{"id":21296,"date":"2013-04-24T21:21:42","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T19:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ikaria.ch\/?page_id=21296"},"modified":"2024-04-12T18:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T16:23:14","slug":"christos-raches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ursula.ikaria.ch\/en\/christos-raches\/","title":{"rendered":"Christos Raches"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raches – the village of free spirits<\/h1><\/span>
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I definitely recommend taking a trip to Raches. Raches is the trademark of Ikaria, some call us the Gauls of Europe!<\/p>\n

In Raches the clocks tick differently! Our village is famous for its very own relaxed atmosphere under the hundred-year-old plane trees, and the epitome of the mentality of the Blue Zones<\/a>, the island of the immortals…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Raches<\/span><\/div>
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Also spelled Christos Raxes or Christos Rachon, or Raches for short (emphasis on a), is a beautiful, very special village in the mountains 5 kilometers above Armenistis<\/a>. Christos Raches was the administrative seat of Westikaria, which until 2010 was an independent municipality alongside Agios Kurikos and Evdylos. Even after the merger of the three administrative districts due to the financial crisis, Raches remained the regional capital. There are schools (kindergarten, lower and upper grades), health clinic, pharmacy, post office, ATM, gas station, a sports field and many small shops and coffee houses, which are grouped around the town center. You will hardly find any residential buildings, you may wonder where they are: they are scattered, almost invisibly embedded in the surrounding area. A remnant from the pirate era, when people still had to hide their houses as well as possible…<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"T\u00e1vli<\/span><\/div>
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During the day it is particularly beautiful around lunchtime. Treat yourself to a Greek frapp\u00e9 under the cool plane trees and watch the cozy village life! But be careful: I mean, of course, the Greek lunchtime, i.e. between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.! Then the otherwise sleepy-looking village suddenly fills with people and children. People shop, stroll, have a chat over coffee under the shady plane trees and of course play Tavli passionately.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"Ursula\u00b4s<\/span><\/div>
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By the way, my shop<\/a> is in Raches in the middle of the Platia, just ask for Ursula…<\/p>\n

The special flair of Raches is due to the fact that it is still an intact, authentic Greek mountain village that does not live largely from tourism but from the locals. Tourism is very small in Raches and actually only consists of Greek \u201ctourists\u201d in August. Most of them are second and third generation Icarians returning home in the summer to visit their grandparents and relatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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