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Going up the street from Skarinou at a distance
of 7Km, you turn left and at about 2 to 3 minutes you will find the
beautiful village of Kato Drys.
At the entrance of the village at your right you will see the huge
"Platano" (plane-tree) that was planted by the resident
of the village, G.Kavetzi in 1907. It welcomes you and you can rest
in its dew, you can have your coffee or eat the traditional foods
of the restaurant.
As you move further in the village at the left side of the street,
you will see three classic residences with columns that were built
in 1934,1935 and 1939 respectively. These residences constitute a
real architectural beauty of the village.
At the right you can find the cafe of the village, where the men go
after their works in the afternoon, in order to they play cards, backgammon, to read their newspaper and
say their jokes. There, you will be invited, in order to offer you
a drink.
Advancing in the narrow street paved with flagstones that is found
opposite of the cafe at your right, you can see the office and the
medical center of the community, a donation of the unforgettable Ser
Rio Staki. By continuing your tour in the village you will reach outside
the Museum of Popular Art that functioned for the first time in April
2004 and here you can find out information about the history, the
culture, the morals and the customs of Kato Drys through the years.
At the right side of the Museum, you can see the house that Agios
Neophytos was given birth.
Advancing in the narrow flagstone street outside of the Museum, right
and left, you can see the renovated traditional houses with their
balconies in the street and with the variety of flowers in the narrow
passages. You reach then, the big church of the village that is dedicated
to the miraculous Agios Charalambos.
 Close
to the cafe, an uphill paved street brings you to the two municipal
schools, the male and the female school. The male school was built
with expenses of Stylianos Ioannou in 1931 and the female school from
Gavriel Tarsides in1937. The landscape there is a small paradise consisting
of pines, cypresses and wild vegetation.
If you have not visited our beautiful village yet, do it and you will
not regret it. When you taste our traditional foods, receive the hospitality
of the residents, enjoy the unique climate, the quietness, the dew
offered by the plane trees during the hot evenings, you will probably
want to visit our village again.
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