Guidebook for Kokkinada
Food Scene
Aside from food service, there is a bar for drinks and snacks, an organized beach, playground for kids, light shopping essentials etc.
Porto Koundouros Villas
Aside from food service, there is a bar for drinks and snacks, an organized beach, playground for kids, light shopping essentials etc.
Good food and wine, occasionally with live music, wonderful views, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. About €25-30 per person.
22 yerel halk öneriyor
Spiti Sti Hora
Good food and wine, occasionally with live music, wonderful views, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. About €25-30 per person.
Rolandos Restaurant
Has one of the better food dishes in the island. Open for lunch and dinner.
MAGAZES RESTAURANT
Eparchiaki Odos Limaniou Korissias-Ormou KampiouGreek dishes and fresh fish. Open all day at the Korissia Port
One of the oldest and famous fish taverns. Open all day. Ask for Mr. Costas the proprietor and use my name.
22 yerel halk öneriyor
Arístos
One of the oldest and famous fish taverns. Open all day. Ask for Mr. Costas the proprietor and use my name.
nine Daughters
Very good food
One of the best bakery in Kea. Right next door is an OK Market (similar to 7-11 stores in the USA)
Tsourtis Anastassios
Eparchiaki Odos Limaniou Korissias-Ormou KampiouOne of the best bakery in Kea. Right next door is an OK Market (similar to 7-11 stores in the USA)
One of the best home made Galaktoboureko and Kataifi sweets on the island. Owned by Costas & Pagona
Korissos - Κορησσός
One of the best home made Galaktoboureko and Kataifi sweets on the island. Owned by Costas & Pagona
Everything Else
Three restaurants: Christoforos for Greek food plus fresh fish, Riva di Pisses for Italian cuisine with tables practically on the beach, and further up on the main road is Margarita’s grill house with many home cooked dishes and fresh vegetables.
Two mini markets, a hardware shop etc.
19 yerel halk öneriyor
Pisses
Three restaurants: Christoforos for Greek food plus fresh fish, Riva di Pisses for Italian cuisine with tables practically on the beach, and further up on the main road is Margarita’s grill house with many home cooked dishes and fresh vegetables.
Two mini markets, a hardware shop etc.
The Capital town of Kea. Traditional buildings, some designed by the famous 19th century German Architect Ernest Ziller. Narrow streets pathways, Archeological Museum ( a Must visit), bakeries p, coffee shops, restaurants, butcher, grocery shop, bars, pastries and churches.
37 yerel halk öneriyor
Ioulis
The Capital town of Kea. Traditional buildings, some designed by the famous 19th century German Architect Ernest Ziller. Narrow streets pathways, Archeological Museum ( a Must visit), bakeries p, coffee shops, restaurants, butcher, grocery shop, bars, pastries and churches.
Drinks & Nightlife
All Around Vinyllio
The bar to hang out among the yachts of the Vourkari Marina.
BREEZE
All day coffee shop and bar at night
Sightseeing
One of the four ancient cities of Kea (aka Tetrapolis). Nicely excavated with a recent addition of a 4th century BC theater.
Access via footpath, mules hiring or by sea and speedboat hiring from Keadivers.gr
17 yerel halk öneriyor
Archaeological site Karthaia
One of the four ancient cities of Kea (aka Tetrapolis). Nicely excavated with a recent addition of a 4th century BC theater.
Access via footpath, mules hiring or by sea and speedboat hiring from Keadivers.gr
Monastery.
According to the Orthodox tradition, a winter night in 1699 a strong ray of white light on the abrupt hill Kastri lead the inhabitants and the shepherds of the area to a little cave. There, they saw a Christian icon depicting the Dormition of Virgin Mary covered with some ground. The believers interpreted this sacred and precious find as a divine indication about where a church of Virgin Mary should be built and decided to start constructing it there despite the roughness of the location. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/culture/religious-tourism/
7 yerel halk öneriyor
Panagia Kastriani
Monastery.
According to the Orthodox tradition, a winter night in 1699 a strong ray of white light on the abrupt hill Kastri lead the inhabitants and the shepherds of the area to a little cave. There, they saw a Christian icon depicting the Dormition of Virgin Mary covered with some ground. The believers interpreted this sacred and precious find as a divine indication about where a church of Virgin Mary should be built and decided to start constructing it there despite the roughness of the location. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/culture/religious-tourism/
The village of Kato Meria is located in the inland of the island and is really worth a visit, if you want to discover one more face of Kea. Its few inhabitants are mainly farmers and life has either slow, not at all touristic rhythms. In Kato Meria you will find a beautiful stone-made square, a grocery store and a tavern.
How to go: From Ioulis by car spanning a distance of 14 km towards the south part of the island.
Kato Meria (Keas)
The village of Kato Meria is located in the inland of the island and is really worth a visit, if you want to discover one more face of Kea. Its few inhabitants are mainly farmers and life has either slow, not at all touristic rhythms. In Kato Meria you will find a beautiful stone-made square, a grocery store and a tavern.
How to go: From Ioulis by car spanning a distance of 14 km towards the south part of the island.
The prehistoric settlement of Aghia Irini. Just on the opposite site of Vourkari lies the peninsula of Aghia Irini, that was named after the homonymous picturesque church. Here, the excavations conducted in 1960 revealed one of the most important prehistoric settlements, which had been reconstructed multiple times after natural disasters; the result was that the architectural ruins of previous periods became the foundations for the next generations, creating a tight urban tissue, in which it’s difficult to identify the chronological relevance. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/sightseeing/monuments/
Agia Irini
The prehistoric settlement of Aghia Irini. Just on the opposite site of Vourkari lies the peninsula of Aghia Irini, that was named after the homonymous picturesque church. Here, the excavations conducted in 1960 revealed one of the most important prehistoric settlements, which had been reconstructed multiple times after natural disasters; the result was that the architectural ruins of previous periods became the foundations for the next generations, creating a tight urban tissue, in which it’s difficult to identify the chronological relevance. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/sightseeing/monuments/
On the way to Pera Meria, you will see over the hill the byzantine Monastery of Episkopi, one of the oldest monasteries in Kea. There are still remains of the fortified wall that protected the monastery. Probably Episkopi and the broader area of Messaria were the byzantine centers of the island.
Inside the temple there has been discovered a very significant inscription from 4th century A.C. with a list featuring the names of the inhabitants of Ioulis and Korissia. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/culture/religious-tourism/
Episkopi
On the way to Pera Meria, you will see over the hill the byzantine Monastery of Episkopi, one of the oldest monasteries in Kea. There are still remains of the fortified wall that protected the monastery. Probably Episkopi and the broader area of Messaria were the byzantine centers of the island.
Inside the temple there has been discovered a very significant inscription from 4th century A.C. with a list featuring the names of the inhabitants of Ioulis and Korissia. More: destinationkea_dot_com/en/culture/religious-tourism/
Arts & Culture
Milopotamos
Folklore Museum of Kea (Must See).
Just behind The Varadi coffee shop
Essentials
STUDIO B, ΚΟΜΜΩΤΗΡΙΟ, ΚΟΡΑΣΙΔΗ ΒΑΡΒΑΡΑ
Beauty & Nail Salon. +302288021063
Getting Around
Budget
Good deals especially if you book early