E.J. Pyrgos Bay Hotel

At the very top of the island, where the road finally gives up near Kato Pyrgos, the E.J. Pyrgos Bay Hotel sits right on the seafront with the water a few steps from its terrace. Rooms are simple, bright and comfortably cool, most looking straight out over the bay — there are worse alarm clocks than the sun coming up over the Mediterranean.

The hotel's taverna serves what the village boats landed that morning, the spring water that made Kato Pyrgos famous runs through the gardens, and from here you are perfectly placed for the wild coast road to Pachyammos and Pomos. It is the natural base for travellers who want to explore the true edge of the map.