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LANDSCAPE Paxos and Anti-Paxos, its tiny sister island, have preserved a landscape and way of life that have changed little in recent times. The Paxos landscape is characterised by the 200,000 olive trees that cover the island, originally brought to Paxos (as they were to Corfu) by the Venetians. The Paxos trees produce one of the finest olive oils in Greece. Paxos has succeeded in retaining its original character chiefly because there is no airport and because the locals have allowed very little modern development. Visitors are accommodated largely in the existing houses.
The island is seven miles long by about three miles wide and has only three villages of any size: Gaios, the main harbour, Lakka on the northern tip of the island, and Loggos (pronounced Longos) on the northeast coast. There are just two hotels on Paxos and very few roads, with the result that traffic is restricted. Anti-Paxos is known chiefly for its wine (difficult to find, as the locals tend to keep it for themselves) and two beaches of "silken sand". The island has no permanent inhabitants but the Paxiots have summer villas there, and two tavernas near the beaches open during the season.
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