Starting from Olivea, walk along legendary trails in the footsteps of mythology
Eternally associated with the timeless myth of Homer's Odyssey, Ithaca is an iconic island, the global symbol of every traveller's life destination.
"Keep Ithaca always in mind, arriving there is what you are destined for" wrote allegorically the famous poet.*
* C.P.Cavafis poem 'Ithaca', recited by Sir Sean Connery, with music specially composed by Vangelis: https://youtu.be/1n3n2Ox4Yfk
Olivea Premium Holiday Homes constitutes the ideal springboard to feel part of Homeric Ithaca as it is located within the archaeological area that has been inhabited since 3000 BC (Stavros-Pilikata) and, according to archeologists, was the kingdom of Odysseus.
In just 2 km from the residences, visit the School of Homer with remains of a prehistoric acropolis that testify that the palace of the legendary king ruled there. After all, as Homer also described it, the specific point has "a view of three seas and was surrounded by three mountains". Afterwards, visit the excavation findings at the Archaeological Museum of Stavros (850m from Olivea), the "Fos on Homeric Ithaca" Exhibition and the "Museum of the Sea from Odysseus to Homer" (both 100m from Olivea), as well as the representation of the Ulysses Palace and his bust in the central square of Stavros.
Wander to the same places mentioned by Homer in the Odyssey, such as the Cave of Eumaeus, the Cave of the Nymphs, the findings of which are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum in Vathy and Cave Rizes from where the path to the Homeric Arethousa Krini begins.
...A small token of the fascinating history of the island that was continuously inhabited since the Neolithic era (4000 - 3000 BC), flourished in the Mycenaean era and conquered successively by the Romans, Byzantines, Normans, Sicilians, Venetians, French and English before officially becoming part of Greece.
