ANO KOUFONISI | This Little Greek Island is UNREAL
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Exploring the amazing little Greek island of Ano Koufonisi, one of the Lesser Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. You can watch Part 2 here: • THE GREECE EXPERIENCE ...
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You can watch Part 2 here: ua-cam.com/video/HznxmGVEUmw/v-deo.html
Greece is the most beautiful place on earth!Pure heaven!
@user-wl7iv5ux7c why don't you just go & watch some other videos from places more suitable for a swamp-dweller like yourself.
@@user-wl7iv5ux7c What's to like in a jungle?
This is hands down the most beautiful island I have ever visited!
when you can visit pants down - well then I will accept the difference!
Thanks to you and Jumping Places, my husband and I have decided to plan our next vacation to the Greek islands and do some island hopping. We love archaeological ruins and history and are so pumped for a new adventure! Greetings from Seattle!
You guys are gonna Love it!!!! 🇬🇷
Jumping Places!!!What a fantastic couple!😊
I love all your videos from Greek,
I could watch the videos for hours. For various reasons, I can not get to Greece at the moment. Thanks to Gabriel I can see the beautiful islands. And Gabriel is simply one of the most relaxed people I have ever seen. Watching with my kids right now. Best wishes Gabe keep it coming.
Hi Gabriel, thanks for the great videos. Koufonisi means "hollow island" i.e. full of holes and caves. The meltemi is the north wind that runs through the Aegean throughout the summer. The warm air masses from Africa (Sahara), rise high and travel north towards Siberia. There they meet the cold air masses and push them down, as a result of which they find an escape through the opening of the Hellespont (Turkey), towards the Aegean Sea. If there was no meltemi, the temperature in the Cyclades would be 37 degrees, with high humidity every day and life would become unbearable.
UNREAL...ICONIC KOUFONISI ...
I never thought, I would get to enjoy it , just like that....
A dream come true....
Through Gabe...
Wow, amazing beaches! The water is mesmerising 🩵
Omg, you are living your best life!!😊
Doing my damndest. 😎
Hi Gabriel! All these islands (little cyclades) used to be a naturist paradise. We used to hike nude from beach to beach (25 years ago..). There were no rooms to stay, we use to camp free in the nature. Nowadays Koufonissi is known as "Mykonos of the small Cyclades". Crowds, very expensive unfortunately. Thanks for the video Gabriel! ✌️
And sun beds everywhere? 😮
Wow 😂 👍
@@RovexHDno not everywhere,only at the most nice beaches...
Hi Pano, I used to visit this island too for quite a few summers before ´97. Its nice to see this place, on the other side -- change, of course, even then . in the nineties it had already changed, and the people, who knew it from again 20 years before talked about it. I hope, they stop building close to the beaches. Pori was vast, Italida and the beach before - no houses. And yes, we were naked :)) most of the daytime. The nights, we had great time in the village. Iassou
You are crazy last dive was insane at the end all good?😂😂😂
I thought you will never do this too dangerous 😅
What a gorgeous island
Beautiful pictures. I am glad I'm going to Greece in oktober. Yasas
The Argonauts (Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναῦται Argonautai) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War, around 1300 BC, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
Definition of Argonauts from Wikipedia
The Social Argonaut could be any hero who uses their talent for being helpful to move society towards an era of Golden Peace.
Please seek the best island areas for restoration cooperative food forests and nurseries. We can work for months and love to live with the results. 🌲😎🌲
Those coves and caves!!! 🤤
You would definitely love it.
Ambassador of Greek Tourism , i hope one day Greek goverment to give you this price , Ευχαριστούμε Γκάμπριελ
I agree! He has my Vote! 🇬🇷
He is a LEGEND 💙
In my opinión this is the most beautiful island you've visited in this trip so far.It's amazing
WOW this island! Amazing end of this episode
Another great video Gabe👍🏴 I’ll be sorry when it’s over 🙏
So beautiful..another great island jump
7:15 The road is paved with mosaic stones! 💥💥
The Greeks have not lost their mosaic abilities..... must have mosaic building in the genes.
I'll be getting an electric bike.
True! Mosaic is a Greek word! 🇬🇷
Are you going to make it to your 50th Greek island this year Gabriel ? A milestone 😎
That's the big question. It's possible but running out of time. I'm at 47 right now.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos just island-hop 3 more islands. Come on. It can't be that hard. 😀💘🇬🇷
@@eugeniastravels8954 I know, but at this point every day I stay in Greece is one less day I get to see other parts of Europe, because of the annoying 90 day rule. Not that spending the time in Greece is a bad idea.
