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Karpathos Island
The area of Northern Karpathos, which includes the islet of Saria, is comprised of the districts of the Community of Olympus with 104.8 square kms, the former Communities of Mesochorio with 34.8 square kms and Spoa with 17.0 square kms.
The area is mountainous and covered with pine forests and bushes.
Between the peaks are rich valleys planted with olive trees and wells, which are found in many places.
Pebbled beaches with clear water hug the rocky coastline and are to be found both along the eastern and western coasts.
It is an ideal place for hiking as many Europeans have discovered, coming every year to walk along its exhilarating paths.
Foods:
Various kinds of bread and barley donuts which accompany the local salt cheese or the meriari (made from full cream milk), the small pastries, kouloumbotes olives, sesame, egg and thin 'kouloures'-bisquits, makarounes, vegetable pies, drilla, mezithra, ofto (goats meat stuffed with rice), kavroumas, sitaka and others. Sweets: xilikopites, baklava (made very differently from the usual baklava), sweet mezithra cheese pies, sweet sesame and sitakopita etc.
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