El Sol Hotel

Top choice in Kythira


Striking white-cube apartments, perched high above the Hora–Kapsali road, with Olympian views of the sea and across to Hora's kastro. Immaculate, minimalist rooms have private terraces, and there's a terrific pool, plenty of sunloungers, and a breakfast room packed with board games for rainy days (but let's hope those don't happen).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Kythira attractions

1. Kastro

0.31 MILES

Crowning the rocky headland that soars at the southern end of Hora, this tumble-down 14th-century fortress was built by Kythira’s first Venetian governor…

2. Coat of Arms Collection

0.33 MILES

Housed in a standalone former powder magazine (a store for explosives), this small exhibition displays and explains the coats of arms of Kythira's leading…

3. Archaeological Museum of Kythira

0.5 MILES

Hora’s impressive archaeological museum, beside the main road at the northern end of town, traces the history of ‘this small island’ in two rooms. Among…

5. Katouni Bridge

2.47 MILES

Supported by 13 arches and measuring 110m long, the largest stone bridge in Greece spans a shallow ravine on what's now a minor road, east of Livadi…

6. Petrified Forest

21.75 MILES

Amateur geologists will appreciated the petrified forest, an expanse of trees fossilised several million years ago. It's located on the coast around 16km…

7. Archaeological Museum of Neapolis Voion

25.25 MILES

This impressive collection of artefacts encompasses finds from the Malea Peninsula on which Neapoli sits. It masterfully takes the visitor on an ancient…

8. Kastania Cave

28.21 MILES

The extraordinary Kastania Cave, located at the end of a spectacularly winding 13km route northeast of Neapoli, contains some of the best examples of rare…