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Kallithea

(meaning nice view)

Continuing on the same road, 24 km after passing Marathokambos, you will find the village of Kallithea. It was earlier called Prinias (brier tree) because of the many such bushes that were growing in the area. Joined with the village of Drakei they formed the municipality of Kalabachtasi but later on they were separated in two villages. The name Kalabachtasi has Turkish origins and means in Turkish “sentry post”. There are also some more interpretations on the origin of this toponym that mention that it might derive from the surname of one of the first inhabitants etc. The village was named Kallithea in the 1930’s.

It’s located in the northwest end of the island and it’s the westernmost village of the island. The view from here stretches towards Ikaria, the Ikarian sea and Chios Island and you can enjoy a spectacular sunset.

Most of the inhabitants are occupied in agriculture, almost exclusively cultivating olive trees and they also keep livestock. It earlier days they were also producing charcoal.

From Kallithea, as well as from Drakeei, you can follow dirtroads that lead to the beach at the settlement called St. Isidoros. There’s a natural anchorage and this is the place where the last active boatyard of the island is located.
Another dirtroad leads up the mountain to an area called “Askitaria” (place where hermits once lived). There are many chapels in the area and some of them are inside caves. The place is woody and with a nice view.
 

Kallithea’s highest ever-recorded population was recorded in the 1928 census, 635 residents.
 

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