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Kalymnos
Greece | tourist holiday travel guide
to Kalymnos
Kalymnos has daily
connections to and from Athens by Ferries .Kalymnos is only a half hour
away from Kos and that gives the opportunity to the visitor to fly to
Kos and then from Kos town or Mastihari to go to Kalymnos using local
Ferries and Hydrofoils .The island is connected with all other islands
of the Dodecanese ,Patmos ,Leros ,Kos ,Symi ,Nisuros ,Tilos ,Rhodes with
the Catamaran Dodekanissos Express and Dodekanissos Pride and up to
Samos ,Agathonis ,Lipsi and Fourni with the small local Ferry KALYMNOS.
Kalymnos is unique as being a purely seafaring island
with a long tradition of diving, boat building and trading. Being a
fairly barren island it has little agriculture, consequently there are
few established villages (Vathi being an exception.
The main population
lives in town during the winter, and during the summer months migrates
to the various holiday resorts around the island.
The town features Italian architecture, a silver-domed
cathedral dedicated to Jesus (Christos), and the Monastery of St. Savas,
perched on a hilltop overlooking the town.
Sponge diving is a traditional occupation in Kalymnos, with related
exhibitons, along with other local folklore, at three local museums. Kalymnos is neighboured by the small island of Telendos,
which was part of Kalymnos, but after a major earthquake c.1500 was
split and separated from Kalymnos by a strip of water (about 800m wide)
Earthquakes are a frequent occurrence around Kalymnos. There is also a
dormant volcano in the centre of the island near the town of Kadoumni.
Kalymnos is one of the Dodecanese islands located
in the Aegean Sea. It is very close to Kos and five hours away by boat
from Rhodes, the largest of the twelve islands. Kalymnos also is very
close to Leros from the north part
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