This trade fair takes place in Gytheio and is a tradition over 100 years old. All types of traders set up an open market in the commercial centre of Gytheion, in the streets around the CIIEM. The trade fair starts on the day of the religious feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross and lasts one week. It started as a cattle market and over time has become one of the most famous fairs of Laconia and beyond.