Stavros, formerly called Stavronikion, is the central village of the northern part of Ithaca. In the center of the village, across the playground there is a park that houses two relief maps showing the wandering of Odysseus and the archaeological sites of Ithaca, an architectural model of the Odyssey Palace and the bust of Odysseus. There are several taverns and cafes in the village that offer the traditional ravani. The village is celebrated on the 5th and 6th of August,

along with the Transfiguration of Jesus.

The beach of Stavros is called  Poli (meaningTown), and this strange name for a marine site is due to the legend that at its seabed lies an ancient state sank by an earthquake in 967 AD. The beach is pebbly and next to it there is a small fishing boat. Access to this is very easy by car and has parking, umbrellas and deck chairs, showers, canteen and rental boats.

The area of ??Stavros, apart from natural beauty, also has enormous archaeological interest. On the nearby hill of Pelikan, the archaeological excavation discovered the only Proto-Helladic acropolis in the Ionian with walls, houses, streets and drainage pipes. At Agios Athanasios, under the village of Exogi, also known as the Homer School, came to light ruins of Mycenaean palaces that could be the palace of Odysseus! On the beach of Polis, in 1868, the local Dimitris Loizos discovered a cave with remarkable findings from the Mycenaean period and although it was then explored by the famous archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, it was named Loizos Cave. Unfortunately, this cave was hit by the earthquakes of 1953 and today it is not allowed for anyone to visit.

The findings from these areas ranging from the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) to Roman times are housed along with other finds from Stavros and the three Lagades in the Archaeological Collection of Stavros, in a single room built in the 1930s and is located on Mount Pelikata. Among other important findings, the museum hosts fragments of bronze geometric tripods with elaborate decoration, as well as a fragment of a Hellenistic mask from the Loizos Cave, on which a famous inscription; a prayer to Odysseus (ΕΥΧΗΝ ΟΔΥΣΣΕΙ) of the 2nd century BC is engraved. century.

The Archaeological Collection of Northern Ithaca is open every day except Mondays between 8:30 am – 3:00 pm