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amongst the hot “kazania” (copper tanks) scattered around the village, the local musicians, dancers and spontaneous songwriters that love and honour earth in every possible way for the gifts they so plentiful receive from it.
You can bike from Pyrgadikia to Ierisso, following the “Olivetree trail” in order to reach Xiropotami with its beautiful sandy beaches and the vineyards “hanging” from its slopes.
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Across from the holy tip of Mount Athos, set in the most spectacular green turquoise landscape, grapes have been grown here for 1500 years. Greek indigenous varieties as well as the international Sauvignon blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and others grow in these fertile slopes, producing a wine unlike any other.
You will meet the local authentic Greek boatbuilders, fishermen, traders, builders and farmers. Mingle with them and you will have the opportunity to taste the “salted orkini” (a local fish, found only in these waters), the wild artichokes cooked with farm eggs, the fried little anchovies and the delicious sun-dried octopus!
The local old sailors won’t miss out on a chance to tell you stories of their trips at sea and you should allow yourself to be teased by the elders.
The people from Ierisso will make you feel like you belong. You’ll feel like you were always ‘from there’ and have always been ‘one of them’. They are in the spontaneous people that make you feel part of the ‘parea’ that know how to have a good time, the people of endless celebration and carefree joy.
The last destination of your journey will be mount Athos (the holy mountain) where you will find yourself walking amongst the ‘wine light’.
Twelve wineries inside the ‘closed off for women’ holy land await you to discover the ‘divine myth’ that surrounds the wines of mount Athos. Grapes that are picked by the hard working and wrinkled hands of the monks, then pressed to produce their fruitful aromatic juices which combined with the scent of the soil and the breeze of the sea, will make this tour the most memorable experience of your life!
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