The island of Kythera was a crossroad of civilizations of the Mediterranean. Kythera was inhabited since the Neolithic era. From then until now passed through the island Minoans, Phoenicians, Mycenaeans, Dorians, Argives, Spartans, Athenians, Franks, Venetians, Arabs, French, British, leaving historical and cultural elements: prehistoric fossils, ancient temples, Venetian castles, Byzantine churches , British buildings. The incomparable beauty of natural landscape is characterized by lush vegetation, valleys with streams, trees, laurels, reeds, olives, thyme, stone bridges, water mills, paths and beaches with crystal clear waters.

At Kythera, the rocky coastline creates natural cavities near the sea level where sea salt is gathered in the old traditional way without any technical intervention. The coastlines of Kythera belong to the saltworks called elementary or primitive: they are simple evaporation basins carved naturally in marine rocks, filled with brine and are now rare. From mid-July to the end of September the sea in these basins evaporates and the local fishermen with effort and patience collect the salt in wicker baskets. They let it dry in the sun, in a perfectly natural way as centuries ago. For this reason the rock sea salt of Kythera is a product of high qualitative value.