With a resident population of around 1,000 inhabitants Acharavi is one of the larger villages on the island today. Every year many thousands of tourists increase the population temporarily while they enjoy the long beach, the many bars, restaurants and hotels and everything else Acharavi has to offer its visitors.
Acharavi is set against a beautiful backdrop of the foothills of Mount Pantokrator
The leafy main street street is straight and long with a large number of restaurants, bars and small shops as well as two fairly large supermarkets where you can buy a wide selection of goods.
There is a branch of Alpha Bank as well as ATM machines at other locations.
Acharavi is an attractive village. No buildings dominate the skyline and there are many suburban gardens as well as fields, vineyards, vegetable patches and olive trees amongst the buildings.
The site of the old village pump has been incorporated into a roundabout.
A further selection of restaurants and bars can be found along the beach and in some of the side roads. Our favourite restaurant on the beach was Maistro for lunch or dinner. We enjoyed the Greek music and dancing on a Tuesday evening, but this meant the restaurant was more popular than ever and booking was essential.
Towards the end of our stay we discovered the Navigator, another beach hotel was much better than we had first thought.
The sunsets from the beach were stunning.
We also enjoyed eating at Taverna Apagio, a restaurant in a nearby side road. We probably ate there more than anywhere else. Both the food and the service were very good.
