KYTHNOS | The Best Greek Island You've Never Heard Of
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2023
- My first day of exploring on the amazing island of Kythnos, which is quickly becoming one of my favorite Greek islands. This video is Part 1. I will show more of the island and the shipwreck in Part 2.
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Gabe, you need to write a book on the Greek Islands -- would be a best seller
Very nice idea.
With lot's of pictures...
For sure❤
Gabriel, your travel on the Greek islands feels like a Netflix serie😃
Excellent. 👍😎
Gabriel High Roller is the new Rick Steves!!
indeed !! to the point !!
Hallo dear Gabriel. Excavations at the site of Maroulas on Kythnos island began in 1996 and continued from 2001 until 2005. The excavated Mesolithic settlement is dating between 8800 and 8700 BC and is located in close proximity to the sea which has partially destroyed it. It is a small Mesolithic village with 35 surviving circular huts with a floor made of slate slabs. The structures were roofed with stakes, branches and bundles of grass. Skeletons were usually found under the floors, while on top of them there were remains of food (mainly fish) and stone tools.
The excavation was published in a book in 2010 by Adamantios Sampson. All the best!!
thanks for the feed back patrioti !!
That sounds like the one that I tried to find today, near Loutra, but I didn't find it. I saw a sign for a mesolithic settlement and walked to the area but didn't see it and it didn't come up on google.
Yeah, you're right, I have never heard of this island.
I love pasta / noodles most of all of the starches: Rice, noodles, breads, etc. That is why what you ate at the beginning of this video, really appealed to me.
The reason you didn’t find that many ferries going to Kythnos is that the main port connecting the island to the mainland is Lavrio and not Pireus. From Lavrio there are three ferries a day.
Kythnos is an up-and-coming island to say the least. There is though a big problem with accomodation, as there are not many hotels/airbnbs on the island and because of the high demand, prices have increased *a lot* recently. The price for your accommodation is VERY good for Kythnos’ standards.
I have been there and I did like it but it is too close to athens and draws too many Athenian,s which takes away from the beauty
Wow you re in Kythnos! The ancient iron ore mines of Dryopida (Katafygi cave) and the copper mines on the east coast of the island are fantastic to visit! One theory is that they needed so much coal to melt the ore that the forests of the island were cut since antiquity, Dryopes the early settlers of the island were probably supplying the Minoan fleet with metal that was exported to Ancient Egypt
I'm gonna backpack some islands in Greece now Gabe, you got me all over it! Goods vids man 👍
Excellent plan. ✌️
Gabriel must be carefull when walking and exploring in the mountains,must wear rubber boots to protect yourself from snakes.
Great videos and great background music!!
Great content as always, Gabriel! If you ever decide to do a trip throughout the Peloponese, I suggest visiting the island of Monemvasia which has an enclosed fortified town within it that was used by Venetians as a trading post. Monemvasia is often called as a Gibraltar of Greece.
Also, an hour from it is a small town of Gytheio which played a major importance during the First Peloponnesian War. It also has a small island nearby where according to legend Paris of Troy and Helen from Sparta spent their first night together before departing for Troy, thus igniting the Trojan War.
You'll love both of those places!
Cheers from Ukraine!
Courage Ukrainian brothers and sisters, in Greece we hope the nonsense killings between Russians and Ukrainians will stop very soon.
This island of Kythnos reminds how the islands looked like before they were gentrified/ruined by the mass tourism. I loved this video my friend. Keep enjoying yourself and keep us all interested. I live in Queensland, Australia now but I have never forgotten my roots.
Lol, on one hand thank you for what you are doing! Amazing help for all travelers worldwide.
On the other hand darn! my favorite places are going to be even more crowded after you videos!
All joking aside, thank you for the great videos, keep it up!
The good/bad news is that my Greece videos don't usually get a lot of views, so I don't think they make much difference. I've been back to some of the quiet islands I filmed like Nisyros, Anafi and Gavdos and no difference, still nice and quiet. 😊
@@GabrielTravelerVideos You should visit katafyki cave in dryopida!! Its very beautifull
As long as there’s no airport on the island, it’ll remain pretty quiet and uncrowded.
Hey Gabriel, let me give you a tip about poisonous snakes in Greece...
The only poisonous snake that can kill in Greece is viper. Half of the greek Islands are viper free and the other half are not.
Just Google "distribution of viper species in Greece" and check the map. Kythnos is viper free btw!
