Tourism on the island of Kalymnos

Wonderful Greek island of Kalymnos is the fourth largest island in the Dodecanese archipelago. The island’s capital city is Potya with a population that is less than 10 000 inhabitants. Coast of this pretty town resembles Italy, and its buildings are painted in various colors, create a feeling as if they just stepped out of a postcard.
A feature of this island are its caves, the most famous and most visited of which is the cave Cephalus, and the largest and most beautiful cave is the cave Scalia.

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Kalymnos island is a favorite holiday destination for people who love scuba diving and mountain climbing, as this island is quite rocky and throughout the year on its territory climbers come from all over the world.

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This island is also famous for the fact that its territory has opened the first underwater park in Greece and the first underwater archaeological park Greece.
Until August of 2006 to get to Kalymnos could only be on the ship, but at the moment the island has its own airport, carrying out domestic flights from Athens. Get on this special island is also the island of Kos, and resting on it can get to the nearby beautiful islands, notably the island of Leros and Nisyros also possible trip to the Turkish Bodrum.
Besides a large abundance of places for climbing, Kalymnos island is also famous for beautiful beaches. The most popular beach resorts are located on the western side of the island, among which are very popular village Emborios, Kanduni and Mirtes. These places are known for an abundance of places to shelter and crystal clear waters.
While vacationing on the island, be sure to take a day trip to the neighboring island Telendos, which is famous for its atmosphere and lots of nudist beaches, and not miss a visit to the monastery of St. Sava, which offers incredible views of the Aegean Sea and the island’s capital.

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Wanting to help you with the choice of place to live on this beautiful island, we have prepared a short overview of the two hotels.
Cozy family hotel Elies Hotel is located a few minutes walk from the beautiful beach and Kantouni provides each of its guests modern equipped rooms that have air conditioning, telephone, TV, mini-bar, a furnished balcony and a private bathroom, which has a set of cosmetic accessories and hair dryers. On-site diving center, bar, restaurant serving Greek specialties and a swimming pool. Near the hotel there are several shops, ATM, car rental, and the hotel offers free parking and provides services to its guests free internet access in public areas and a ticket service.

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Located on the beach Mussoorie, cute hotel Plaza Hotel will provide the services of its guests comfortable rooms, each of which is equipped with all necessary amenities. All rooms have satellite TV, minibar, fridge, air conditioning and a furnished balcony and a private bathroom, which has a range of toiletries and a hairdryer. The hotel has a swimming pool for adults and a separate pool for children. The hotel has a snack bar, cocktail-bar and a restaurant serving traditional Greek cuisine. The rate includes daily breakfast and internet access in public areas. The hotel has no parking, and multilingual staff will provide you with a hairdresser and express check-in.

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If you are interested in staying on the islands of the Dodecanese archipelago, then you may seem interesting article “Beautiful island of Karpathos.”


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