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Folegandros Island Cyclades Folegandros is a welcoming little island of the Aegean. It has its own fun club as visitors keep coming, year after year, to meet friends from all over the world. Somehow they all seem to be spellbound to it and everyone enjoys that. Locals treat visitors as honourary guests rather than tourists while the latter think their coming over for a family reunion. The mild touristic development of the last couple of decades has allowed Folegandros to acquire the infrastructure required for modern, organized facilities and services, while at the same time managed to preserve its own, special character. Folegandros is a rewarding place. After the arrival at the port of Karavostassis the island unfolds its beauty offering a wide variety of activities to choose from: the aimless wandering along the paved streets of Hora and the alleyways of Kastro, walking up the cliff to Panaghia, swimming in one of the secluded or more popular beaches, exploring the mainland through the numerous footpaths that run through the whole island. Let's not forget the homemade, traditional food at Hora, Ano Meria or Angali, the party atmosphere at the squares of Hora or the celebrations with live music after a few glasses of wine at the taverns. The main settlements of Folegandros are Hora, Ano Meria and Karavostassis, the port of the island. Angali is a summer resort. Smaller settlements are Livadi and Petoussis. More about settlements in settlements and beaches. Folegandros is part of the SW Cyclades. Its highest peak is 455 m. above sea level, the island's total area is 32 square m., its total length 13 Km., the maximum width is 3.7 and the minimum 1.1 Km. The distance from Piraeus is 104 nautical miles. Folegandros is a welcoming little island of the Aegean. It has its own fun club as visitors keep coming, year after year, to meet friends from all over the world. Somehow they all seem to be spellbound to it and everyone enjoys that. Locals treat visitors as honourary guests rather than tourists while the latter think their coming over for a family reunion. Folegandros is a rewarding place. After the arrival at the port of Karavostassis the island unfolds its beauty offering a wide variety of activities to choose from: the aimless wandering along the paved streets of Hora and the alleyways of Kastro, walking up the cliff to Panaghia, swimming in one of the secluded or more popular beaches, exploring the mainland through the numerous footpaths that run through the whole island. Let's not forget the homemade, traditional food at Hora, Ano Meria or Angali, the party atmosphere at the squares of Hora or the celebrations with live music after a few glasses of wine at the taverns. The Phoenician word "Phelekgundari" means "rocky land" and is one of the probable origins of the name of Folegandros. According to another interpretation, the island was named after its first inhabitant, Folegandros, son of King Minos of Crete. During the period of the Venetian rule, the island's official name was "Polycandros". There is evidence that the island has been inhabited since the 3rd millenium BC (at the prehistorical settlement of Kastellos), while there are also remains from the Classical period to the Roman and more recent times (in Chryssospilia and Paliokastro). The settlement of Kastro was built during the period of the Venetian rule, when Folegandros was part of the Duchy of the Aegean. |
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