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One & Only Kea Island
Kea Island, Cyclades, Greece
Just a stone’s throw from Athens, in the Cyclades complex of islands, Kéa captivates visitors from around the world with its enchanting beauty.
Due to its proximity to Attica, Kéa (also called “Tzia”) is an easily accessible escape, with scenic variety: steep mountains, small fields, olive groves, old churches, Hellenistic towers, watermills and windmills, vineyards, valleys, picturesque coves, exciting hiking trails and off-the-beaten-track beaches and no less than four ancient cities (Ioulis, Korissia, Pisses and Karthaia).
Just outside Ioulis, capital of the Cycladic island Kea, there stands a great stone Lion dated to the Archaic period where a sign in Greek and English proclaims: “The Lion of Kea is one of the oldest works of Greek monumental sculpture and is dated about 600 BC.”