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Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

Achaea Prefecture

  • Patra
  • Kalavrita

Aegina

Aetoloakarnania Prefecture

  • Messolonghi
  • Nafpaktos
  • Agrinio
  • Vonitsa

Agathonisi

Agistri

Alonissos

Amorgos

Anafi

Andros

Antiparos

Arcadia Prefecture

  • Tripolis
  • Vytina
  • Dimitsana
  • Stemnitsa
  • Leonidio
  • Astros

Argolida Prefecture

  • Nafplio
  • Tolo
  • Porto Heli

Arta Prefecture

  • Arta
  • Melissourgoi

Astypalea

  • Chora (Astypalea)
  • Pera Gialos

Attiki Prefecture

  • Athens
  • Piraeus
  • Lavrio
  • Rafina

Chalki

Chania Prefecture

  • Chania
  • Paleohora
  • Hora Sfakion
  • Gavdos

Chios

  • Chios (Chora)
  • Pyrgi
  • Olympi
  • Mesta
  • Thymiana
  • Vessa

Donoussa

Drama Prefecture

  • Drama

Evia Prefecture

Evritania Prefecture

  • Karpenisi
  • Koryschades
  • Mikro Chorio
  • Megalo Chorio
  • Agrafa
  • Krikelo

Evros Prefecture

  • Alexandroupolis
  • Soufli
  • Didymoticho

Florina Prefecture

  • Florina
  • Nymfaio
  • Agios Germanos

Fokida Prefecture

  • Galaxidi
  • Polydroso
  • Eptalofos (Agoriani)

Folegandros

  • Chora - Kastro

Fourni

Fthiotida Prefecture

  • Amfiklia
  • Kamena Vourla
  • Lamia
  • Stylida
  • Pavliani
  • Ypati
  • Tithorea
  • Agios (St.) Konstantinos

Grevena Prefecture

  • Samarina
  • Grevena
  • Dotsiko

Halkidiki Prefecture

  • Poligiros
  • Kassandria
  • Nea Potidea
  • Arnea
  • Ouranoupoli
  • Ammouliani

Heraklion Prefecture

  • Heraklion
  • Archanes
  • Matala

Hydra

Ikaria

Ilia Prefecture

  • Pyrgos
  • Katakolo
  • Andritsena
  • Olympia

Imathia Prefecture

  • Naousa
  • Veroia
  • Kato Vermio

Ioannina Prefecture

  • Ioannina
  • Mikro & Megalo Papingo
  • Aristi
  • Dilofo
  • Metsovo
  • Syrrako
  • Tsepelovo

Ios

  • Chora
  • Magganari
  • Mylopotas

Irakleia

Ithaki (Ithaca)

  • Vathy
  • Kioni

Kalymnos

  • Pothia
  • Eborios
  • Telendos
  • Pserimos

Karditsa Prefecture

Karpathos

  • Karpathos (Pigadia)
  • Olympos
  • Arkasa
  • Menetes

Kasos

Kastelorizo

Kastoria Prefecture

  • Kastoria
  • Kleisoura

Kavala Prefecture

Kea (Tzia)

  • Vourkari
  • Ioulida (Ioulis)
  • Makronisos

Kefalonia

Kerkyra (Corfu)

  • Kerkyra (Corfu)
  • Benitses
  • Paleokastritsa
  • Agios Gordios
  • Afiona

Kilkis Prefecture

Kimolos

  • Chorio (Kimolos)
  • Psathi
  • Goupa

Korinthia Prefecture

  • Korinthos
  • Xylokastro
  • Trikala
  • Loutraki

Kos

  • Kos
  • Kardamaina
  • Kefalos

Koufonisi (Ano & Kato)

Kozani Prefecture

  • Kozani
  • Velventos
  • Siatista
  • Ptolemaida

Kythira - Antikythira

  • Chora
  • Kapsali
  • Avlemonas
  • Antikythera

Kythnos

  • Hora
  • Loutra (baths)
  • Merichas

Lakonia Prefecture

  • Sparti
  • Monemvasia
  • Gytheio
  • Areopoli
  • Gerolimenas
  • Elafonisos
  • Limeni

Larisa Prefecture

  • Larisa
  • Rapsani
  • Agia
  • Metaxochori Agias

Lasithi Prefecture

  • Agios Nikolaos
  • Ierapetra
  • Sitia
  • Elounda

Lefkada

  • Lefkada
  • Vasiliki
  • Nydri
  • Agios Nikitas

Leros

Lesvos

  • Plomari
  • Molyvos (Mithymna)
  • Mytilene
  • Skala Kallonis
  • Sigri

Limnos

  • Myrina
  • Moudros
  • Kontias

Lipsi

Magnesia Prefecture

  • Volos
  • Portaria
  • Makrinitsa
  • Tsagarada

Messinia Prefecture

  • Kalamata
  • Koroni
  • Pylos
  • Ano & Kato Kardamili

Milos

  • Adamadas (Diamond)
  • Pollonia
  • Plaka
  • Klima
  • Firopotamos

Mykonos

  • Hora (Mykonos)
  • Platis Gialos & Psarou
  • Agios Stefanos

Naxos

  • Agia Anna
  • Apiranthos (Aperanthos)
  • Chalkio
  • Chora (Naxos)
  • Filoti

Nisyros

  • Mandraki
  • Emporio
  • Nikia

Paros

  • Parikia
  • Naoussa
  • Lefkes
  • Prodromos
  • Marpissa
  • Piso Livadi (Back Meadow)

