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Extract from the Ker Travel Guides:
The village of
KER
is hidden in a fold above the cliffs at the island's southernmost tip. The village retains a number of pre-quake, Venetian buildings, including the church of the
Panaya Kerio
; the Virgin is said to have saved the island from marauding pirates by hiding it in a sea mist. Ker is also famous for a geological quirk, a series of small tar pools mentioned by both Pliny and Herodotus, but these have mysteriously dried up in recent years. A rough path leaving the southern end of the village leads 1km on to the lighthouse, with spectacular views of the sea, rock arches and stacks and a taverna. The beach ne... read the whole Ker Travel Guides...
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