Palaiokastritsa

Well, that's a bit of a shock when we opened here shutters this morning. Solid cloud with a weak sun trying to burn through and considerably cooler temperature. Hopefully, by the time we're ready to go out, it will have warmed up.
Today's jaunt is to Palaiokastritsa. It's the one place Martin can really remember from our holiday here with Kev and Di and the kids over 40 years ago. I have photos of Martin and Kevin on Pedalo's in the bay somewhere in the photo box.
There's no town as such, just a collection of sandy bays and a harbour where you can take boat trips into the bay "to see the blue eye cave with it's crystal clear water and the natural light phenomenon with gives the cave a magical blue glow'." Yes, that's from the guidebook, There are also a couple of beautiful sandy beaches.
After first stopping at the harbour for a look and an offer of "good price" on a boat trip, we drive around to the beach and park up, paying for a car park for the first time this holiday. The weather is starting to warm up, and the clouds are starting clear now. That's more like it.
After a light lunch, well, let's face it, we're going on a boat trip, and we dont want it coming back up. They've all decided it's the best, and only way, to see the sights so I'm being dragged along, not exactly screaming and shouting, but very wearily. Thankfully, the sea is very calm as it's not the biggest boat in the world, only about 9 of us on it, including the skipper, but it's only 40 minutes.
After a while, I managed to let go of Martin's hand, much to his relief, and take some pictures. The water is so clear inside the caves that you can see the different colours on the rocks and all the fish , waiting for the bread the boatman throws into the water. We pass the cove used in the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, now used as a cafe/restaurant for holiday makers.
After returning to the jetty, we have a walk around the shops and head to the beach for a paddle. This is the warmest water we've paddled in so far.
Back to the ranch for a sit before heading back into Sidari for a meal at a lovely little taverna, no partying tonight, it's straight back home, we're going to initiate Fi into the game of Crib.Read more