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Kos - The Greek Dodecanese Island
A Travel Guide
Table of Contents
Kos Town
Kos Town: Freedom Square with Market Hall, Defterdar Mosque & Archaeological Museum
Kos Town: Agora and Gate of Taxes
Kos Town: Hadji-Hassan Mosque, Plane Tree of Hippocrates & Palace of Justice
Kos Town: Knights of Rhodes Fortress Neratzia
Kos Town: Dionysus Sanctuary, Casa Romana, Odeon
Kos Town: Western Excavation Site
Kos Town: Asclepieion (slightly outside town)
In the Casa Romana
Antimachia
Antimachia Knights of Rhodes Fortress
Antimachia windmill and traditional house
North Coast
Beach in Marmari
South Coast
West
Beach in the West of the Island
Along the Way
A tour of the villages: Evangelistria, Asomati, Asfendiou, Lagoudi, Amaniou, Zia
In the Assomati Taxiarhes church in Lagoudi
Excursions
Boat trip to the volcanic island of Nisyros
Boat trip to Kalymnos, Plati, and Pserimos
Excursions from Kos to Rhodes and Symi are also possible
View into the volcanic crater on Nisyros
Miscellaneous
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UNESCO World Heritage Site on Rhodes
A journey through the historic Old Town of Rhodes
Relics from various eras - ranging from antiquity to the period of Italian occupation - can be found almost everywhere on the island. Many have left their mark; in some places, they must be sought out, while in others, they appear in clustered, fascinating density and variety. Yet, nowhere else on the island are these traces as prominent as they are in the city of Rhodes. It is not for nothing that the historic Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988.
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Symi
An excursion to the Greek Dodecanese island off the Turkish coast
A visit to this sparsely populated rocky island of about 60 square kilometers, with its namesake picturesque harbor town, is part of the standard tour itinerary offered in many locations on the Greek island of Rhodes. From the main island, it takes ships approximately two hours to reach the port of the small island located 23 kilometers north of Rhodes off the Turkish coast, which has belonged to Greece since 1947. As more of the Greek coast recedes into the distance to the port side, the ship draws closer to the Turkish shore; this part of the southern Aegean essentially connects Europe and Western Asia.
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The "Green" Island of Corfu
From the sights of the capital, Kerkyra, to the Corfu Trail
The Greeks call not only the city but the island itself Kerkyra. According to legend, it was named after the nymph Gorgyra (also known as Kerkyra), who was brought to the island by the sea god Poseidon. A legend, indeed. In fact, the name appears in a modified form, "Korkyra," on written records as early as 1200 BC. The current name, Corfu, dates back to the Byzantine era. Once an independent island and later the first Roman province of modern Greece, it became part of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 395 AD. On a rocky promontory jutting into the sea, the Byzantines built a fortress in the early 6th century and named the city emerging from this core "Koryfo."
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Zakynthos
An island defined by the Caretta caretta
When searching for images of the 406 km² island online, one primarily encounters a very common recurring motif that has been captured from a similar angle by various photographers over the years: Navagio Bay on the northwestern coast. It's all junk, right? Well, that is a matter of perspective, and there are plenty of those during the season, whether they have a camera or not. The fact remains, however, that the rusting wreck of the motor vessel "Panagiotis" has become a landmark for Zakynthos.
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