For centuries Karpathos remained unknown and forgotten at the edge of the Aegean and
maintained a singular purity and virginity which other tourist areas of Europe lost.
From the time that Karpathos first protecting gods abandoned it, the island has
remained unchanged, preserving all the idiosyncasies, contract-dicitions and beauty
which the gods had granted it. In Karpathos you will come across the most amazing
contradictions.
Till now residents preserve intensively the old traditions of the island.
No such other place in Greece has saved so much living traditions like
the village Olympos in the north mountain of the island.
In Olympos the women keep house proudly wearing livery.
Every Eastern a famous celebration taken place in the village 400 meters above the sea level.
The young women get dressed colored traditional costumes with a lot of ornaments.
They also present very old jewellery with gold coins.
