Wines, oils, pottery, wild herbs … The stay at JK‘s One is doubled by experiences with artisans, winegrowers and small producers or local businesses who perpetuate the traditions of the place. Discovering their know-how is a tailor-made experience to taste, smell and touch the art of living linked to Cretan soil.
If a Cretan identity is clearly manifested in the craftsmanship and art of living of its inhabitants, it hardly hides a cosmopolitan character, undoubtedly due to the influences left by the Mycenaeans, Romans, Saracens, Venetians and Ottomans who occupied the island over the centuries.
In 1987, the Cretan ceramist Manousos Chalkiadakis set up his studio in the outbuilding of a superb house in his native region. This is where he receives his visitors to this day.
During Homer’s time in the 8th century BC. In AD, the word Nostos expressed a desire to return, the memory of dear friends, the attachment to the native land or to its roots that we mean by nostalgia today.