So beautiful!
You should visit Zakhyntos too have many historical places even it was part of napeolonic empire
www.youtube.com/@GabrielTravelerVideos/search?query=Zakynthos
Amazing Series of the Greek Islands Gabriel 🎉❤ Also in Crete we have that extremely and unreal blue water in Balos Beach, Elafonisi and Falssarna Beach. However, these coves one by another are unique for Koufonisi
What an island,looks the best one by far😅
That Tatono's music fits the atmosphere well, perfect!👍👍
Thanks for swimming through the arch 😂🙏🤙
You'll see the full swim in the next video. It definitely wasn't graceful, but I survived. Turns out trying to swim through an underwater tunnel with one hand while filming yourself with the other is kinda tricky. Of course you know that already.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos yes it's much easier with fins
That definitely woulda helped.
I fell in love with Greece after visiting Athens this past May. Went to Aegina as well. Που είναι το μπύρα!😂
The overwhelming majority of Greeks hate Athens. It's called the Bangladesh of Greece. You most likely only visited the decent areas, which are only like 5% of the city.
@@johnhighway7399I ❤ Athens and I don't think I am minority
@johnhighway7399 Most of the locals I talked with love the city. Sure, they have issues with the city, but I wouldn't say the majority of them hate it. Plus, Athens is such a good portal into other areas of Greece. Piraeus is a beautiful port and features direct connections to so many Greek islands. I'm not saying you aren't correct that there are those who hate it, I would just have to disagree on the idea that it's a majority
@@daytonsprague8425 It's a lively, vibrant city. There are some of the most significant monuments in the world there. There are plenty of restaurants , cafes ,art exhibitions thatres, tavernas to enjoy yourself. Athens riviera till Sunio is magnificent and unique. Even the defaults are result of the long history of the city, it counts more than 2500 years and that's why I love them too
@johnhighway7399 are you for real? Where did you get your info, from? 😂😂
This is my favourite Greek island i have visited, so far! Closely followed by Antiparos. I like to visit the islands in early June when they are not too busy. Great memories watching your videos.
Thank you, the blue waters along with the blue and white buildings, so soothing. I love the floral also. What a great adventure.😊❤
I was lucky enough to visit back in 2018 when it really was a small, practically unknown island. It looks barely recognisable now, sad to see how much busier it is though not surprising given the amazing beaches - it really is like a little bit of paradise.
I was amazed to see the difference with the 2nd half of May when I was there. At that time of year it's a gem of an island to visit with nearly no tourists.
The under water shot was awsome and again a great upload 💚
Wow! That water is so gorgeous! What a beautiful island!😮
Hi Gabriel, I see that there are a few bikes around this island. There may be a bike shop nearby or a repair shop on this island to get a tune-up. What incredible swimming spots are just fantastic, and you get some wave action too. You could spend all day there you're getting an envious tan that everyone will notice once you leave and head for the mountains.
Man I would kill to jump in that water. 35c in central Greece and the nearest Ocean is like 50kms away. Now that’s my type of island, a FLAT one, prefect for bike riding.. Great looking island. Prefect beach at 16:10 you have nice water, small secluded beach and that cave shelter for shade. 👍👍
That sea wow absolutely beautiful!! I’ve never seen anything about this island before, thanks for showing us - enjoy getting back into your book!
Hi Gabriel. Thanks for the video of a fantastic island. We've been here ourselves back in 2021 and it's truly paradise, with taxi boats thrown in. 😊
Have you been to Mount Athos?
Not yet, but I would love to sometime.
@@GabrielTravelerVideosThat would be an Amazing Experience for you! Hope you are able to make it up there one day!!!! 🙌🏻
Not looking forward to when your Greece series comes to an end soon. Alas, 🇸🇮 awaits! Keep them coming Gabe✌
Just another amazing place !!
❤ Nice! Looks absolutely gorgeous!
Fantastic video Gabe I really like this particular island not a lot of mountains for a senior like me haha
Wonderful! Even though the videos are wonderful, it is different from the actual experience of feeling the sea and the wind which cannot be depicted in any video.
Hi Gabe, thank you for taking us with you for great adventure. We enjoyed your video. Chaos
Always perfect really unique 😢🎉🎉🎉
Nice video Gabe, I really love those underwater scenes...
Oh god you did it you crazy
03:10 Kato is less then 500 meters away. You could almost swim over to the island and back.
