In the early '80s when a local man, born and raised in southwest Crete, first talked about his dream of restoring the abandoned medieval settlement, others looked at him and said “he’s gone crazy!” But he wanted to see his ancestral lands take on new life after four decades of neglect and turn them into archetypes, eco-wise speaking. He wanted to cultivate the land, grow organic products, reforest the area, and have a small breeding farm… In other words, to see the place be alive again and forever!