"Paxoi by Marianna" Paxoi Island by mardaska

Paxoi Island Travel Guide: 90 reviews and 258 photos

Paxos lies just 9 miles south of Corfu and 10 miles from the Greek Mainland. Its coastline is punctuated with a multitude of secluded coves and bays, its interior in the spring and early summer months a drift of delicate wild flowers. The small satellite Island of Anti Paxos rightfully boasts some of the finest beaches in the Ionian. Their beauty lies in their distance from any source of pollution and the light below the cerulean water is so remarkable that it appears like translucent, ultramarine silk. Half the resident population of 2,600 is centred around the main port villages of Gaios, Loggos and Lakka. Local life here goes on around tourism, many still relying on the 250,000 or so olive trees planted on the terraced hills during the Island's Venetian rule, whose fruits produce something of a nectar, a rich golden liquid full of light and hues of woodland green. Fishing the surrounding seas brings in a catch of swordfish, mullet, snapper, sardines, octopus and crayfish, fresh to the white marble slabs of Gaios Town's market. The Paxiot people are characteristically self-sufficient and many households keep livestock, produce their own wine, build their own houses and manage small businesses with an energy and diligence that is inspiring.

Intro Updated Mar 19, 2003
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Written Nov 20, 2002

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sandysmith May 5, 2007 at 9:54 AM

lovely pics
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muddybok Mar 2, 2004 at 5:11 AM

Those flowers are so pretty. The harbor looks so busy & colorful. ;-)
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dr.firas Feb 12, 2004 at 4:58 AM

I liked the flowers in your travelogue ;-)
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KonstantinII Feb 3, 2004 at 6:23 AM

Beautiful photos! Thank you Marianna! ;o)))
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Nixter01 Jun 18, 2003 at 3:33 PM

Excellent Paxos page, brings back so many memories, it trully is beautiful
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AndyRG Mar 31, 2003 at 6:43 AM

A page which smells spring (nice flowers!), summer too... Katapliktiko nisi, opos ki ekeini i sinavlia... Me foititiki adeia gia... Athina, odas sto Strato, den borousa na ti haso...
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tak_pap Mar 23, 2003 at 1:10 AM

very beaytiful island - good page ! I hope I'll be back there next summer
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prleprle Mar 22, 2003 at 9:01 AM

Amazing place. Very beautifull photos. Well done!
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Mike25 Mar 12, 2003 at 2:56 AM

Perfect.
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Martin_S. Feb 6, 2003 at 1:48 AM

Your photos are great, but your opening comments verge on the poetic and really make the page special.