Too bad you can't spend that 3 month pass only on the Greek islands. I'm sure you'll have a nice time in another country, also. Enjoy. Yiasou. ❤🇬🇷
Your videos of Greece are spectacular! It’s truly a blessed land, as are you to explore it. Safe travels Gabriel!
I would absolutely love to get in that water ❤..
13:20 Gabriel is a man of culture 🙏
Amazing. Thank you for sharing these adventures- you meme it feel like we’re there with you. Happy travels!
I absolutely love the videos from the Greek islands. They're beautiful. I would like to spend 2 months exploring a bunch of the different Greek islands, ideally towards the end of peak season as the tourism slows down a bit.
How is wild/free camping on the islands? To my understanding it's not technically legal, but also not technically illegal which leaves it in a grey zone, but from what I've heard from other travelers, read online (and seen from youtube videos) is that it's more or less ok to do it outside of tourist areas. So basically if you find a secluded beach or area I should be fine to wild camp as long as I'm not in direct sight of anybody or any resorts/towns/popular beaches? Of course following the basics rule of carry out everything you carry in. What's been your experience in the past with camping in Greece?
Everything you've said is spot on. If you want to stay for two months then September and October is the best time. By November it's extremely quiet, many restaurants and hotels on the islands are closed and the weather will be getting colder and wetter, but it's still doable after October. Not great for camping though. I spent ten day on Mykonos in 2018 in February and it was warm during the day but chilly in the evenings, almost nobody there. I camped wild on a couple of the islands in 2009 and also stayed in campgrounds a few times. As long as you aren't pitching your tent right on a popular beach then you'll probably be fine. Go for it.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks a lot for the quick response and thank you for confirming what I was thinking. Can't wait to get out there :)!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I wonder about where some excellent locations might be - maybe next to where some perimeter fences might already be allowing and recreating the tree canopy that existed long before trees got harvested for smelting metals, etc. Maybe some degraded lands are being fenced off to exclude the herbivor pressures for a few years that's needed for trees to climb high enough. ☆ I'll have to look again at the last few islands you've taken us to Gabe, but there's a few views with shade trees near masonry walls where the goats had not yet climbed or harvested. ☆ I'm dreaming that some folks leave Alan Watson Featherstone in Caladonian forests ( maybe in the winter too - to arrive to Macedonia or Crete and maintain some fenced perimeters and seedling gardens there - maybe they trial the 'Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration' strategies of Australian Tony Rinaldo that bring on cool shaded grass areas & condense the dew water and bring life that can be then nurtured up to the height of some of the original paleolithic forest trees. I'm dreaming of meeting and knowing these people. Camping too, it seems. 🌲😎🌲 Hey, you're lucky enough to do some reading? That's an enviable station in life. Best wishes.
If you like wild camping you may as well check Samothraki
Next year I’m going back to Germany 🇩🇪 with some day trips to Belgium 🇧🇪,
France 🇫🇷 and Austria 🇦🇹. I think a couple years after that I will do
Greece 🇬🇷 your videos really help in selecting places to go.
Craig the Gabriel you sparked a passion for travel in me, right there to that Island as you do. One day, this one man on that island the same as that amazing film WOW it's perfect in every way!
Nice new swimming goggles:)
Fantastic seeing you. Appreciate it.
The Koufonisia islands (Ano,Kato) are packed during August like all islands. The name Koufonisi means Deaf (koufos) island (nisi). Nisia is the plural of nisi.
Great video Gabriel! Where ever you go,collect beautiful moments and memories. Be well!!
Not just deaf
Koufo also means hollow, which applies here
@@xristinaxristina766 koufio means hollow but maybe over the years the i was dropped
So the real challenge during high season is to find islands which are not infested by tourists?
@@PaulaBean and less expensive
@@PaulaBeanThere are many places to go to! 🇬🇷👍🏻
Koufo-nisia - plural - are PA RA DI SE !!! ☺💙💙✌
I would love to see a video on your monthly expenses, curious about how much it costs to travel this way
Looks amazing, can you please tell me what video camera your using.
DJI and GoPro, see the links in the description.
Gabe knew the assignment. Ifykyk lol
Gabe - Do you use a filter on your DJI Osmo Action cam? If yes, what filter do you use? Please consider making a video explaining the various setting that you use with your camera. Thanks & have fun!!!!
Great video. I noticed a big smile on your face when you jumped into that pool at the end of the video!
Turquoise ocean
It's not ocean, it's the Mediterranean sea.
