Agios Efstratios

A public museum dealing with a period of recent Greek history of crucial political and social importance. The site chosen for it was the island of Ai-Stratis or Ayios Efstratios, because for many years – from the early 1930s to 1943 and again from 1948 to 1963 – it was a place of internment for political exiles.

Excursion boats start from the harbour for a circumnavigation tour including several beaches and sea caves

Walking or mountain biking along the island is nice too but shade might be hard to find. As the locals say: Only donkeys and tourists walk in the bright sun.

Walk a few kilometers inland up the valley following the path that the large drain that runs through the town, you'll eventually be met by the sound of dingling bells. The small bells of local goats, attached to their necks via leather collar. It's a beautiful scene, especially in the early morning, Many goats and thus many bells makes for an interesting auditory backdrop.