At the river of Elia, that has its sources high on the slopes of the Madari mountain, there are two Venetian bridges. The Medieval bridge of Agios Epiphanios that is found a little before the village of Lagoudera, and the Medieval bridge of Xyliatos. The two Venetian bridges were the only passage...

From the very ancient years, the people that lived on the slopes of the mountain of Madari, used a path that followed the journey of the river Elias to reach the lowland villages. They always gave names to locations to be able to delimit their itinerary.

At some point, a few hundred metre...

The village of Lagoudera is found on the outskirts of the mountain peak of Madari, in the area of Pitsilia, and on the west shore of the river Elia. The journey to the village that begins after the water dam of Xyliatos, will take you through the pine tree forest that covers the deep ravine creat...

On the road going from Lympia to Mosfiloti, a little before the bridge over the Tremithos river, the visitor sees the chapel of Profitis Elias (Prophet Elias) on his left. Built on the peak of the highest hill from 1996 it is impossible to not notice it.

It is a small chapel, a donation o...

The chapel of the Prophet Elias welcomes us as we ascend the road towards Lofou. It is built on the peak of a hill, south of the community, and it dominates the Kourris dam, and from there the visitor has the possibility of a panoramic view of the whole head land, the sea and the salt lakes.