Petaloudes Park Review

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Petaloudes Park

  • Address: Petaloudes

Fodor's Review:

A species of moth returns year after year to mate in Petaloudes (the Valley of the Butterflies), a lush oasis of greenery in the middle of this dry island. In May, June, and perhaps July, you can watch them as they lie dormant during the day, their chocolate-brown wings with yellow stripes still against the ivy leaves. In the evening they flutter upward to the cooler air, flashing the coral-red undersides of their wings as they rise. A notice at the entrance asks visitors not to disturb them by taking photographs or shaking the leaves.

  • Cost: EUR 3
  • Open: Mid-May-mid-Sept., daily 9-8
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