optional)

      Vathi village is the largest village of Ithaca and has been the capital and main harbour of the island since the 16th century.

      It is the biggest settlement on the island, built like as amphitheatre, a natural horseshoe harbour in the depth of a closed bay.

      On the both side of the entrance of the port one can see the ruins of a fort built by the French 1807. as a protection from the powerful fleet of the English. In the middle of the port is a small island, which will attract your attention, called Lazaretto. There you can see the small church of the Saviour, which has been preserved and first built in 1668.

    7. Arrival at the port of Piso Aetos Ferry to Sami

      Drop off at your Hotel or closest drop off point.