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Modern Description: The road turns south at Kambiá (47 km from Chora), a village famous for its production (and festivals) of cherries: to the north, on precipitous rock-stacks in the ravine below, are the ruined Castle of Oria and the precariously perched church of the Panaghia; to the west are hillsides, traced and retraced with stone walls defining an extraordinary variety of shapes across the barren rocky terrain; to the south (2.5 km) the watershed is marked by the remains of a mediaeval watchtower, directly east of the peak of Mt. Pelinnaion, which rises to a craggy 1,297m above. The summit is best reached by the safer route from Víki, which is marked and takes about two and a half hours each way; otherwise there is a slightly longer and shadeless route up from Spartounda (5 km south of Kambiá). The upper slopes of the summit are home to the beautiful mauve-blue, alpine squill, Cilla bifolia, and the elusive Campanula cymbalaria.
Wikidata ID: Q15104451

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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