Vipers are very dangerous in the summer in Cyclades, my mother was beaten by one in sifnos island some years ago and we rushed her in athens and she was just saved, so be careful when you walk with sandals outside of main roads!
@@konstantinosstamatopoulos425 I just wanted to point out that there are some islands without deadly snakes like kythnos and some other like sifnos, as you mentioned, with deadly ones.
But anyway, even if beaten the death possibility with modern medicine is really low like 1/500 cases for Greece.
thanks for what good things you say about our country. you are such polite man!!
Greece is a beautiful country! Volos / Thesaloniki are my roots! Yiasou!
@@Nature_with_Peter_Kane γειά σου αδερφε!!! greetings from Rethymno Crete!
@@thanasis_k Yiasou brother! Greetings from Toronto Canada! Hope life is great in Crete!
@peterkane248 wow! it was so close to visit Toronto but due to covid every plan canceled....life here is very good!! hope the same for you..
Obv googling Kythnos....what a gem...hot springs too.....my kind of less touristy destination...unspoilt, quiet and typically greek....unwind and enjoy....
Check out Kythera also .!
welcome home Gabe 🇬🇷❤️
Hi Yavrili ! You are Greek by now! Don’t miss to visit Kolona! This is my preferred island. Enjoy your stay,I always like your videos!
Watching this a second time because it was that good! That sunkin boat was cool!!!! And the eatery was too ( food looked good too)
Sweet, glad to hear it. I'll post Part 2 later today.
Wonderful Kythnos! Wonderful greek islands! Thank you Gabriel for our daily dose of awesomeness!
Thanks for taking us along on your adventures Gabe!
Thanks for cranking out these video’s everyday. You’ve added to our list of islands to visit.
It’s so beautiful there, I never knew about these little islands there. You explain the details so well! Thank you!
You can watch Part 2 here: czcams.com/video/MWy0QbiQT1s/video.html Does anyone know anything about the shipwreck, or have any ideas based on what the boat looks like? I'll show more of it in the next video. UPDATE: I spoke with a local who said that the ship sank in 1945. His English was limited so I'm not certain if that is correct and he didn't explain anything further about the circumstances of the boat. If it sank in 1945 then of course it could be World War II related, or else just coincidental that it sunk at that time.
there are reports online of a British flagged yacht owned by a swiss person that shipwrecked there but might not be the same as your shipwreck. Is this an island of many shipwrecks?
There's a report of a shipwreck at Kythnos on the internet but by the looks of it , it isn't the same ship as the one you showed Gabriel on the video !! You should ask the locals , they must know ! 🌊⛵
Dear Gabriel hello !
I made a research but no info about this shipwreck although there are two others in the island , the Pepe and Niki shipwrecks.
If these places are accessible by bike , do visit the Chora of Kythnos , a very beautiful place and may be the Kollona beach because if its shape.
I have to mention that there are hot springs in the island.
Kythnos is very close to these places that consist the so called Aegean volcanic arch :Sousaki volcano , Methana volcano ( near Poros...) , Milos , Santorini and Nissiros.
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@@Ponkelina No it isn't the same shipwreck at all ! That happened last summer and it was a yacht ! which has been moved away from the sea at last. The one that Gabriel shows on the video it's another , a much older one ! Apparently, Kythnos may have now three shipwrecks !
Hi mabeg fanof yors
Gabriel we love your channel and we never miss an episode. My son Gabriel always comes running to tell me you uploaded a new video. Keep up the good work. 🤗
Love your life😊
The guitar music is lovely
Yeah that ship is the SS Minow, they went on a 3 hour cruise of the Cyclades islands and were shipwrecked. Onboard were the Skipper, Gilligan, the Professor, Maryanne and Ginger and some Rich old couple. 😂🤣👍. Ginger lived in that cave.
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12 minutes and I’m number? Thanks Gabe🎉 enjoy 😊
I thought you are on Kíthira, read yesterday about this island, but no, it's Kithnos, different from Kíthira😮. Holy moly, real geography lessons following you. Awesome, keep up high speed👊👍👍👍💯, anyway, take care, heat is coming🌞🌞🌞
I'm wondering what it might take to float your boat. In coastal NJ we might rent these big kevlar flotation bags and pull a big compressor nearby, elevate and tie it up to evaluate repairs.
The variety of marine salvage laws might be the reason for the pause in recovery. Avoiding the mooring expenses has been reason for many crafts to shed their ties. But, you do have a nice tent site nearby as long as the herd hasn't returned yet. Taking a few exploratory dives there might reveal registry numbers for some ownership details. You’ll be able to decide if any insurers would have an interest.
