Axladitsa 3.15

Axladitsa-Avatakia is a 24-acre olive farm and the home campus and “source place” of the Living Wholeness practice and patterns. Axladitsa is natural, rural and untamed - and has expansive views of the Aegean Sea and the islands of Skiathos and Skopelos. Since 2006, Axladitsa-Avatakia has become a place of learning, farming, retreat, sabbatical, translocal community, gathering, celebration and intentional evolution.

Axladitsa is located at the southern end of the Pelion peninsula, 5 hours north of Athens, 3.5 hours south of Thessaloniki, and 1.5 hours south of the city of Volos. It is considered a place of unmatched beauty, with ancient olive groves, woodlands, a distinct vernacular architecture and people through whom the land and its wisdom shine. Closeby is the beach of Kastri and the fishing port of Platania which are the nearest villages, 3km and 6km respectively.

The larger port town of Volos, which at this time of economic crisis in Greece where many shops are closing coupled with high unemployment, is becoming a hub for new ways of organizing around economy and food, with a pioneering spirit of complementary currencies and grass-roots innovations.