Patmos · Towns & villages
Harbour towns, mountain hamlets and the places where island life still follows its own rhythm.
A white town wrapped around a fortress monastery
The hilltop capital of Patmos, a maze of white lanes and captains' mansions around the Monastery of St John, with views over half the Dodecanese. Together with the monastery and the Cave of the Apocalypse it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The harbour where every boat comes in
The island's port and its liveliest village, on a deep bay at the narrow waist of Patmos. Yachts tie up along the seafront, cafés stay open until the last ferry, and the road climbs from here to Chora and the monastery. It is the easiest base if you want to walk to dinner and take boats to the beaches.
A calm, shallow bay with a rock in the sea
A small resort on a sheltered bay south-east of Skala, with tavernas on the sand and fishing boats at anchor. A short walk south, Petra beach ends at Kalikatsou, a great rock joined to the shore, with steps and old hermits' cells cut into it.
The farming village of the north
The second village of Patmos, on a green plateau in the north, around a white church and a small square with a kafeneio. Below it is Kampos beach, the island's busiest, with tamarisk shade and watersports. Quieter coves at Vagia and Livadi Geranou are a few minutes away.
A beach of coloured pebbles at the end of the road
A long bay at the far north of the island, covered in smooth pebbles of red, green, purple and white volcanic stone. There is one taverna on the shore, and nothing else, so come for a long swim and a late lunch. Please leave the stones where they are.
A tree-shaded bay a short walk from Skala
A sheltered bay just north of Skala, with tamarisks down to the water, a campsite under the trees and a couple of tavernas. It is close enough to walk from the port, and quiet enough to feel far from it.
Regions
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Skala & Chora
The harbour on its deep bay, and above it the white town and the Monastery of St John, with the Cave of the Apocalypse between them.
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The south
Grikos bay and the rock of Kalikatsou, the quiet hills around Sapsila and Diakofti, and the sandy beach of Psili Ammos at the end of a footpath.
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The north
The farming village of Kampos and its beach, the coves of Vagia and Livadi Geranou, and Lampi's beach of coloured pebbles.
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Near Skala
Meloi and Agriolivadi, two shaded bays a short drive or walk from the port.
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