Or, if the hull would be tall enough, once dried out, to make an AirBnB where you could haul it out. Some summer fun.
Maybe you should be looking for a couple of goats with feta potentials if you have an excuse to pause in Kythnos for a while? 🌲😎🌲
Greece is amazing. My wife and I went twice last year...probably again this Fall.
Beautifully done !
I think it's time to make the big decision and move to Greece for good. 🙂 👋
❤ you lucky if can call The Helles Republic home ❤, saludos
Beautiful
Great video really enjoyed, scenery and history very interesting. Look forward to the next one.
Hi Gabe was there in 1986 beautiful when I was there no idea now I've seen video really nice
Great video, well done, pure adventure. Enjoyed it a lot, thank you ! 🙏
See ya next vid mate. I'm lookin forward to it as usual. Thank you.😅😅😅😅
You sir are a machine, keep going!
Nice one lad 😊
Real nice video...these islands are so interesting and wow a shipwreck to discover!! Could be a video on it's own haha... Keep enjoying them Greek meals - you need your energy for more videos! haha
Cheers from Canada!
Amazing! Gabe, you are right where I hoped you would be🙂 Loving it 👍👍
I have to check out the shipwreck now.
Hello Gabriel… you should check out Samothraki definately… small but very pure and nice…
Gabe this is an amazing tour of the Greek Islands
Great, glad to hear it.
Enjoy Visit Many Greek Islands This Summer
Great videos Gabe. I would like to watch you explore all the Greek islands, very cool place to poke around.
There are more than 2.000 islands over there😂
Very impressive rock structures. I love the town also, all the blue and white. Greece has beautiful floral to add even more delight.😊❤
Hi Gabriel, thank you for sharing, great adventure, be safe,chaos
Cool man!
I am going there this weekend
My favourite place on earth Gabriel. Been there on many occasions. You missed the best piece of Chora. Dryopida is as well beutiful. There is also a cave to visit. You need to call someone to come and let you in. An old cute local. If he asks you how old he is tell him he looks like 60 :). You should visit Loutra, Agio Stefano and close by bays, Kanala church and Kolona to swim. The island has more than 90 beaches. Also nice long hiking trails. You would need at least a week to appreciate the beauty of this authentic island.
I will definitely plan to come back.
Have you been or are planning on going to Andros Island? I hear it’s beautiful there!! My brother who lives in Greece says it’s his favourite island. It’s just north east of where you are now.
Looks like paradise!
Great Island Gabriel
Hi Gabriel, have visited Kythnos many times over the 20 years as a charter yacht skipper you are correct in saying it is relatively unknown as a tourist destination, on the north side of the island is a small marina village “Loutra” where a thermal rock pool is on the waters edge, and excellent restaurants, there is thermal activity on Kythnos, the most popular anchorage is the bay on the left just befor you enter the main town. Port Apokrusis and Ormos kolona separated by a beautiful isthmus, is one of my must do Islands, Good choice.
For me, Kythnos and a few other quite islands are ideal for VACATION, meaning a pause from the city noise and crowd !!! glad you made it there ... and it looks like you're the climbing type !! ela = come on, hello, meaning it's been a while since we talked, or you express surprise, like "are you kidding?"- " you don't say!"😊✌💙
Lovely Kythnos
Ηι there! The Greek islands are beautiful but I went to Pelion in main land and I was amazed how nice it was. You have to try it..
Heaven on earth 😊
You’re posting so many vids I can’t keep up!
Thanks!
Congrats on your 42(?) island, Gabe. Keep ...counting!...
You got it, thanks.
Envious of your life, Gabe. 😊😍
Thanks
Ωραίος !Μπράβο!!
The ocean and ruins under the ocean! Spellbound!
Never heard off this island 😮but it is beatiful 😊
I collect Ancient Greek coins and I have one copy (electrotype) of a silver drachma from that island (attributed). The obverse shows the head of a boar. I guess there were lots of boars roaming around the island in ancient times.
You are my favorite youtuber
Can't wait for your next episode on Kythnos. Is the new video already finished?
Yes, I'll post it very soon.
Bravo bravo my friend 🎉🎉 But prices of piranhas...
So nice! Gabriel , do you check with locals to be different areas are safe for swimming?
Gabriel, I'm getting a great overview of the Greek islands following you and "Jumping Places" on YT. They are currently in the Greek islands also.
