Olympos Karpathos

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

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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

Things to Do in Karpathos: The 16 Best Experiences on the Island

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Olympos village on the mountainside in northern Karpathos

Karpathos sits in the open sea between Rhodes and Crete, and its isolation is the reason the island still feels unhurried. The second-largest of the Dodecanese runs 48 kilometres north to south, with a spine of mountains that climbs above 1,200 metres at Kali Limni. That geography shapes everything a visitor does here: sheltered coves … Read more