Artemisio

Artemisio is the main village in the Municipality of Artemisio. The old name of the village was "Kourbatsi" (a Turkish word wich means Thrashing). In 1926 the village established a community independent of the Municipality of Istiaia and was renamed Artemisio in honour of the goddess Artemis whose temple was situated in the area of St. George, where the cemerty of Pefki is located today.
A tour of the village, where there are still houses dated from the Turkish domination, is worthwhile. If you are fond of nature, you will enjoy walking a little futher from the village where there is a magnificent ravine full of plane-,pine- and walnut-trees which leads you to an area called "Agrilitsa". The view is breathtaking and one can see as far as Mt Pelion and the Sporades.