Patmos

  • Skala
  • Patmos (Chora)
  • Grikos

Paxi - Antipaxi

  • Gaios
  • Lakka
  • Longos

Pella Prefecture

  • Edessa
  • Agios Athanasios
  • Gianitsa
  • Aridea

Pieria Prefecture

  • Katerini
  • Elatochori
  • Platamonas
  • Leptokarya
  • Litochoro

Poros

Preveza Prefecture

  • Parga
  • Preveza

Psara

Rethymno Prefecture

  • Anogia
  • Rethymno
  • Agia Galini
  • Argyroupolis
  • Panormos

Rhodes

  • Rhodes
  • Archangelos
  • Lindos
  • Ialysos

Rodopi Prefecture

  • Komotini

Samos

  • Vathi or Samos
  • Karlovasi
  • Pythagorio
  • Manolates
  • Vourliotes

Samothrace

  • Kamariotissa
  • Chora (Samothrace)
  • Therma

Santorini

  • Fira
  • Imerovigli
  • Oia (Ia)
  • Pyrgos
  • Emporio or Niborios
  • Thirasia

Schinoussa

Serifos

  • Chora
  • Livadi
  • Megalo Livadi

Serres Prefecture

Sifnos

  • Apollonia
  • Artemonas
  • Kastro

Sikinos

  • Alopronia
  • Kastro (Castle) & Chorio

Skiathos

Skopelos

Skyros

  • Chora (Skyros)
  • Magazia
  • Atsitsa

Spetses

Symi

Syros

  • Ermoupoli
  • Ano Syros

Thassos

  • Thassos (Limenas)
  • Theologos
  • Skala Potamias

Thesprotia Prefecture

  • Igoumenitsa
  • Sivota
  • Plataria

Thessaloniki Prefecture

Tilos

Tinos

  • Tinos - Chora
  • Pyrgos
  • Panormos
  • Volax (Volakas)
  • Ormos Isternion
  • Falatados
  • Dio Horia

Trikala Prefecture

  • Trikala
  • Elati & Pertouli
  • Kalabaka
  • Kastraki

Viotia Prefecture

  • Arachova
  • Livadia
  • Antikyra

Xanthi Prefecture

  • Xanthi
  • Porto Lagos

Zakynthos

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Gone with the wind …mill

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Every island has its own windmill and in some cases much more than just one.
Windmills are one of the most complex creations of the pre-industrial era and probably date back to 700 A.C in Mesopotamia. Their technique came to Europe with the help of the Crusaders and explorers.
The Greek windmill, which is slightly different from the European ones, was first built in 1 A.C by Ironas. They reached their peak back in 12th-13th century on the islands of the Aegean while many of them can still be seen today.
Generally, their form does not vary. They are cylindrical, made of stone with two or three wooden floors and a cone-shaped roof. In Greece there are four types of windmills. Two of them are the Taralis with a vertical or horizontal axis. The vertical type is the oldest and can be seen in the village of Kothri in Andros and on the islands Serifos and Karpathos. The second type is an evolution of the vertical and you will find it mainly on Karpathos. Typical of these windmills are their difficult operation as they need a specific wind direction in order to operate.
The other two types are the axetrocharis and xetrocharis. In the first one we have the same difficulty with the previous ones and can usually be seen in Crete, Sifnos and Karpathos. The latter is the most widespread type in Greece. In matters of form it has no differences from the previous ones. However, the characteristic that makes this type special is its movable roof. This enables it to operate no matter in what direction the wind blows.
During the years that windmills reached their peak, they also played a major role in the economy of the country. They were mainly used to grist grains and brimstone in the mines of Milos as well as pump water (Rodos, Kos, and Crete). Every time the windmill opened, the whole village gathered to grist their products. As a result, the miller opened one of the mill’s cloths to signal the start of its operation. The village’s residents would come with their donkeys that carried all the products and sometimes they even had to wait long hours till it was their turn to use the mill. So, in order to make the long wait more pleasant, small feasts took place.
According to data from the Institute of Greek Mills, there were 2000 windmills operating in Greece, 650 of which were located on the islands of Cyclades.
The most famous windmills were built on the island of Mykonos. Nowadays, you will have the chance to see seven stone, three-storey windmills with small windows and a movable roof.
They can even be seen as the first family business of the island as their original number was 28. In order to admire the renovated windmill of Bontis and the other mills as well, you will have to go up the hill above the settlement of Kastro.
Moreover, a large group of windmills is located in the plateau of Lasithi in Crete. Their original number was quite large but today the best preserved are just 24 windmills, which were used for pumping water, and are located in the northern entrance of the plateau near the village of Tzermiado. Smaller groups of windmills can also be seen on Karpathos, Rodos, Tinos and on  other islands.
If you are still interested in seeing a windmill you will meet lots of them on the hills of the islands of the Aegean Sea, while on Mykonos you can visit their interior as they also operate as a museum. On Skyros, Karpathos, Paros and on some other islands as well you will have the chance to taste  traditional dishes in windmills that have been turned into restaurants. Finally, if you want to experience a stay in a wonderfully renovated windmill of the 17th century then at Koufonisia you will find an ideal place for it.


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