The little beach at Kera near Kalyves is a hidden gem
When you reach the little beach cafeteria to the right (as you face the sea) you will sea a tiny sandy beach and to the left just pebbles - a metre or so deep
Not really a place to spend you time you might think - other than a stroll
According to legend, when pirates threatened the inhabitants of the area, they prayed to the Panagia (there is a church on the site of an older monastery near the beach) And the pirate ship was turned to stone.
A little beach combing perhaps
But what is this?
The remains of walls and foundations?
Then you realise - The Romans were here.
Up at Aptera,The Roman bridge at Vrysses,The fifth century mosaic floor at Almyrida just down the coast.
The hunt in the pebbles becomes more interesting
Those stones in the shallows look far too regular to be natural. A courtyard?
Is that something?
Tiles? pottery?
What was here all that time ago?
The pirate ship?
Time to carry on down the road and see the mosaic and try to put the pieces together….
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