Grias Pidima beach
Grias Pidima is located in the southeast of the famous island. The beach is popular with tourists, first of all, for its interesting legend, as well as a very characteristic landscape. Not everyone can get to him; he is in a remote place. Travelers will meet here many natural beauties and the lack of familiar beach amenities.
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Beach description
The bright beach beach blueness and random cliffy high points of Grias To Pidima are located northwards from Ormos. The distance from Gavrio port is a bit less than 40 km, and from the capital, it is 23 km.
Everyone who comes here rushes to capture himself/herself against the background or a rock rising above the tide. Perhaps, it was its skyline that gave birth to legends told by the locals. The most popular of them tells how, during the Ottoman conquests, one old woman asked for refuge in the castle Kohilos, inaccessible to the Turks due to its high rocky walls.
The old woman and her pregnant daughter were hidden in the fortress, and when night came down, she opened the gate to the enemy. The citadel was captured, and and old woman, ashamed of her deed, went to her account by jumping down from the rock. Since then, a petrified stature has been rising above the water, and each tourist holds it a duty to take a picture with it.
The beach in this small legendary bay is rather narrow, and covered with fine sand mixed with pebbles. East winds visit the shore. There are no facilities, and it is impossible to drive close to the beach. Sightseers use boats to get here, or drive by Gialos and Saint Catherine paths, and then go down the high-grade stony path. although the beach itself is shallow and suitable for family recreation, such access routes can stop some parents.
Tourists will have to think over the convenient accommodation on the beach, to take meals with them if they plan to stay for long because the beach doesn't have any sling chairs or bars.
When is the best time to go?
Greece - a country with a long length from north to south, so the recommendations will vary depending on the place where you are going. The holiday season begins in May and reaches a peak in July-August: there are too many tourists, and the temperature on the southern islands reaches 40 degrees, which may still not play a role on the beach, but certainly not suitable for sightseeing. So the best time to relax in Greece is the end of spring-beginning of summer or September-October.
Video: Beach Grias Pidima
Infrastructure
The nearest place where you can stay for the night and find all the attributes of a civilized vacation is Villa Korthi, 3*. The inexpensive hotel with basic amenities, spacious clean rooms. The villa has a great location for exploring the island. A small balcony in the room will provide an opportunity to see the sea and a pomegranate tree in the yard. Breakfast is not served here, but there is a restaurant at the hotel, and a shuttle bus stop is right next to it.
Guests use the minibar and kitchen, and family tourists can count on babysitting services. Travelers with limited abilities are not forgotten; special rooms are allocated for disabled people.
The village has a small beach and port, the town hall. The population is less than 1000 people. A route passes through this area, during which tourists study the rich agricultural heritage of Andros, get acquainted with the biodiversity of the Gerakonas and Rachi mountain ranges, take home amazing impressions of the mountainous terrain and the coast of the island.
The basis of the menu of restaurants and cafes that are found on the ground is the traditional cuisine. The gastronomic thing of the island is kalitzounia, a special kind of puff pastry patty stuffed with cheese and greens. With the addition of almonds, delicious amygdalota cookies are baked here. Original jam is prepared from green walnuts, which is not customary to drink with tea, but only with cold water.
You can take part in a carnival or panegyrics in august dedicated to any of the church events.
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- The village near Grias Pidima has adequate transport links with other settlements of the island. If there is a boat, tourists visit isolated beaches and interesting caves nearby, in Melissa.
Interesting sites for travelers:
- It is rare where horizontal mills are found.
- Churches of Agios Fanourios, Agia Sophia.
- The architecture of the villages of Chones, Rogo, Alamania.
- Agricultural areas along the Potamos River.
- Folk Museum.
- Cliffs in Kavos Orginou.