The town of Astakos is built at the foot of Mount Veloutsa (Dikorfo), at the cove of the homonymous bay. It took its name from the mythical Astakos who was the son of Poseidon and Olivia. The word today means “lobster” in Greek, but it has nothing to do with the tasty crustaceans. The first…
Mytikas is a seaside village, the name of which probably derives from its geographical location, as it is built on an edge (nose), east of Cape Kamilafka. There is little historical evidence for the village, which actually developed after the Turkish occupation (1830). The 19th century British traveler William Martin Leek mentions the existence of…