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Manolates Stafylodochos
Its raised base is built using bricks, but it is no longer used.
Manolates Stafylodochos
Manolates – Ambelos – Stavrinides Wine Route
This is a mountainous route that crosses the wine producing villages located in the northern part of Mt Ampelos, which locals call Karvounis. This wine route is approximately 16 kilometres long in total and takes about 40 minutes, not including stops along the way.
The vineyard village of Manolates, with its picturesque alleys and many art shops, attracts many visitors. It is 23 kilometres from the island’s capital and 17 kilometres from Karlovasi.
From the intersection of the Samos-Karlovasi Rural Road, visitors drive uphill towards the village and take in the dense vegetation of the almost alpine landscape, the road shaded by trees, as well as the vineyards surrounding the village all the way to the tops of the slopes. In the Paliambela area, via a narrow uphill rural road, one can visit (after booking) the renovated grape treading vat in the kalyvi located within the Vasiliadis vineyard, as well as the wonderful Kambouris mountain vineyards. The region used to be one of the vine-growing hamlets called Margarites.
Manolates – Ambelos – Stavrinides Wine Route
Heading up to the villages of Manolates, just before the village entrance, one can see the Manolates cooperative building, as it is the first building on the right hand side of the road.
After a short stop at the village, as there are excellent catering facilities, a small private folklore exhibition, and traditional cafés, if you head downhill to Agios Konstantinos, you will find the stafylodochos of Manolates (on your left as you had downhill, built using bricks), as well as the stafylodochos of the Valeontades hamlet. From Agios Konstantinos, visitors can take a second uphill route leading to the village of Ambelos (which the locals call Nenedes), and take in the mountain vineyards, the wonderful view of the sea, and the area’s waterfall, and also visit the village’s small folklore museum. From Ambelos, a beautiful mountain route leads to the village of Stavrinides, where the small Eleftheriou family Winery operates.
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Manolates Cooperative
The building served the needs of the vine-growers of the area, however, after the lifting of the obligation law in 2016, it had no reason to continue to operate and suspended its operations. It is currently privately owned.
Manolates Cooperative