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Extract from the Pythagrio Travel Guides:
Most traffic south of Vathy heads for
PYTHAGRIO
, the island's premier resort, renamed in 1955 to honour native son Pythagoras, ancient mathematician, philosopher and mystic. Until then it was known as Tigni (Frying Pan) - in midsummer you'll learn why. The sixth-century BC tyrant Polykrates had his capital here, now subject to sporadic excavations which have forced modern Pythagrio to expand northeast and uphill. The village core of cobbled lanes and thick-walled mansions abuts a small
harbour
, fitting almost perfectly into the confines of Polykrates' ancient port, but today devoted almost entirely to pleasure craft...
read the whole Pythagrio Travel Guides...
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