Gulet Charter Kythnos

The island is dotted with 350 picturesque snow-white country chapels and in the villages there are narrow streets paved with cobblestones, snow-white houses,squares, churches and windmills. Dryopes or Dryopians, came from Evvoia (or Euboea) island and settled on Kythnos during the 10th c. BC. The island flourished in classical times and contributed a trireme (ancient greek galley) in the naval battle of Salamina. The island shared the historical fate of the rest of the Cyclades islands: in 1204 it came under Venetian rule, to be occupied later by the Turks. In 1830 it joined the newly formed Greek state. The island’s area is 99 sq. km, its coastline is 111 km, and there are 1,600 inhabitants.

Chora (Mesaria)
Chora, also known as Mesaria, is the capital town of Kythnos island, its houses arranged on a hillside as if in an amphitheatre. It was built in the 17th century and has been populated ever since. This is one of the most beautiful villages in the Cyclades islands, an enchanting aggregate of snow-white houses, narrow stonelaid streets, whitewashed terraces and several small churches and windmills.