Paxos Festival 2024

WALK


Wednesday, 7 August 2024

9:30 to 11:30 am

Meeting: Porto Vechhio bar, Gaios


Cisterns & Churches of Gaios

The tour will be conducted in English, French and Greek

by Corfu Byzantine art specialist and art conservator Akis Papadatos and art historian Chris Boïcos.


Agioi Apostoloi, Gaios belfry and church.
Agioi Apostoloi, Gaios belfry and church.

The monumental steps of the British cisterns in Gaios.
The monumental steps of the British cisterns in Gaios.

Gaios is historically the principal port of Paxos and its largest town. The waterworks of Gaios built during the British occupation in the 19th century are the most important on the island. Our walk will take us past the two great public cisterns of Gaios, Agion Anargyron and the great British cisterns, as well as three typical Paxos churches: Agios Spyridon, a small family church belonging to the Kouva family, Agioi Anargyroi, the main church of the southern quarter of town, and the imposing church of Agioi Apostoloi with its historic belfry attached to the cemetery of Gaios.

 

The tour will be conducted in English, French and Greek by Corfu Byzantine art specialist and art conservator Akis Papadatos and art historian Chris Boïcos.



Wear comfortable walking shoes and bring a water bottle!

Meeting point: Porto Vechhio bar, Gaios

Date: Wednesday, 7 August2024

Time: 9:15am for a 9:30am start (walk ends at 11:30 am)

Reservations : 15€, 10€ for Friends of Paxos