Olympos, Karpathos: A Guide to the Living Village of the Aegean

The village of Olympos stacked up its mountain ridge in northern Karpathos

Olympos clings to a mountain ridge in the far north of Karpathos, a village so cut off for so long that it kept traditions the rest of Greece let go. Older women still wear embroidered dress and leather boots as everyday clothing. The local speech carries sounds of ancient Doric Greek. Property passes down through … Read more