Organic Herbs & More handmade in Ikaria
Organic Herbs & More handmade in Ikaria
Organic Herbs & More handmade in Ikaria
The secrets of herbs have enduredfor centuries and have reached us rightly with their use in modern pharmacology and in the daily life of all of us. Wise treatments from nature pharmacy with medicinal drinks, compresses and thermal baths, help in prevention and well-being in our two homelands, Grevena and Ikaria, the longevity island. We, in AKRORIA offers top products, maintaining the traditional ways as we started. To cultivate, to collect by hand, dry naturally and pack in our own facilities organic aromatic plants and olive oil.
Ikaria is ranked in the top five longevity areas of the world, according to the Blue Zones. The climate and the soil are ideal for growing aromatic plants and top quality olive trees, products that contribute to the longevity of its inhabitants. Vounasa (queen of the mountains: mountain + queen) is the mountain around which extends the Tethys Geopark, an area with special geological heritage, a reference point of the first rocks of Europe. On its slopes we cultivate aromatic plants taking advantage of the rich subsoil and altitude (500m) in the village of Paliouria, in the prefecture of Grevena.