@eleniasimop thanks for correcting me
Gabe you look great, stay healthy dear friend!
you look rly rly rly rly rly rly rly better without that beard
It’s spelled really
Looks younger
Completely agree. Much better without the beard 🧔♂️
He looks way fresher, and it’s way cooler in that hot sun.
Oh woow! That’s the island I was waiting for! I was waiting for you to discover/visit something like this so I could add it up to my itinerary!
Loved this one in particular
Thank you Gabriel it is really lovely to be able to see and visit so many of them! I can’t do that but helps me to decide which ones I likely would enjoy overall the most !
Sabrina 🇫🇷🇬🇧
great video thanks saludos
Enjoy
Pretty nifty shoreline.
I wish I could experience a view like this ❤🥹
Great steady cam shots. Nice to see more sandy beaches.
Mom owed bookstores and I too read fructuously but not until my mid twenties but now in my late sixties and not very well with the fine print I watch some YT'er that travels the world called Gabriel. 🙂Cheers
Good morning from Arizona 9AM 94 degrees
I'm sure it will cool down in a few hours. 😛
You are also starting to get a nice tan!
I love your videos! Especially your videos from Greece, as this is my favourite destination in Europe. In this episode you mention that this island is more expensive compared to other small Islands. Would you be able to make a video where you compare prices maybe what is the most affordable islands to visit 😊
nice
The pink flowers are voukamvilia
Ano koufonisi, singular. Kato koufonisi also singular. Both islands: Koufonisia (plural)
Got it, thanks. Unfortunately I already recorded two other videos in which I will say it wrong. 😁
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Haha…we Love you Gabe! Thank you again for all your Beautiful Videos from Greece! Sad you are leaving us, but can’t wait to see the rest of your adventures Brother! 🙌🏻
Come to the Bosnia & Herzegovina again !!!
Ha! I skipped the preview again!
Gabriel, what is your favourite Greek island for sea / beaches? And your favourite Greek island, period (if different)?
Don't leave Greece just keep on exploring everybody knows respect and love you
Great video once again.
Not that it minds, but I know that in reality the waters are much more intense than your video is showing. You either don't calibrate colors at all, or you edit the colors too flat. But this may be just your choice. I always try to not over edit as that does not justice to reality in some ways, but also certainly not under-edit where the raw footage is significantly less vibrant than reality, which is 100% the case with your videos. It's gorgeous ofcourse! But reality is vastly better than what the visuals of the video shows.
That's why it's also important that your editing shouldnt be done on for example a monitor that has been set to over saturate. Because if you then edit on a oversaturated monitor then your video is undersaturated on 99% of all the other monitors and TV-screens. Im looking from a good calibrated monitor.
I don't do any color corrections to the video footage, I just edit the clips and leave them as they are.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Ah I see. Well. If you do in Premiere, then maybe drop a "Lumetri Color" into your footage or on a adjustment layer which is layered on top of the entire video and saturate slightly. Even if it's a little. The rendering time for your video is hardly more. It just helps with getting closer to what you are experiencing. I think that your goal is to bring us along on your travels right? But also I guess to experience as closely as what you are experiencing. But I have said enough and don't want to come across as being negative. Rather I love your videos and love justice be done as much as possible :)
@@Ptolemy336VVreallyyyyy??? 😂😂
@@ivysprieto6058 He has a good point. wonderful video otherwise
@@Ptolemy336VV I use Videopad. Not sure if it has a color correction feature but probably it does. The thing is I'm posting videos every day. I can't imagine adjusting the colors on dozens of clips for each video that I edit every day. If I was posting one or two videos per week then I would have more time to devote to each video. But when I film during the day and then edit in the evening that limits how long I can spend on each video.
0:50 This room would be adequate for me. I really like the little balcony!
i bet youre going to switzerland
super nice!! and flat.. i could ride a bike there
Gorgeous
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Good attempt! But nothing beats seeing the beaches of koufonisia first hand. Nobody will believe water gets as turquoise and clear as it does here!
Really enjoy your vids especially Greece going skiathos again in Aug r u likely to be back there next year
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Ven a Galapagos - Ecuador 🇪🇨 ❤
Crazy man olympus end of September never mind accomodation enjoy sea and exotic places for now it will be more deep later
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Gabriel, the reason it hasn't taken off by mass tourism is that the locals want to keep it that way. Very wise people.
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could you theoretically pack a tent and camp on the island's beach like you have done long ago in previous videos?
Yes, that's possible, depends on the island and the beach. I don't think this island would be good for camping though, the beaches are too busy.
I think I have booked for june a room in the same residence of yours here 😊 Stella Marina?
I forget the name now, but you could be right.