According to Greek mythology Icaria was the island of Icarus. Icarus flew too high and the sun melted his wax wings. As a result, he fell to the sea and drowned. The island was inhabited since 7000 BC by the Pelasgians. The ancient name of the island was Dolychi. Today, the capital and port of the island is Agios Kirikos. A second port called Evdilos is placed on the northern part of the island. Icaria occupies an area of 255 sq. km. The inhabitants surpass the 8,500 whose main activity is shipping.
The island of Ikaria is historically connected to the unfair loss of the mythical Icarus...
The beaches in Ikaria are of a great diversity; uncrowded, wild ones, easily accessible, organised, isolated but all of them characterized...
The long history of the island gives the chance to the visitors to admire important monuments of all times. To the west of Armenistis...
Ikaria is famous among other things for its hot mineral springs, spotted in many places throughout the island which are nowadays a great tourist attraction...
Ikaria is connected by ferry to the ports of Piraeus, Kavala and the islands of the regional unit of Samos...
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