Ikaria is known from the antiquity for her
thermal springs and her wine, tied up with the fable of Icarus, the
homonym island is
an ideal place for calm holidays, with natural beauties
, with the splendid traditional settlements, which are
what
has remained from her history of many centuries, Ikaria with
calm waits for, without any hurry, the people who wish
to visit it. Icarus, the bold son of Daidalos, that wanted to fly
to the sun, as a result he burned his wax feathers, gave his heart
and his name in the beautiful island. There are not enough and
explicit
information about its history at the antiquity, but as results
from discoveries of temple of Tayropoloy Artemidos in Nas,
the 7th
century bc it was habitated. At the duration of Byzantine years,
center was Oinoi or Oini. In 1204, it was included as so much
other
places, in the Latin empire of Istamboul, in 1484 were granted in
the knights of Rhodes and in 1521 were occupied by the Turks.
In the years of Revolution of 21, residents fought and
from 1835 until 1869 constituted with Leros, Kalymnos and Patmos,
the Tetraniso. In the 28 October 1912 the popular assembly of revolutionary
people of Ikaria nominated the union with Greece and in the
4 November the island was released.
Now
Although we do not have a lot of information from the antiquity,
we however have a lot of information on the life in Ikaria this
time. The island has a lot of beauties, the splendid beaches,
the voluble wind, strange and peculiar
life, that begins late the evening and finishes afterwards the
east of her helium, with celebrations that keeps every
resident, her ovens, her herbs inal spings that are
hot (43-45 degrees of Celsius) which are advisable
for rheumatism, spondylo-arthritis, arthritis and fun s
of neuron. We are at road for the island, there where the residents
are always calm and with a smile in their face. We are ready before
make a bathin its spotless waters, before we dance until the morning in the
celebrations, we visit the Archaeological Folklore Museum, the Saint Preacher
(capital and harbor of island) that it includes neolithic tools,
tomb columns, vessels, currencies, utensiles, tools and
pictures. We have decided to visit Armenisti - coastal
settlement. The ruins of ancient holy, in, a unique landscape with
the river that crosses all his extent, with graphic fish-houses,
but also the “uneasy” summer artists that paint
with their paintbrush the beauty of nature. As long as for holy
the temple, he was dedicated in Tayropolo Artemida. It is still
said also(noone can confirm it, but noone can deny it) that in
that region was lived by Naiads. We are still prepared
to visit Eydilo, that is built amphitheatrical with the 300 residents,
with the leeward artificial harbor, with the traditional but
also modern houses, a lot of bloomed flowers and beautidul
beaches. But we said it, before we sunk in splendid waters
of Ikaria, that we will also visit the Ruins of ancient Oinois
in the near village Kambos. We have not still touched the harbor,
and the impatience occupies us. We are
children of city, with other rythms, with other nerves, nerves
pestered. We should calm down, we must learn to wait
for, to smile, to dance, stay up all night, if what we wish
is to become one with their Ikaria residents. The Ikaria residents
that really lives with their own calm and cheerful rythms, their
have learned to share,to give. Only one advice, one that you
will also discover: Do not make appointment with
Ikaria residents. Somewhere,
at some time, in some point of island you will meet them. Do not
worry. Patience and good stay.