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Rural tourism focuses on actively participating in a rural lifestyle. It can be a variant of ecotourism. Many rural villages can facilitate tourism because many villagers are hospitable and eager to welcome (and sometime even host) visitors. Agriculture is becoming highly mechanized and therefore, requires less manual labor. This trend is causing economic pressure on some villages, which in turn causes young people to move to urban areas. There is however, a segment of the urban population that is interested in visiting the rural areas and understanding the lifestyle.
Rural tourism allows the creation of a replacement source of income in the non-agricultural sector for rural dwellers. The added income from rural tourism can contribute to the revival of lost folk art and handicrafts.
Platrithias is a village in northern Ithaca a lowland village spread on the hill above the bay of Afales.
Platrithias means in Greek “the wide torrent” . It is the “river of Platreithias”, the most important torrent or stream on the whole of Ithaca.
“Palia Manavika” are next to the preserved village of Varousi and show an evolutionary course in their long history.
Afionas is very popular with tourists.
Afionas is a fantastic mountain village on the cape of Arila
Afitos or Athitos is a large settlement of the Municipality of Kassandra.
Athitos or Afitos is Halkidiki’s stone-built “balcony”, offering breathtaking views to Toroneos Bay and a colourful combination of sea, sky and nature.
The Amfikaia farm is located at the foot of Mount Parnassos, between the villages of Amfikleia and Tithorea.
Amfikaia, with its prototype agro tourism activities, is no ordinary hotel, but a warm embrace full of experiences.