Gz for your 42nd!!
Yep, 42nd Greek island, pretty cool.
*Harald just called you out again in the first minute of his new video!* 🤣
I do hope part two includes Katafyki ? Cave.
Hi Gabriel can you tell me what is better to use “cash or card” I have heard some don’t like cards ? Another great video 👏👏👍
Vryokastro was inhabited from the 10th centrury BC, till the early Middle Ages, and is the site where the ancient city of Kythnos was (in the Classical era). Maroulas is another very important archeological site, near the Loutra area. It's a Mesolithic settlement that has been dated in the 9th century BC, making it seemingly the only Mesolithic settlement in the Aegean Sea islands that has been partially spared the rising sea levels as it was not a coastal settlement at that time (sea level was 40-60m lower in that era than it is now).
PS: i realy should have read the next comment before posting, Nikos realy covered the hole Maroulas thing before me:)
I can totally see you retiring at 90 on one of these islands
You cannot beat Greece. Also, Armenia and Bulgaria are similar but less expensive. I just love the churches in these three countries.
I agree but greece has the beaches ⛱ thsts why it gets all the recognition from international tourists but me as a greek we often go with the gang to bulgaria for trips n stuff
Croatia too. Have a friend who grew up spending summers at her mother's flat in Athens and I'd go to visit her. From 15 years old on her parents just let us take off and go island hop. Back in the 70s, it was wild. My friend decided to make Athens her permanent home as a young adult and has been there ever since. So I still get to couch surf 40 years later lol. Can't beat it.
like Bulgaria! plus 2000 islands !!!! 🤣🤣🤣
There's no place like Greece. Even the southwestern coast of Turkey doesn't have the charm and freedom of Greece.
Absolutely no comparison with Armenia or Bulgaria. Greece looks very Mediterranean especially southern parts of the country.
Gabriel while I admire and respect your spirit of adventure travel please do be careful (during your adventure travel) we your subcribers want to enjoy and benefit from the information you share with us from your travels and I personally have been a beneficiary from your Iceland travels for example
Delos, the birthplace of Apollo & Artemis? Best temple ruins on islands!!
It is a good idea to add a drone - view to your videos. This will elevate your videos to another plateau . you go to amazing places and a light drone of under 250grams will be easy to get and operate in remote places , no need licence.
Cheers and thanks for visiting Greece once again !
You should visit Naxos if you haven't yet. Epic empty beaches for miles.
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Do you ever get sunburnt? these islands look identical to the volcanic port hills above my city n NZ.
Hi Gabriel, I'm wanting to go to Greece, cd u recommend a quite island with some things to do and nice sandy beaches, not sure where to go, don't want very busy hopefully Sept. were in our 60s
@@giorgoskountourgiannis8230 thank you 😊 will look at that island 🏝 🙌
@@giorgoskountourgiannis8230 yeah I found out no airport think you need to go to Athens then ferry. Thank you 😊
Not heard of that one Gabriel
how u doing?. Gabriel~you shared super -
good day gabriel great to see you back in greece hope your well and if ever near kos drop me a message. regards scott
Καλησπέρα Gabriel, before 15 days opened the new Archaeological museum of Kythnos, there was ancient city and a lot of mines in the eastern part of the island. Did you go to Kolona beach? I o ly saw 2 videos from Kythnos here. Will you upload more from Kythnos?
I'm in Hungary now so I've finished posting my videos of Greece. I didn't go to Kolona Beach, but I saw it from the top of a hill looking down on it.
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Did you say that had a pop of 600 mate?😮😮😮
Gabriel I have been to 3 Greek Islands, Is Hawaii, Bahamas, the same, I have never been there
Just checked it. It says from 12th century BC (1200 BC) to the 6th-7th century AD (600-700AD).
Hes spending 100$ a night for a room = 3100 a month on rent then food 25$ an evening say 10$ breakfasts a day then car or bike tickets. He must be spending about 4200$ a month plus
Wow, is 7 mbps fast enough internet to watch a stream?
Amazing WiFi
And Kythira, how about that island?
Finally Noah's arK has been found in Kythnos
14:40 I think it is defense position. The entire harbor is in sight.
Greece and Turkey seem to be Gabriel’s most favorite countries.
15:38 EXACTLY ''ΕΛΑ'' MEANS COME ON
Nice island but I like Poros more because it is much greener. Thanks for showing us all these beautiful islands in detail.
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