Art and Culture
YDROKINISIS MUSEUM The Outdoor Water Power (Ydrokinisis) Museum in Dimitsana is a thematic museum that highlights the importance of water-power in traditional society, by presenting essential pre-industrial techniques that used water as the main energy source for the production of various products. Since August 2009 the Greek Church gets its own museum at the initiative of the Women Association of Elliniko. It is a traditional stone building, a little farther from the village square. It has about 30 icons, made in the early 20th century, with immeasurable emotional and material value, vestments and old church items (wreaths, cherubim, candelabra, etc.). The museum is the beginning of an action with only cause to save the species of ecclesiastical life of the country. The collection is constantly enriched. the Folklore Museum of Stemnitsa stands opposite the church of the Three Hierarchs. There visitors can see an impressive three-story tower of the 18th century (former home of local family Hadji. The building was donated by the family to the Association Trikalonon, who ceded it to the Folk Museum Stemnitsa. |
About Us
Dear visitors,
welcome to the most "green" guesthouse in Arcadia and one of the few energy class A in Greece.
Guesthouse Gortis opened its doors in August 2011, in an old family mansion of 1900’s, in the heart of Elliniko Village.
The two buildings, the main house and the old stables were renovated exemplary, with love and respect to their traditional identity, and transformed in a boutique guest house for all seasons.
Surrounded by a landscaped anxiolytic garden, with a backdrop of mountain slopes and within walking distance from the gorge of Lucius and other villages-area attractions, offers the ideal base to explore the delights of Gortynia and Arcadia.
Behind the stone walls, the dark wooden shutters and the tiled roofs, we have created a unique acoomodation option that exudes elegance and authentic village atmosphere and has made provision for all needs and desires.
With hospitality as our guide, we welcome you to live your dream holiday with us.
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