The castle had two big doors: A door “Pano porta” to the north and another, “Kato porta” to the South. Each morning, people used to go to their works, out of the castle. They came back in the evening, unless the bell rang an alarm. If so, they had to run to the castle as soon as they could, otherwise, they had to hide into a cave.
There were some observation posts, from where one could check the sea in a wide extend. If an enemy vessel was seen, the observers used to give a warning to the castle, by sound or fire.
In the late 17th cent. some houses were built out of the castle, because of the decreasing danger of the pirates, but the full expansion of the settlement, actually took place after the Greek War of Independence.