A few words about the village...

It’s the old port of Kythira. It’s located in the north of the island, between Platia Ammos and Diakofti. The beach of Agia Pelagia is ideal for swimming, beach volley, water sports and relaxation in the afternoon. Many shops along the coastal path will offer local delicacies. Hot spots of Agia Pelagia are Agia Sophia’s little Cave, the source of the crystal water on the road, the incredible sunrises in the morning and the view to Elafonisos and Kavo Mallia.

Near beaches...

Within walking distance of the main beach and left of Agia Pelagia, there are 3 excellent beaches to be visiting. The first is called "Firi Ammos", the next "Lorenzos" and the third is the beach "Lagada" close to the famous gorge of Paleochora.

Kythira is known since antiquity as the island of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, which, according to the Theogony of Hesiod, was born at the waves of Kythira’s sea, when Kronos cut off the genitals of the Ouranos and dropped on it. Today they look like two small rocks that come from the sea to the east coast of the island...

The Goddess was emerged in Cyprus, where she was worshiped as Venus the pandemic, Goddess of carnal love unlike to Urania, who worshiped in Kythira, as the Goddess of pure love.

The Minoans were conquered very early Kythira, a stopover for their trips to the West and had created the settlement of Skandia, at Paleopolis nowadays, and an important sanctuary at Agios Georgios on the mountain. From the 6th century the island seems to begin to be lived more consistently. During the 10th and 11th centuries becomes again important and belongs to Monemvasia. At that time was built the fortified capital of the Byzantine period, the Agios Dimitrios, known today as Paleochora, that had numerous churches and a significant number of residents. Agios Dimitrios was conquered and destroyed in 1537 by Algerian pirates under the orders of Chaiderin Barbarossa. During that time the island is dominated by the Venetians with the Venier family, descendants of the Venetian adventurer Marco Venier, who won Kythira in 1207. The Venetians realize the crucial position of the island at the entrance of the eastern Mediterranean and are making significant efforts to shelter and habitation of it.

The feudal system that they were applied created misery to the residents, who had to face the frequent pirate raids. The result was a greatly reduced population and the frequent protests in the Venetian authorities on the administration of the island. The Venetians, however, were dominated until 1797 except a short time that the island was conquered by the Turks (1715). Kythira in 1797, as all the Ionian islands, was conquered by the French and in 1809 by the British who keep the island until 1864, when it joined Greece with the other Ionian Islands.