{"id":21240,"date":"2014-08-29T15:52:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T13:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ikaria.ch\/?page_id=21240"},"modified":"2025-03-14T21:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T19:18:29","slug":"our-shop-%cf%80u-pantelis-and-ursula-kastanias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ursula.ikaria.ch\/en\/our-shop-%cf%80u-pantelis-and-ursula-kastanias\/","title":{"rendered":"Our shop \u2013 \u03a0&U \u2013 Pantelis and Ursula Kastanias"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PantelisYou can meet us in our gift and souvenir store in the famous \u201cAsterix Village\u201d in Christos Raches. Just ask for Ursula and Pantelis, everyone knows us!<\/p>\n

Our store is in the middle of the main village of Raches, in the pedestrian zone, under one of the hundred-year-old plane trees.<\/p>\n

Christos Raches is a magical place. A true retreat, where the hustle and bustle of everyday life doesn’t matter. We are lucky to live and work in the center of the Blue Zones. Christos Raches:<\/a> *called the village that never sleeps*, where time seems to stand still. Everyone has heard of it!<\/p>\n

Raches is always worth a trip!<\/p>\n

My recommendation for the best times of day:<\/p>\n

Winter, early and late season: 12:00-15:00
\nHigh season (July, August): 10.00-03.00 or depending on how long you can keep your eyes open…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"PantelisWe design and produce ourselves and support small traditional artisan handicraft manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Here you will find handmade mementos, traditional gifts, jewelry, T-shirts and souvenirs that will accompany you home and keep the memory of Ikaria alive.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u03a0U since 1986<\/h1><\/span>
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\"UnserThe Greek letter P stands for Pantelis and the Latin letter U for Ursula<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong> Eros, the god of love, united us, me Swiss, Pantelis Ikarian, and made us follow our dreams. \u03a0U became our symbol.
\nWe opened our first small gift store with local handicrafts in Armenistis. This was at a time when it really took vision and a lot of idealism to believe in tourism on a small unknown island like Ikaria and to create prospects for the locals.
\nSoon we moved our business to Christos Raches because we always wanted to be in the center of the Ikaria Blue Zones, the village where the locals teach you the wisdom of longevity and simple living. The art of minimalism.<\/a> Our two children grew up in this healthy environment and are now part of our small family business.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Here you can find our shop on Google Maps and get directions to us.<\/p>\n