Karpathos Reviews -Villages Lefkos

On Karpathos, we spent most of our time in Lefkos. The attraction of this island for us was that there are no major "attractions". Just mountains, beaches, and authentic villages and people. We loved walking and running on the trails, lying on the beach and looking at beautiful scenery while really relaxing. We spent one day in Amopi and although it was beautiful (the beaches were gorgeous), it felt much more impersonal, touristy, and it didn't have the same comfrotable and friendly small town feeling that Lefkos had.

The local food was excellent and inexpensive and the service was friendly and personal. We loved the yogurt and honey everywhere - so delicious! We got to have interesting conversations with the owners of most of the places we ate at and that was a great way to learn about life on Karpathos. In Lefkos, we liked the restaurants 3 Dolphins, Central and Blue Swan.

The only thing that bothered me on Karpathos was the stray animals. You really need to do something about neglected animals. Twice, I encountered dogs chained up in the middle of nowhere. Someone told me they were probably hunting dogs and were being fed and cared for, but it looked like a horrible and terribly inhumane existence to me. Greece needs a serious spaying, neutering and adoption program for dogs and cats.